I agree, Making the American food environment healthier should be value that Americans from every side of the political spectrum can agree on and support. Food Used to Be Democrats’ Territory. What Happened? newrepublic.com/article/2065... via @newrepublic.com

Brainfood: Diversity of Sugarcane, Rice, Lentils, Olives, Sweetpotato, Cassava, Beans, Buckwheat, Pigeon pea, Landscapes – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/02/brai... #agrobiodiversity #conservation #genebanks #biodiversity #seeds

Ultraprocessed foods comprise half of the average American's diet, and according to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are leading to Americans being obese and malnourished at the same time. cbsn.ws/3MN1IpT

I agree, Making the American food environment healthier should be value that Americans from every side of the political spectrum can agree on and support. Food Used to Be Democrats’ Territory. What Happened? newrepublic.com/article/2065... via @newrepublic.com

ooooh don't get me started ... www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/fo...

“Mass childhood pickiness is a modern phenomenon created largely by junk food companies that marketed products like sugary cereals as food specifically for children, convincing Americans that kids need different, easily likable foods,” writes Helen Zoe Veit.

Why are kids these days such picky eaters? It's been a 2-step process: Step 1: Big Food makes "kid food:" bland, sweet, crunchy, soft, salty Step 2: Parents buy into the idea that kids need kid food, kids are happy to go along Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/o...

Why are we still doing this? Why are we mining these noisy, inaccurate, confounded databases for associations so we can mislead people about what they ought to be eating? I'd sure love to see @gidmk.bsky.social and @pwgtennant.bsky.social weigh in on this one.

Today is a great day to Eat More Beans 🫘🫘🫘 #WorldPulsesDay

Humans need both #protein and #fiber. A wise nutrition researchers once said, we need to reduce food down to nutrients so we can study it. Thats because food is so complex and nutrition is wicked hard.

"To me the single best thing you can do to make food more affordable in America right now is do away with the ethanol mandate. It’s been more than 20 some years. Ethanol should [survive] on its own. It should not have a government mandate."

Yesterday was one of our classic 🇺🇸 events. ✔️ The Seattle Seahawks took home a 🏆 ✔️ Bad Bunnie 🇵🇷 won the half-time ratings. ✔️ But who won your vote on the ad wars?

Pardina lentils are a staple in Spanish kitchens. They are used in all kinds of dishes in Spain, including Lentejas, a rustic stew that varies from region to region. Today we’re featuring a meatless version with potatoes and pimentón.

Today our 🇺🇸 #DietaryGuidelines no longer suppler highly processed food products. ✅ Prioritize protein means #RealFood sources like eggs or fish or chicken or meat or beans. ❌ Avoid #UPF high in sugar and refined carbohydrates. And reformulating with no natural food dyes isn’t going to help.

"Last week, the NYT ran a story saying farmers are going to let their crops rot because the prices are so bad. At the same time, we’re having a food affordability crisis. That juxtaposition captures how broken our food system is"

Link to recipes www.ranchogordo.com/blogs/recipe...

Check out more tips for making soup from scraps: foodprint.org/blog/simple-...

Good read from one of the researchers who contributed to DGA2025. #UPF #RealFood Confused by the new dietary guidelines? Focus on these simple, evidence-based shifts to lower your chronic disease risk theconversation.com/confused-by-...

Read more about how the government protected pesticide companies in a case from last year: foodprint.org/blog/pestici...

The MAHA movement wants to protect people from pesticides, but the Trump administration it propelled to office is protecting pesticide companies instead: The Supreme Court is hearing a case shielding manufacturer Bayer from responsibility in any future cancer lawsuits involving glyphosate.

Don't worry about it. I'm in the same bucket, and my choice is to buy from small meat and small dairy.

DGA 2025 were released earlier this month. As a tradition eater, I’m okay with avoiding #HPF. But I find myself in the extremely awkward and uncomfortable position of also being okay with whole milk and meat minus the “ lean” disclaimer. I find myself in the same bucket as Big Beef / Big Dairy 😱

My husband went a little crazy at the @ranchogordo.bsky.social sale! I think we have all of our winter meals planned out.

This is great. At first I thought it was silly. Then I realized it was funny. Now I think it's clever and wonderful. Napa is changing, for the better. Subscribe to see just how. open.substack.com/pub/thevalle...

🇺🇸 DGA2025 - Limit Highly Processed Foods #UPF ❌ Avoid highly processed packaged, prepared, ready-to-eat, or other foods … that have added sugars and sodium (salt). ✅ Instead, prioritize nutrient-dense foods and home-prepared meals. #RealFood

Yippee. See you Monday.

