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Chairwoman Stabenow Statement at Nominations Hearing for Dr. Basil Ivanhoe Gooden and Summer K. Mersinger | The United States Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement at a hearing to consider the nominations of Dr. Basil Ivanhoe Gooden to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development and the Honorable Summer K. Mersinger to be a Commissioner of the Commodity…
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Turn to whole grains for a nutritional boost
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Meat Companies and Lobbying Groups Plan to Present Meat as ‘Sustainable Nutrition’ at COP28, Documents Reveal
Beef cattle for sale at an auction in Ayr, Scotland. Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Big meat companies and lobbyists for the industry have…
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VIEWS FROM ELSEWHERE: Senior nutrition program needs better controls
A legislative audit has once again found significant deficiencies in a statewide program. This time it is the Senior Nutrition Program, overseen by the Minnesota Board on Aging. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Let the news…
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What Are the Benefits of Snap Peas?
Snap peas, also called sugar peas or sugar snap peas, are a vegetable that grows on vines, in cooler seasons. Snap peas are a cross between snow peas and garden peas. Snap peas and snow peas are identical nutritionally and taste similar, but snap peas tend to be sweeter and more flavorful. Snap peas are…
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Breakfast skipping means children may not be getting all the nutrients they need
A new scientific review published by the British Nutrition Foundation, in partnership with the charity, Magic Breakfast, highlights that many schoolchildren are skipping breakfast, making it harder to get the nutrients they need for healthy development and learning. Teenagers, especially girls, and children from households on lower incomes are particularly at risk. The review looked…
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Child Nutrition Director wraps up 35 years in her career; Teton School District #401
35 years of school lunches came to a close for Kathy Rowbury on Nov. 1 as she stepped down from being the Director of Child Nutrition for the Teton School District #401. Having grown up in Idaho her entire life, Rowbury has spent nearly half her life making or coordinating school lunches in either Snake…
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Guilford County Schools nutrition staff demand better wages
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Guilford County Schools nutrition employees returned to work Wednesday after a two-day walkout. What You Need To Know GCS nutrition employees held a walkout on Monday and Tuesday Nutrition employees and managers claimed they weren’t being paid fairly Some new employees are making the same as employees who have been there longer…
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Which is the best meal kit for losing weight? Here’s your answer
Thanksgiving is over (those leftovers better be gone from your fridge) and the holiday season is fully upon us. Are you thinking about your New Year’s resolutions? If a doctor-approved weight loss plan is on the list, why not get a head start now by making the switch to a healthy, fitness-friendly meal delivery service?…
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Sudan Situation – Health & Nutrition Update (October 2023)
Attachments OVERVIEW With the conflict in Sudan continuing, more than 5.3 million people have been newly displaced including more than one million people forced to flee to neighboring countries. Health conditions in the country remain extremely dire with reports of high malnutrition, disease outbreaks and shortages of medicines, electricity and water. The health care situation…
