The 3 steps rationalize an intuitive process. It’s good advice for marketers illiterates. Sometimes using the head is the best way to start developing new habits. But the advice is useless for those whose food shopping is grounded in experience and seasonal traditional cooking.

Fast food chains are taking the Impossible and Beyond burgers off menus, and focusing on vegetable-based beef alternatives. www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/food/burger-...

Faced with competing claims & fuzzy evidence, I return to common sense - read labels, check ingredient lists, cook when you can, make nonjudgmental, practical choices that fit your lifestyle. Starvation is not an option. Without mechanistic evidence and a workable policy, it’s the best we can do.

the ceasefire is still standing. barely. iran, israel, hezbollah, and the us are all trading blows. we’re farther from a deal today than we were a week ago. @gzeromedia.com

What‘s left to buy if ultraprocessed food products are labeled? The math is brutal. Roughly 70% consumer packaged goods would carry the label. The choice is clear - cook or go hungry! I’m not being alarmist either. It’s reality if we begin to treat ultraprocessed as a primary axis of food choice.

Scientists say processing ensures food safety. Dietitians cite nutrient profiles and argue calories, sugar, sodium, fiber count. Food manufacturers push narratives to protect their products. Academics want more regulation. Is anyone surprised that policy, science, industry, and culture collide?

What‘s left to buy if ultraprocessed food products are labeled? The math is brutal. Roughly 70% consumer packaged goods would carry the label. The choice is clear - cook or go hungry! I’m not being alarmist either. It’s reality if we begin to treat ultraprocessed as a primary axis of food choice.

People who get more exercise, are better educated and more affluent, with lower BMIs and gainful employment, have better health outcomes. That's what this study, like all similar studies, says. www.sciencealert.com/cycling-link...

We celebrated Day 1 of #FIMCON2026! 🎉 A huge thank you to Food Leaders Fellow Tom McDougall of 4P Foods, Rethink Food's Matt Jozwiak, and Momentus Capital for bringing together such an enthusiastic crowd for dinner at The Aspen Institute#FIMCON2026

Yes, saturated fat, added sugar, sodium, % Daily Value are listed on the label. But I look at food and food product labels from a cooks perspective. And from that perspective, those values are meaningless. I’m probably a minority of one here in the US but I’m all in on a non-judgmental UPF4 label.

Are you interested in our American food supply? Learn more about how your meals are created on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@foodfight_u...

We are so excited to see important legislation gaining momentum in several states that will help clean up the American food supply! It’s clear that lawmakers want to hear from you. Give them your thoughts on ultra-processed foods now at foodfightusa.com/map

Cleaning up our nation’s tainted food supply is a team effort. Join Rep. Debra Tendrich @thefoodbabe.bsky.social @foodfightusa.bsky.social in supporting the removal of artificial dyes in Florida at foodfightusa.com/florida

New to @foodfightusa.bsky.social? This is who we are: youtu.be/eUFhiTCpAjI

Good to see companies realizing they don’t need artificial food dyes. We’ll be tuned in to see what the “new” recipes look like!

Todd Wagner isn’t well known in food world — but he’s having an impact thanks Food Fight USA. He sees the fight against #UPF like the fight against Big Tobacco: long, messy, winnable. Helena Bottemiller Evich interviewed him yesterday on American Dish. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Efficiency = more pork per animal with less land, fewer emissions per kilo. Cost = environment in Brazil & China, treating an animal as an input. Gains and losses don't cancel each other out. Whether that trade was worth it depends on what you think was lost. www.tabledebates.org/podcast/epis...

I want Big Food to flags food products that fall into NOVA Group 4 #UPF. And I’m okay with labeling sodium, saturated fat, added sugar. However, no judgments. No red lights 🔴 or stop signs🚦- that’s got to be up to the consumer / eater. The word “ healthy” should not appear on the package.

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I just released a new YouTube video and blog post titled "Why Low-Carb Works - But Carbs Aren't Actually the Problem." www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrfT...

Also available as a blog post, with all references: nourishedbyscience.com/why-low-carb...

Food marketing to kids has moved far beyond TV commercials. The National Food Museum’s new “Selling Candy to Kids” exhibition explores cereal-box promotions, commercials, social media, games, product placement, and AI-driven targeting. #FoodMarketing #Nutrition

I am 100% wildly in favor of growing/foraging/catching/hunting your own food. I wrote a whole book about it. It's great for a zillion reasons, just not GHGs.

