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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Label Man character was seen at the Department of Agriculture celebration of the introduction of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010, an informational event in the Whitten Café in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. (Photo credit: USDA)

Everything You Know About the Dietary Guidelines Is Wrong

June 2, 2025

Few Americans understand the nutrition recommendations, or how they are decided. Now, Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s MAHA movement is involved, and misinformation and confusion abound.

MAHA Supporters Form New Organization to Boost RFK’s Goals in D.C.

May 16, 2025

Calley Means speaks during a news conference at the Health and Human Services Department on April 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo credit: Andrew Harnik, Getty Images)

Op-ed: What It Will Take to Ban Ultra-Processed Food in School Meals

April 23, 2025

several trays of school lunches that incldues a salad, milk carton, and other items on a cafeteria table

At These Grocery Stores, No One Pays

April 14, 2025

Pratt Free Market, a free grocery store inside a library. Photo credit: Sam Delgado

Photo Essay: Connecting Manhattan’s Chinatown Elders Through Food and Culture

April 1, 2025

An elder heads toward a table of friends at Manhattan’s Open Door Senior Center.

Bans on Soda and Candy in SNAP Are Back on the Table, and They’re Still Controversial

March 10, 2025

A person shopping for food using SNAP funds. It may not be possible for them to buy candy or soda. (Photo credit: Giselle Flissak, Getty Images)

Indigenous Food Reciprocity as a Model for Mutual Aid

March 3, 2025

Traditional forager Twila Cassadore of the San Carlos Apache Nation gathers wild amaranth seeds with her niece, as seen in the documentary Gather. (Photo credit: Renan Ozturk)

In LA’s Altadena Neighborhood, Community Food Solutions Feed Wildfire Recovery

By Esther Tseng

January 22, 2025

Photo credit to World Central Kitchen/WCK.org.

WIC’s Recent Gains Likely to Face Challenges in Next Administration

By Laura Reiley

January 6, 2025

A woman carrying a toddler shows the toddler a broccoli inside a grocery store

Our Best Community Food Solutions Stories of 2024

By The Civil Eats Editors

December 27, 2024

Maximina Hernández Reyes pictured at MR. Farms.

An Artisan Bakery in Buffalo Reimagines Wonder Bread

December 16, 2024

a full loaf of white bread made from milled grains, with the word wonderful in red over it and some colorful dots above it

A Memoir of Communal Living Celebrates Families, Relationships, and Food

By Amy Halloran

November 26, 2024

a photo of lola milholland with the cover of her book, group living and other recipes

Restoring a Cornerstone of the Local Grain Economy

By Daniel Walton

November 20, 2024

a scenic old grist mill powered by a stream in the woods

Can Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. ‘Make America Healthy Again’?

October 9, 2024

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - AUGUST 23: Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. Kennedy announced today that he was suspending his presidential campaign and supporting former President Trump. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Project 2025 Calls for Major Cuts to the US Nutrition Safety Net

August 28, 2024

A sign alerting customers about SNAP food stamps benefits is displayed at a Brooklyn grocery store on December 5, 2019 in New York City. Earlier that week, the Trump administration announced stricter requirements for food stamps benefits that would have cut support for nearly 700,000 poor Americans. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)

On TikTok, A Revival of Black Herbalism

By Lacey Herbert

August 13, 2024

Carmen Adams is a registered herbalist, community health nurse, and founder of Innergy Med Group, a practice that provides wellness plans that integrate holistic and herbal solutions. (Photo courtesy of Carmen Adams)

Can Cooking in Community Slow Dementia and Diabetes?

By Nicole J. Caruth, Pulizer Center Reporting Fellow

July 1, 2024

Look What Nicola Twilley Found in the Fridge

June 24, 2024

Nicola Twilley and the cover her new book, Frostbite. (Author photo credit: Rebecca Fishman)

Far From Home, the Curry Leaf Tree Thrives

By Mary-Rose Abraham

May 8, 2024

Zee Lilani of Kula Nursery stands among her curry leaf tree starts in Oakland, California. (Photo credit: Melati Citrawireja)

For This Alaska Town, Whaling Is a Way of Life

April 22, 2024

Parting the ice as they tow the whale back home. (Photo credit: Jim Wickens)

We Are in the Golden Age of Dorm-Room Cooking

April 16, 2024

screenshots of an instagram reel of a dorm-room cooking event of coconut tofu curry

Op-ed: My Family Struggled With Hunger. If Congress Won’t Fully Fund WIC, Millions More Will, Too

February 28, 2024

a parent feeds a small baby because they receive WIC funding and Congress has passed a funding bill in the past

Op-ed: Meals Made With Fresh, Whole Foods Could Transform Our Health Care System

By James McGovern

February 13, 2024

a volunteer delivers a healthy medically tailored meal to a senior citizen

Listen to Plants, Says Indigenous Forager and Activist Linda Black Elk

February 6, 2024

Linda Black Elk (Photo courtesy of NATIFS)

WIC Shortfall Could Leave 2 Million Women And Children Hungry

January 24, 2024

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