Coca-Colonization in Mexico: The Soda Tax that Almost Wasn’t
by Ally Gallop, RD, CDE A year ago, I praised the Mexican government’s seminal 10% soda and 8% junk foodContinue Reading
Category: Policy Update
Water Prices Across the United States: How Does Your Bill Stack Up?
by Lindsey Webb If you’re like me, you don’t spend very much time thinking about your water bill. You turnContinue Reading
Are conservation dollars polluting our water?
by Alyssa Charney Many conservation programs in the Farm Bill aim to help producers protect water quality from impairment fromContinue Reading
Holy Cow! Milk Gets A New Ad Campaign
by Mimi DelGizzi David Bekham had one, as did Taylor Swift and Beyonce. Even Superman had one. The Olsen TwinsContinue Reading
The 2013-2014 Farm Bill: Where are we now?
by Lindsey Webb Back in November, I wrote a piece that addressed the then current state of the farm bill,Continue Reading
Recycle your term papers: Don’t just file them away
by M.E. Malone Another class, another term paper. Another semester’s worth of work destined for a computer folder that willContinue Reading
Farmed and Dangerous: Get the beef about Chipotle’s new sitcom
by Meg Keegan Being the so-informed-it’s-sometimes-annoying types that we Friedmanites are, you probably already discovered/facebook posted/tweeted/told your mom about Chipotle’sContinue Reading
FDA’s Proposed Trans Fat Ban and Potential Environmental Impacts
by Barbara Patterson Last month, the Food and Drug Administration made a substantial first step at banning partially hydrogenated oils–Continue Reading
The Government Shutdown: What It Means for Food, Health, and Nutrition
By Samantha Salazar Ordonez On October 1 of this year, the United States federal government entered a shutdown that wouldContinue Reading
Making Sense of the Farm Bill
By Lindsey Webb If you’ve been following farm policy in the last year and a few months, you know thatContinue Reading
Obesity: Not a term to be thrown around lightly
By Sheryl Lynn Carvajal Merriam-Webster defines disease as “a condition…that impairs normal functioning and is typically manifested by distinguishing signsContinue Reading
The soda battle bubbles over By Lisa D’Agrosa, RD
In the past few years, soda and obesity headlines have become something of a norm. Soda-backers claim the carbonated beverageContinue Reading
Proposition 37: Did California voters defeat the ‘food movement?’
Michael Pollan may not have intended a Food Network-style smackdown, but the popular and provocative food journalist certainly raised theContinue Reading
Farm Bill 2012 – Where (If Anywhere) Is it Headed? By Sarah Buzogany
2012 has been a big year for farm and food policy. Congress has been working to create and pass aContinue Reading
So Long Supersize By Lainey Younkin, RD
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s at it again. He has banned smoking in restaurants and public parks, banned the use of artificialContinue Reading