In this season of renewal, it’s the perfect moment to recommit to reducing your foodprint. Join our 28 day challenge to help you adopt more sustainable shopping, cooking and eating practices:

Drought + dysfunctional water management + climate change = wacky bad stuff happening in the Everglades. www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/05/14/s...

Gift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Famous animal welfare scientist Donald Broom said that confining pigs in gestation crates is “much worse than severely beating an animal.” So it says a lot that some meat industry groups, pork companies, and members of Congress are fighting to defend the practice. New story:

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Your foodprint is not just about the food you eat; it’s also about how your food is packaged. When you skip the plastic at the grocery store, you’re on your way to reducing your foodprint ♻️ Tag a friend 👇 who always says no to plastic and invite them to discover other ways to reduce their foodprint!

Finally caught up with this interview @mikegrunwald.bsky.social did on Forked. Recommended for fans who enjoy Michael’s disrespectful attitude when a belief system collides with the evidence. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

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The taste of local seasonal isn’t enough to change market dynamics. Taste alone can’t compete with cost, convenience, year-round availability. But adding the cost of harm to soil / human health would help. Right now, the real cost of industrial agriculture ends up on someone else’s balance sheet.

What is a clear, evidence-informed definition of ultraprocessed foods and what practical policies can reduce widespread availability and consumption of UPFs? Find out more at bit.ly/UPFdefinition #HealthyEating #NutritionPolicy #UltraprocessedFoods

After another study linked ultraprocessed foods to an increased risk of heart disease, we asked food researcher Neha Khandpur what to make of the latest science. “This is beyond emerging,” she told us. “This needs policy intervention.”

To tackle its obesity crisis, Chile added warning labels on foods high in sugar. Sales of these items fell — but there was an unintended consequence: a boom in non-sugar sweeteners as companies reformulated their products to avoid the labels. Read more: https://examination.news/4w6QIp8 

The taste of local seasonal isn’t enough to change market dynamics. Taste alone can’t compete with cost, convenience, year-round availability. But adding the cost of harm to soil / human health would help. Right now, the real cost of industrial agriculture ends up on someone else’s balance sheet.

That distribution really is massively skewed.

It’s time to make sweetened beverage advertising a relic of the past! Add your name to our petition at the link below 👇 www.cspi.org/FlattenBigSoda

Isn't this an impeachable offense? I know, get in line, but I don't think a president should be able to destroy an industry just because he gets a lot of money from oil companies and he didn't like seeing wind turbines near his golf course in Scotland.

Barry Davis’s The Preventioneers published yesterday. Johns Hopkins University Press: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... link] Amazon: www.amazon.com/Preventionee...

We are directing our anger at the part of the health care system “that is most visible and frustrating (insurers’ restrictions on care) while ignoring the part of the health system that is most responsible for high costs and economic pain: hospital prices,” Zack Cooper writes.

You can now pre-order WE ARE EATING THE EARTH in paperback! The Washington Post called it "thrilling and provocative," it's triggered intense debate in food circles, and even the people angry about it have said it's a fun read. I'll be so grateful if you check it out: www.amazon.com/We-Are-Eatin...

«La réalité n’existe plus»: le publicitaire Gabriel Gaultier explique comment l’IA reformate nos cerveaux rfi.my/CfOz.BS

Domestic terror attacks and plots against the U.S. government are at their highest levels since at least 1994. archive.is/202604272006...

Brandolini's Law: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandol...

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The Everglades is a wetland ecosystem. My book about it is called The Swamp. The first Spanish visitors said it was "liable to overflow, and of no use." I had an entire chapter full of US soldiers complaining about slogging through its mushy bogs. Now it's on fire. www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/l...

There is no more time to waste! Here are 8 climate actions we can all take for a sustainable 🌍 👇 What is your #ClimateAction? #EarthDay #GenerationRestoration #ForNature

⚠️ Every year, around 🔟 million tonnes of plastic products are used in crop & animal production. ❌ Agricultural plastics have to be addressed urgently! ♻️ Find out how life-cycle approaches & the principles of circularity can help 👉 http://bit.ly/3NQucJG #EarthDay,