Tag: nutrition

The produce industry must work together to persuade U.S. government agencies to fund fruit and vegetable consumption initiatives in order to improve public health.

Brighter Bites, a nonprofit organization that delivers fresh fruits and vegetables along with nutrition education resources directly into families’ hands, announces its partnership with, DoorDash via its Project DASH initiative to increase fresh produce accessibility to children and their families in NYC, Houston, and Washington D.C.

With the recent Administration announcement of a series of regional listening sessions to inform creation of the U.S. nutrition security blueprint to be unveiled at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health in September, the International Fresh Produce Association enlisted a broad cross-section of its membership.

Without going into detail, I would say that study’s analysis of daily fruit and vegetable consumption among Americans fits well with other facts and figures I have seen.

The rate of people who either smoked or were obese or both in 1965 was 55 percent. The percentage of people who either smoked or obese or both at present is 57 percent.

In the first quarter of 2022, healthy food incentive program redemptions, supported by Snap2Save's technology, exceeded $100,000, and total redemptions since program inception have now passed $400,000.

International Fresh Produce Association’s (IFPA) Vice President of Nutrition & Health, Mollie Van Lieu, has been announced as the emcee for the Food as Medicine Summit in Chicago from May 25-26.

The Produce for Better Health Foundation applauds today’s announcement that the White House has scheduled a conference on hunger, nutrition and health for September 2022, which is, coincidentally, National Fruits & Veggies Month.

A study at the University of Minnesota is looking at a disadvantaged section of north Minneapolis to see why fast-food restaurants have proliferated there. 

During the month of March, Healthy Family Project aligned with health-conscious brands and more than 400 retail dietitians at 52 retailers as well as school nutrition directors in more than 100 schools for this year’s annual Mission for Nutrition.