Food Tank Explains: Food Labeling – Food Tank https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/46107/ #CodexAlimentarius #DrRoniNeff #FAO #FDA #FoodLabels #FoodPolicy #FoodSafety #FOPL #FrontOfPackageLabels #LaurieBeyranevand #NewYorkCity #NewYorkCityFood #NutritionFacts #NutritionLabels #NYC #NYCFood #who #WorldHealthOrganization
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/134826/ Celebrating Marion Nestle – Food Tank #ClimateWeekNYC #FoodPolicy #FoodPolitics #FoodSystems #FoodTank #MarionNestle #Nestlé #nutrition #NYCClimateWeek #NYU #PublicHealth #RodaleInstitute #Sustainability
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⚖ In 2019, ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption in Argentina was linked to 9,823 premature deaths, 349,686 years of life lost, and $0.84 billion in indirect costs.
📊 Reducing UPF intake can prevent significant deaths, but the environmental impact varies greatly depending on what replaces these foods. Some replacements improve all environmental factors, while others worsen all four.
💧 Replacing UPFs with foods aligned with Argentina's National Dietary Guidelines worsened water use and eutrophication, with minimal impact on greenhouse gas emissions and land use.
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Not everything you can eat is food
I recently read a post celebrating a Senate committee vote to require warning labels on certain ultra-processed foods. What caught me was not the vote itself…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #ConsumerBehavior #conveniencefoods #FoodChoices #foodcosts #foodpolicy #healthcolumn #healthyeating #nutritiondebate #personalresponsibility #ProcessedFood #ultraprocessedfoods #Warninglabels
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Not everything you can eat is food https://www.diningandcooking.com/2816548/not-everything-you-can-eat-is-food/ #ConsumerBehavior #ConvenienceFoods #food #FoodChoices #FoodCosts #FoodPolicy #HealthColumn #HealthyEating #NutritionDebate #PersonalResponsibility #ProcessedFood #UltraProcessedFoods #WarningLabels
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Climate Week Puts New York City’s Food Future on the Menu – Food Tank https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/9287/ #ClimateChange #ClimateWeekNYC #FoodEquity #FoodJustice #FoodPolicy #FoodSystems #NewYorkCity #NewYorkCityFood #NYC #NYCFood #PlantBasedFood #Support+Feed
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Defining Ultra-Processed Foods: From Evidence to Action – Food Tank https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/6871/ #DietaryGuidelines #FDA #FoodPolicy #MAHA #MakeAmericaHealthyAgain #NewYorkCity #NewYorkCityFood #NYC #NYCFood #PublicHealth #UltraProcessedFoods #UPFs
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Julian Cribb calls it a pandemic of food ignorance among an urban population of 4.75 billion.
What it actually costs to feed one person for one day:
12kg of topsoil. 950L of water. 1.6L of fuel. 1g of pesticide. 4.9kg of carbon emissions.
Every day. Per person. Invisible to most of the people it feeds.
The disconnect between where food comes from and what it costs to produce it is the foundation of every bad food policy decision we make.
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Trump pledges legal action to break the 'nasty monopoly' in US meat processing — agriculture groups warn of food safety risks
https://www.fooddive.com/news/Trump-white-house-cattle-monopoly-food-safety/829102/
A proposal to allow farmers and ranchers to process their own animals immediately drew criticism from agriculture groups over food safety concerns.
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A proposal to allow farmers and ranchers to process their own animals immediately drew criticism from agriculture groups over food safety concerns. #food #foodpolicy #meat
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Texas probes PepsiCo and Kraft Heinz over avocado oil claims — UC Davis found many products adulterated with cheaper oils
https://www.fooddive.com/news/texas-avocado-oil-investigation-pepsico-siete-kraft-heinz-primal-kitchen/828978/
A probe into food giants' better-for-you brands follows a UC Davis study that found many products may be adulterated with cheaper oils.
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A probe into food giants' better-for-you brands follows a UC Davis study that found many products may be adulterated with cheaper oils. #food #foodpolicy #regulation
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Trump allows 300,000 metric tons of beef into the US duty-free for 90 days to ease ground beef prices
https://www.fooddive.com/news/us-beef-prices-tariff-relief-trump/828509/
President Donald Trump said he will allow 300,000 metric tons of product to enter the country duty-free for the next 90 days.
