Tag: nutrition

As the International Fresh Produce Association continues its nutrition policy and advocacy to create more opportunities for fresh fruits and vegetables across federal feeding and nutrition programs, it recently responded to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Food and Drug Administration on proposed revisions to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food packages as well as the FDA’s ongoing efforts to define “healthy” for nutrient content claims.

The National Grocers Association (NGA), the national trade association representing the independent supermarket industry, sent a letter to White House officials asking for a convening of stakeholders to address the growing problem of the exclusion of independent grocers and their customers from important health benefit programs funded by health insurance plans.

The International Fresh Produce Association has released its first state of the industry report, a document that is worth unpacking.

The proposed restructuring of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on January 31 by FDA commissioner Robert Califf is important enough that it’s worth uncracking the bureaucratese.

It can be hard to see how fresh fruits and vegetables fit into the global food picture. Reports from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) often give a huge number of facts about major crops such as grains, soybeans, and oilseeds, but usually don’t mention fresh produce.

This fall, America’s largest grocery retailer The Kroger Co., joined the Biden administration and its White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health to give details on Kroger’s plan to expand its Food as Medicine program.

Fyffes has partnered with independent experts its fruit production countries to better understand the needs of its neighboring communities and collect essential information to support Fyffes ongoing human rights and environmental due diligence.

On November 17, the Food and Drug Administration announced new proposed guidelines for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.

You will remember that this summer, the International Fresh Produce Association came out with its “Fruit and Vegetable Moonshot” for September’s White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.

With the holiday season around the corner ushering in numerous gatherings and celebrations centered around food, new data suggests that Americans believe they understand nutrition but in reality aren't making the grade.