Tag: nutrition

USApple announces the launch of this year's charitable initiative to support healthy eating projects in public schools

Florida Blue Foundation, the philanthropic affiliate for the state's Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, announced it is awarding $3.3 million in grants to nine community-based programs across the state to improve access to healthy food in food deserts and other rural communities where Floridians have limited access to affordable, healthy food options.

The produce industry might want to distinguish what it wants in the farm bill from what it can get.

If the produce industry has a single greatest enemy, its name is HPF. Which stands for hyperpalatable foods. Foods that are designed to taste addictively good. There are a lot of them on the market.

Bayer, one of the country’s largest life-sciences companies, announced today its campaign to remind rural America to “Take Care, Now” and help alleviate care deserts in rural America, areas significantly impacted by both food insecurity and limited access to healthcare.

According to a study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the winner of “the healthiest vegetable” is watercress, which by the criteria of the study cited, scores 100 percent, making it the top “powerhouse” vegetable.

The Senate subcommittee’s legislation fully funds WIC, including the fruit and vegetable benefit amount at the current levels consistent with the National Academy of Science’s recommendations.  

With obesity currently at a rate of 36 percent in the American population, public health authorities are increasingly targeting junk food. One method being considered to reduce junk food consumption is taxation.

Every week we see a new story about venture capital investing in companies raising insects for human consumption.

Pairwise, a health-focused food and agriculture company, and Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), the nation's leading nonprofit working to improve the food system, today announced a three-year partnership to support a joint goal of increasing access to healthy, fresh, and affordable food.