Why don’t presidential candidates talk about food? Changes in SNAP. And more.
Good morning! It’s caucus day in Iowa and our first item actually considers presidential politics. On the menu: Editorial: Why don’t the presidential candidates talk about food? The UC Food Observer has been wondering …
The UC Food Observer chooses some important stories for you to read each work day. On today’s menu, in no particular order: 1. Two scoops are better than one. Our …
The UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read each work day. Typically, we offer this on Fridays, but with so many important and wonderful …
FAO Report: Without universal access to water, no food security
The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has issued a major report on the relationship between access to water and global food security and nutrition. The report, developed by …
Op-Ed: “Corporate irresponsibility over GMOs”
What is “being lost” as GMOs become a “trendy identifier?” In a scathing op-ed penned for The Washington Post, Michael Gerson (@MJGerson), suggests that the move to nix GMOs by …
Op-Ed: Smallholder farmers are the new global food frontier
A third of the world’s 7.3 billion people are small farmers and their families. They work about 60% of the world’s arable land, producing nearly 70% of all food consumed …
Essay: The poor are treated like criminals
Via Chuck Abbott (@chuckabbot1) “Who are these people, and what makes them think that what we eat is their business?” So writes Jeanine Grant Lister in an essay appearing …
Op-Ed: “The diet we need for a sustainable planet.”
Anna Lappé (@annalappe) is the author of “Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It” and a co-founder …
Opinion: The myth of high-protein diets
The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a group that vets the science behind the nation’s Dietary Guidelines, has determined that cholesterol no longer needs to be considered a “nutrient of concern.” …
Weekend op-eds: A farm shift in China…and in North Dakota
One of the best things about weekends is (perhaps) more time to read op-ed pieces. Two of the weekend’s best discuss the consolidation of small family farms into large-scale agribusinesses. …