Food Politics by Marion Nestle

Industry funded study of the week: eggs and Alzheimer’s risk

Weekend Reading: The Pierogi Problem

Trump food officials with ties to industry: Civil Eats has a list.

Texas elementary schools are selling ice cream in competition with school lunches (OK, USDA-approved, but still)

Trump administration tries to get rid of NHANES (it may yet succeed)

Food industry action of the week: corporate greenwashing

Weekend reading: Progress (?) toward the Sustainable Development Goals

New terms in nutritional vocabulary: dark matter and foodomics

Protein bars: Consumer Lab testing does not please manufacturers

California defines ultra-processed foods and bans them from school meals—by 2035 (!)

Industry-funded studies of the week: Nuts!

Weekend reading: UNICEF’s Feeding Profit report

The National Food Museum’s collection of short food videos

A MAHA Win? Beginning to close the GRAS loophole.

The new EAT-Lancet report: “predominantly plant-based”

Industry-funded study of the week: Eggs

Weekend reading: WHO’s new report on non-communicable diseases

Tyson Foods wins US Poultry award for wastewater management

Unilever finally clamps down on Ben & Jerry’s

USDA expands SNAP stocking requirements: Will this help?

Industry funded review of the week: Yogurt and Type 2 Diabetes

Weekend reading: Food Intelligence

California legislature passes bill banning ultra-processed foods from schools—and defining them

Trump administration will no longer collect data on food insecurity; shades of 1984

RIP Marian Burros, cookbook author, food politics writer, colleague, and friend

Weekend Reading: Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor: Food and Ag