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Two-thirds of Americans across party lines favour banning glyphosate on crops grown in the US
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-bipartisan-majorities-favor-glyphosate.html
Two-thirds of Americans favor banning the use of the herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient in the popular weedkiller Roundup, on crops grown in the United States, according to a nationally…
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President Donald Trump said he will allow 300,000 metric tons of product to enter the country duty-free for the next 90 days. #food #foodpolicy #tariffs
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Two-thirds of Americans favor banning the use of the herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient in the popular weedkiller Roundup, on crops grown in the United States, according to a nationally… #science #foodpolicy #environment
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Doctors' group sues over dietary guidelines it says were illegally shaped by beef and dairy lobbying
https://www.fooddive.com/news/dietary-guidelines-lawsuit-food-industry-influence-rfk/828410/
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine said recommendations were illegally shaped by beef and dairy industry insiders.
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As the FDA delays its definition of ultra-processed food, Congress is stepping in to fill the void
https://www.fooddive.com/news/ultraprocessed-foods-definition-fda-congress-states/827831/
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As the FDA delays its definition of ultra-processed food, Congress is stepping in to fill the void
https://www.fooddive.com/news/ultraprocessed-foods-definition-fda-congress-states/827831/
As the FDA delays its proposed definition, lawmakers have stepped up to take action.
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As the FDA delays its proposed definition, lawmakers have stepped up to take action. #food #foodpolicy #ultraprocessed
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Nobody knows what ultra-processed food actually is — and RFK Jr is taking on the fuzziest category in food science
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Nobody knows what ultra-processed food actually is — and RFK Jr is taking on the fuzziest category in food science
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/08/kennedy-ultraprocessed-food-definition/688246/?utm_source=feed
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is taking on the fuzziest category in food science.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is taking on the fuzziest category in food science. #science #nutrition #foodpolicy
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The USDA will need to rewrite labeling standards for bioengineered foods by 2028 after a judge ruled against exemptions for highly refined ingredients. #food #foodpolicy #gmo
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New York sends $189 million to close the summer hunger gap
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Don’t Want Explosive Diarrhea? Shop Local — and Regulate Big Food https://otherwords.org/dont-want-explosive-diarrhea-shop-local-and-regulate-big-food/
This means that the industry practices giving rise to contaminated foods happen on a very large scale — and those foods are then distributed all over the country. That a single outbreak in one company can potentially impact the entire nation is a grave weakness in the food system.
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/610657/ Experts Highlight the Power of Food to Improve Metabolic and Mental Health – Food Tank #CapitolHill #diet #Éire #FoodPolicy #Health #IE #Ireland #longevity #MentalHealth #mood #Nutrition #NutritionResearch #PowerAndPerilOfFood
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#Digest: New Culture patented animal-free casein mozzarella technology and TurtleTree partnered with Novonesis to scale microbial fermentation lactoferrin. UK food regulators published new guidance for cell-cultured meat businesses, Romania proposed banning such products, and Tetra Pak entered industrial fermentation with a new bioreactor system.
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The movement’s passion for bad ideas, penchant for public intimidation and reliance on government mandates is meeting its match in federal judges, writes Sean McBride. #food #foodpolicy #rfkjr
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Food Fix Uncensored: Inside the Food Industry's Biggest Cover-Ups
"A roadmap to reclaiming our vitality"
Sale: $22.99 to $3.99
by Dr. Mark Hyman MD
Rating: 4.6/5 (156 Reviews)
#books #booksky #foodpolicy #publicaffairs #agriculture #health #nutrition #policy #corporate #foodsupply
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#Digest: Biosphere acquired NovoNutrients' gas fermentation assets to supply a $9 million U.S. military contract. Beyond Meat launched mycelium-based steak filet at Wegmans Food Markets and H-E-B, and The Protein Brewery raised $20.5 million despite an FDA setback on its mycoprotein filing. Singapore awarded $5.3 million for food-waste-to-seafood projects, and Chunk Foods secured shelf space at three major U.S. grocery chains.
