Just like beans, peas and lentils are packed with protein and antioxidant compounds. Why don’t we eat more of them?

This story was produced by Grist and reprinted with permission. In 2010, United States lawmakers passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which aimed to tackle both childhood obesity and hunger by ...

Statewide, this will affect a million children,” said Judith Cruz. Before the cuts, 1 in 5 children in Florida were food ...

Nearly 17% of the world's croplands are contaminated with "heavy metals," according to a new study in Science. These ...

Six parishes in Louisiana were chosen to be part of a USDA-funded pilot project aimed at encouraging SNAP recipients to make ...

According to the USDA/FSIS recall it is believed that the affected items were shipped mainly to retail outlets in Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia, ...

April 6, 2025 The USDA’s program began doling out grants to states and tribal governments in 2022, in an attempt to decentralize and diversify food supply chains after the strain of the pandemic.

Folks experiencing food insecurity across the region will have less food available due to USDA funding cuts. The immediate impact was the cancellation of 21 tractor-trailer loads of scheduled food ...

Federal budget cuts are impacting food assistance programs in Oregon. The full extent of the cuts and their impact on those in need is still unknown. Oregon lawmakers have been asked to increase ...

So really, it's about educating and getting school food service directors to change the direction." The USDA plays a major role in the meals public schools serve. It oversees federal funding to ...

The USDA has updated the food pyramid over the years to reflect that changing understanding of nutritional science, but Americans are considerably less trim and healthy. When the first edition of ...