I just made this yellow eyed bean soup and if I had a restaurant, it would be on the menu. The beans are from @ranchogordo.bsky.social

The agricultural industry uses more than 13 million tons of plastic every year — and that plastic ends up in our soil and, potentially, our food. What’s the impact of its presence in our soil and the foods we eat? Read more in our latest by @lelanargi.bsky.social:

Antibiotic use in livestock is going up. That's not good. Contributes to antibiotic-resistant bacteria in humans. civileats.com/2026/01/20/s... @lisaelaineh.bsky.social reports for @civileats.com

Yes please! Regulate factory farms like any other factory, and don't let them pollute essentially at will. (And, while you're at it, make them conform to animal cruelty regs as well, although I have not yet persuaded @mikegrunwald.bsky.social of this.) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...

Marion write a good guidance book. But as long as it’s okay to pick and choose, I’m also okay with DGA2025. That’s because I like to cook and prioritizing freshly prepared just tastes better than #UPF pre-prepared frozen or take out. 😋🍴👍

New Video Alert: What Happens When You Eat Less Ultra-Processed Foods? A Conversation with Sam Dicken, PhD youtu.be/hC756z_ovLs?...

The New Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Are They Rooted in Science or Dogma? In my newest YouTube video, Dr. Ty Bea ( @tybeal.bsky.social ) and I discuss and critically evaluate the newly released Dietary Guidelines for Americans. youtu.be/30Ck92FeE5E

Free living Americans don’t follow dietary guidelines. I don’t follow the guidelines. Why not? Because good taste is incompatible with LOW sodium, saturated fat, and sugar. So I’m resigned to continuing my non-compliance joys of eating behavior with balance and moderation.

Now’s the time to embark on your 2026 sustainability journey 🌎 Check out our Reduce Your Foodprint Challenge for more sustainability tips, because even small steps make a difference: foodprint.org/blog/sustain...

Some vegans are mad I eat meat; some carnivores are mad I quit beef. Look, food is personal, and I don’t tell anyone what to eat. It’s just a fact that when we eat less beef, we eat a lot less of the earth.

If we want to understand why taking pleasure from food is not the likeliest cause of #obesity, we need to learn a bit about #interoceptive signals that regulate our eating and our weight. It's all about #homeostasis. HT: @plosbiology.org conscienhealth.org/2026/01/12/i...

Wondering how to use the stalks and fronds of your fennel? 🍴 Add chopped stalks to a stock 🍴 Puree fronds to make a pesto 🍴 Infuse a whole fennel into vodka for your next Bloody Mary Find out more ways to use up the whole fennel plant: foodprint.org/blog/how-to-...

Ingredients: wheat flour, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, dextrose, soybean and palm oil (TBHQ), milk protein concentrate, wheat protein, glycerin, bleached wheat flour, leavening agents, xanthan gum, natural flavor, dried fruits, gelatin, caramel color, citric acid, artificial colors.

I wrote this pre-pandemic. "Sometimes it may seem thankless but you need to know that our kind is getting to be rarer in a time when what we do is more important than ever." www.ranchogordo.com/blogs/blog/a...

Thanks to Bill McDowell for interviewing me for an article in the Institute of Food Technologists magazine! www.ift.org/news-and-pub...

The 2025-2026 Dietary Guidelines are set to release very soon (perhaps even tomorrow!) and they're critically important since they act as recommendations for how we should be eating to meet nutrient needs, promote health, and prevent chronic disease. So what do we want to see in the new DGAs? 🧵

Today is #NationalBeanDay, but that’s just any other day for us 🫘😂 Eat More Beans today and every day!

Scrap soup, also known as stone soup or, less appetizingly, garbage soup, is a soul-warming, ever-adaptable dish that makes use of the leftover food bits you stash away in the freezer or fridge. Plus, it saves money along the way. Check out the basics for making soup from odds and ends:

The Hostess Twinkie is a prototypical American ultra-processed food product & it’s uniquely 🇺🇸 American. #UPF Hostess didn’t just sell cakes — it sold comfort, nostalgia, and consistency. Hostess snacks were engineered for a lifestyle that didn’t exist elsewhere. Not 🇫🇷 Not 🇯🇵 Not 🇵🇪

The Hostess Twinkie is a prototypical American #UPF and it’s uniquely 🇺🇸 American. Twinkies aren’t just snack cakes. They're comfort, nostalgia, and consistency. Hostess snacks were engineered for a lifestyle that didn’t exist elsewhere. Not 🇫🇷 France. Not 🇯🇵 Japan. Not 🇵🇪Peru.

The Hostess Twinkie is a prototypical American ultra-processed food product & it’s uniquely 🇺🇸 American. #UPF Hostess didn’t just sell cakes — it sold comfort, nostalgia, and consistency. Hostess snacks were engineered for a lifestyle that didn’t exist elsewhere. Not 🇫🇷 Not 🇯🇵 Not 🇵🇪

happy bday English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, b.1892. "All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost." "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."