Last weekend, I cooked dinner using entries from the Recipes for Healthy Kids competition, the joint venture by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and First Lady Michelle Obama’s
When it comes to choosing what to eat, taste still takes the cake as the deciding factor for Americans; however price is edging up in importance, and health is still
In the ongoing debate over whether or not to regulate the use of antibiotics for food animals, moms fall squarely into the “yes” category.
That’s according to a new
A new Internet-based mapping tool pinpoints the location of what the U.S. government calls “food deserts.”
The online Food Desert Locator, developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’
In the wake of regulatory threats against the makers of alcoholic energy drinks, some are calling for further scrutiny of nonalcoholic energy drinks promoted as mixers for alcohol.
Last year,
A new federal rule will give preference in contract bidding for school meals to local farm products, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week.
The final rule, published
Attorneys general from more than a dozen states are calling on Pabst, maker of the new highly alcoholic flavored drink “Blast,” to take the dangerous punch out of its product.
Four government agencies, led by the Federal Trade Commission, have announced long-awaited guidelines for food and beverage advertising targeted at children.
Under the proposals released Thursday, the food industry would
Twenty-six percent of Coca-Cola shareholders voted to require that the company disclose its plans on the future use and possible phase out of bisphenol-A (BPA) in beverage can linings, a
Last year’s nationwide outbreak of Salmonella was a dramatic example of how eggs can carry toxic bacteria.
More than 1,500 people became ill and some 500 million eggs
When girls in the school lunch program are more likely to be obese than who choose not to participate, it’s probably time for change.
That’s exactly where the