#FoodPolicy #Seafood #Sustainability #AgTech
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Canada’s National Food Security Strategy misses the mark
Canadians have an appetite for safe, healthy, affordable food produced by Canadian farmers and workers. To advance domestic…
#Canada #foodindustry #foodpolicy #FoodSecurity
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#Digest: Solar Foods secured €78 million in Finnish government grants and loans for its Factory 02 hydrogen fermentation facility, while The Protein Brewery won the EU's first novel food approval for a whole-food mycelium ingredient. 풀무원 (Pulmuone) reported a nearly 17% surge in U.S. tofu sales, and Molinos Rio de la Plata acquired plant-based food company NotCo. The European Parliament voted to reserve meat terminology for animal-origin products.
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US tobacco firms applied tobacco strategies to globalize ultra-processed foods
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308501
#HackerNews #tobaccoindustry #ultra-processedfoods #globalization #publichealth #foodpolicy
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World’s farm export ambitions versus Europe’s self-owning policies
European Union agricultural policy can keep you up at night — and in other moments, put you to…
#Europe #EU #agriculturepolicy #biodiesel #biofuels #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #Exports #foodpolicy #globaltrade #Imports #landuse #Mercosur #MRL #Pesticides #policy #Politics #residues #Soybeans #Trade
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Athens imported a third of its grain through the Bosporus. Constantinople sat on that chokepoint and extracted rent from the dependency.
The Strait of Hormuz is the same pattern. 2,500 years later.
Chokepoints aren't anomalies. They're a structural feature of every food system that depends on distant supply.
The only durable fix isn't managing the chokepoint. It's reducing the dependency that made it powerful.
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/123165/ Netherlands Food Partnership | Laura Birkman on the implications of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz for global food security #AgriFood #AgriSector #agrifood #agrisector #agro #agrosector #Fertiliser #food #FoodPolicy #FoodResilience #FoodSecurity #handelsstromen #Hormuz #HormuzStrait #ImportDependence #LauraBirkman #MaritimeRoutes #MiddleEast #StraitOfHormuz #voedsel #VoedselAlsWapen #voedselproductie #voedseltekort #voedselzekerheid #zeeroutes
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Found a piece on stewardship vs ownership at the heart of Canada's resource strategy.
The framing is about oil. But the argument travels.
"Ownership asks what can I take. Stewardship asks what must I leave stronger."
Canada's food and water are a national trust in exactly the same sense.
Food sovereignty is a stewardship question, not just a supply chain one.
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Norway boosts food sovereignty via innovation, research
In countries across the globe, the changing world order is bringing new focus to the concept of food…
#Norway #NO #Europe #Europa #EU #cereals #drones #fertilizer #foodpolicy #foodsecurity #foodsovereignty #landuseplanning #Noreg #Norge #norway #nyheter #oilseeds #potatoes #research #wheat
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https://www.europesays.com/2995557/ Norway boosts food sovereignty via innovation, research #cereals #drones #fertilizer #FoodPolicy #FoodSecurity #FoodSovereignty #LandUsePlanning #Noreg #Norge #norway #nyheter #oilseeds #potatoes #research #wheat
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This piece tracks three converging pressures on global food buffers: a 50% urea price spike hitting smallholder farmers at planting season, the worst US Midwest spring drought on record, and a forecast below-normal Indian monsoon.
2009-2011? 👀 Thin reserves, economic stress, and energy shocks converging — food riots pending?
Mother nature still has a vote. But the structural conditions are already baked in.
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Ultra‑processed food: why the debate needs less fear and more clarity
#UltraProcessedFoods #UPF #Nutrition #Health #Lifestyle #FoodScience #HealthyEating #Diet #Wellbeing #Wellness #FoodIndustry #ProcessedFood #Science #WholeFoods #FoodPolicy #DietQuality
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Helen Freeman flags a Soil Association report that deserves more attention.
The core point: resilience isn't about surviving one bad season. It's about whole farm systems that can absorb shocks — soil that holds water, crops that aren't locked into synthetic input chains, markets that don't punish long-term thinking.
The slow-moving risks are always the ones that catch us unprepared.
