Category: Food

  • Food Security Is a Question of Environmental and Social Justice

    Food Security Is a Question of Environmental and Social Justice

    Access to adequate food is considered a basic human right. Yet, despite a global surplus of food, millions of people worldwide are facing chronic hunger. How is this possible? From environmental and socioeconomic shocks to our current food system, food insecurity is caused by an interplay of factors. Finding ways to increase global food security…

  • Nutri-Score for animal welfare? Food agency proposes A-E labelling

    Nutri-Score for animal welfare? Food agency proposes A-E labelling

    Consumers want higher animal welfare across Europe, where law dictates standards for livestock species including calves, laying hens and broilers. They also want better animal welfare labelling on food products. In France, food agency ANSES is responding with a proposal for a Nutri-Score-like system classifying standards from the highest (A) to the lowest (E). Unlike…

  • Food drive collects 400 pounds

    Food drive collects 400 pounds

    <!– SHOW ARTICLE –> The Mayville Post Office participated in the 2024 National Association of Letter Carriers ‘Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive’ on Saturday, May 11. Thanks to the Post Office and Postal customers, 36 tubs of non-perishable food, totaling approximately 400 pounds, were collected and donated to the Mayville Food Pantry. Many thanks go…

  • Hailey Bieber’s Unusual Pregnancy Food Craving Explained

    Hailey Bieber’s Unusual Pregnancy Food Craving Explained

    While we don’t know the exact cause of food cravings during pregnancy, hormones, cultural factors, and nutritional deficits are a few components thought to potentially play a role (via Frontiers in Psychology). Houston Methodist adds that pregnant individuals may also be drawn to certain foods that help alleviate uncomfortable symptoms, such as nausea or vomiting.…

  • Food prices up for Memorial Day 2024

    Food prices up for Memorial Day 2024

    Food prices up for Memorial Day 2024 – CBS News Watch CBS News Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, and about half of all Americans are expected to grill over the weekend. But food prices are up this year, making those cookouts a bit more expensive. Jonathan Vigliotti reports. View CBS News In…

  • Summer Food Service Program ready to begin across Wis.

    Summer Food Service Program ready to begin across Wis.

    MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction announced today it has started working with eligible organizations interested in providing meals and snacks during the summer months to children through the Summer Food Service Program. Each summer, as part of the SFSP, food service staff at over 1,000 locations across Wisconsin serve 2.6 million nutritious…

  • Google, Gimme the Coupons! Here Are the Most Googled Fast Food Coupons in Each State

    Google, Gimme the Coupons! Here Are the Most Googled Fast Food Coupons in Each State

      Papa John’s dominated the search results for fast food chain coupons in 20 states and is also the most Googled fast food coupon in the U.S. Little Caesars and Panera Bread were a surprise choice, topping the list of most Googled coupons in three states Surprisingly, the largest fast-food chains such as McDonald’s, Starbucks,…

  • PBS NewsHour | Why SNAP benefits aren’t keeping up with rising food costs | Season 2024

    PBS NewsHour | Why SNAP benefits aren’t keeping up with rising food costs | Season 2024

    THE FIVE YEAR FARM BILL IS WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH CONGRESS. THE $1.5 TRILLION MEASURE COVERS A SWEEPING SET OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD POLICIES COVERING EVERYTHING FROM CROP INSURANCE TO CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. AS ALI ROGIN REPORTS, ONE MAJOR STICKING POINT THIS YEAR IS FUNDING FOR THE FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT HELPS LOW-INCOME PEOPLE BUY FOOD. ALI:…

  • ‘Food is medicine’ intervention improves outcomes for patients with lung cancer

    ‘Food is medicine’ intervention improves outcomes for patients with lung cancer

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKRC) – Learn how a nutrition intervention, specifically designed for patients with lung cancer, integrates certain foods and nutritional expertise into personalized, medically tailored meals to improve health during and after cancer treatments. —– The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute…

  • Galaxies in the Early Universe Preferred their Food Cold

    Galaxies in the Early Universe Preferred their Food Cold

    One of the main objectives of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to study the early Universe by using its powerful infrared optics to spot the first galaxies while they were still forming. Using Webb data, a team led by the Cosmic Dawn Center in Denmark pinpointed three galaxies that appear to have been…