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Farmers’ voices in European protests
Farmers’ protests swept across Europe in 2024. Researchers analysed surveys from over 2,200 farmers in Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. They found a wide range of concerns that differed markedly between countries. Farmers’ motivations go far beyond commonly cited issues such as environmental regulations: complaints ranged from bureaucracy and low incomes to political dissatisfaction and uncertainty about the future of farming: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=8066
Research in #FoodPolicy: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102999
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#EventAlert: @TheEconomist Impact will host its inaugural Future of Food Summit in London on 10 February 2026. Protein Report is proud to be a media partner! The event will convene more than 500 policymakers, investors, technologists and food-system leaders across 30+ sessions with 80+ speakers to examine the economic forces reshaping global food production. Registration is now open: https://econimpact.co/1a6
#EconFood #agrifood #agriculture #food #foodtech #foodpolicy #sustainability #london
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The EU Parliament voted to ban terms like “veggie burger” and “plant-based sausage” because consumers are confused. Research shows people understand what they’re buying. The real issue is bureaucracy, not consumer confusion. Climate and food security challenges remain unaddressed.
More: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/10/08/when-is-a-sausage-no-longer-a-sausage-european-parliament-answers-after-long-grilling-sess -
Do you care about school food programs? Check out these great articles from our archives (from 2025 back to 2018), covering the intersections of food, schools, policy, pedagogy, and procurement.
Feeding children while Asian: Immigrant families’ experiences with school lunches in Canada (2025)
Partnerships and knowledge sharing for sustainable school food systems in Saskatchewan (2025)
Opportunities and challenges for school food programs in Canada: Lessons from the United States (2024)
Proposing a Framework for School Food Program Evaluation in Canada (2022)
Unwrapping school lunch: Examining the social dynamics and caring relationships that play out during school lunch (2022)
Characteristics of Canadian school food programs funded by provinces and territories (2021)
Beyond Health & Nutrition: Re-framing school food programs through integrated food pedagogies (2020)
The case for a Canadian national school food program (2018)
#SchoolFood
#SchoolLunch
#FoodPolicy
#FoodSystemsphoto: Alexia Moyer
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The EU Parliament voted to ban terms like “veggie burger” and “plant-based sausage” because consumers are confused. Research shows people understand what they’re buying. The real issue is bureaucracy, not consumer confusion. Climate and food security challenges remain unaddressed.
More: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/10/08/when-is-a-sausage-no-longer-a-sausage-european-parliament-answers-after-long-grilling-sess -
🛒 Walmart to phase out synthetic dyes in U.S. food brands by 2027.
🔗 https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/10/1/walmart-to-phase-out-synthetic-dyes-in-its-us-private-label-food-brands
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“We shouldn’t always have to be resilient”
A critical discourse analysis of food system resilience and equity in Toronto, Ontario, in an era of global polycrisisJenelle Regnier-Davies
Sara Edge#Canada #FoodPolicy #FoodSystems #Resilience #Inequity #Toronto
#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeathttps://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/706
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Old habits die hard: The need for feminist rethinking in global food and agricultural policies
Andrea M. Collins
#Gender #Food #Land #Governance #Agriculture #Policy #FoodPolicy #AgriculturePolicy
#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeathttps://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/228
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Linking Fisheries Policy to Sustainable Diets: The Case of Lake Superior
Kristen Lowitt
#SmallScaleFisheries #FisheriesPolicy #FoodPolicy #SustainableDiets #LakeSuperior #FreshwaterFisheries #IndigenousFisheries #CommercialFisheries #RecreationalFishing
#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeathttps://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/449
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With concerted efforts in marketing, infrastructure, and support for commercial fishing, invasive carp can become not just a problem but a resource.
In 20 years, they might become a staple to eat as consumers adapt.
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🚨 FDA plans big food system reforms: tackling ultraprocessed foods, AI, & financial toxicity.
As an RDN + public sector leader, I see this as a call to engage.
✅ Advocate.
✅ Collaborate.
✅ Comment.The system won’t fix itself. #RDNLeadership #FoodPolicy #PublicHealth https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/health/fda-drug-approvals-artificial-intelligence.html
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Examine food movements in Canada. Explore how policy gets made. Dig into the politics of protein. Unpack the role of the state.
Explore the scholarship on politics in Canadian Food Studies! No paywalls! Just knowledge sharing!
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