In a new Op-Ed in @thehill.com , CLF’s Daphene Altema-Johnson, @andrewtl.bsky.social & @ptand.bsky.social discuss how the 2025 Dietary Guidelines promote more meat & dairy—but what Americans really need is more fiber, which comes from foods like legumes. thehill.com/opinion/heal...

We think dietary fiber was neglected in the latest dietary guidelines. Here is our take: www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/

Having no plant-based options at schools can mean going hungry — especially for students who rely on free school meals. Time to pass this bill to protect student health & tackle hunger! Take action: Text FUTURE to 30373. @velazquez.house.gov @adams.house.gov @schiff.senate.gov

💬 Viewpoint: The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans weakened evidence-based recommendations for plant-predominant diets, potentially impacting efforts to reduce #cardiovascular disease, #diabetes, and #obesity. ja.ma/4k7Dumz

America does not have a protein deficiency problem: it has a fiber problem. Sharing our commentary on the new dietary guidelines just published in The Hill. thehill.com/opinion/heal... @ptand.bsky.social @livablefuture.bsky.social @soiltosociety.bsky.social @thehill.com

I really wish Stephen Jay Gould was still alive. why did the NICE non-bigoted and world famous evolutionary biologist of that generation have to die so young

Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

Bad crows, bad crows whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

Just created a starter pack to follow researchers and colleagues from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social go.bsky.app/DKg6WCH

Join The Culinary Institute of America's Menus of Change featuring @aspenfood.bsky.social Food Leaders Fellows: Anne McBride (The James Beard Foundation) Tariq Sheriff (DC food policy innovator) Rebecca Chesney (regenerative food systems expert) Watch: menusofchange.org/webcast #MenusOfChange

CLF will watch closely to see what the #MAHA Commission includes in their first report. Here’s what we will look for when the 2025-2030 dietary guidelines are released. clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/d... #PublicHealth

Just created a starter pack to follow researchers and colleagues from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social go.bsky.app/DKg6WCH

Every food (and food trend) has a story. I went looking for pistachio’s, with @tomphilpott.bsky.social @grocerynerd.bsky.social and baker Lena Derisavifard as my guides

Curious about pistachios and their environmental footprint? Please join this discussion at noon with my friend and colleague @tomphilpott.bsky.social from @livablefuture.bsky.social and bring all your burning questions about pistachios!

Rising Temperatures Are Scrambling the Base of the Ocean Food Web buff.ly/ezNO1AW 🦑🌎🧪

I'll be participating in a webinar about balanced energy protein supplementation in pregnancy tomorrow organized by @edesianutrition.bsky.social Please join us! 📅 13th February ⏰ 9:00–10:15 AM EST 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/euC3ibv8

Happy World Pulses Day everyone! Work some beans into your diets today!

Please follow @soiltosociety.bsky.social, a project bringing together nutritionists, crop and soil scientists, food scientists, economists and other discipines to create more nutritious, affordable and accessible whole-grain based foods. www.soiltosociety.org

“While our system is stunningly efficient at producing cheap milk, meat and eggs, it also has a well-documented relationship to serious public & planetary health issues." - @keevenachman.bsky.social #CLFExpert clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/s...

Nice to see coverage of the dietary guidelines committee's great work. The big question now is how to get Americans to eat more whole grains and beans. We'll be publishing a lot of papers on that in 2025 stay tuned... www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

#nutrition nerds 🤓 ‼️ The scientific report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is live (this is the scientific report used to craft the Dietary Guidelines for Americans) Big focus this edition on chronic disease & life-stage specific recs, with a health equity lens DietaryGuidelines.gov

“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.” www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...

This was a fascinating meeting on UPF policies and I was happy to present some preliminary results of our ongoing RCT on mechanisms by which diets high in UPFs cause excess energy intake. Here’s a brief summary 🧵

Outbreaks of H5N1 continue to rise in dairy cattle and poultry, as well as in other wild and domesticated animals, including the first confirmed infection in a pig. Human cases also continue to occur, primarily—but not exclusively—in people who had exposure to infected animals.

With #Thanksgiving a few days away, seems a good time to re-run this on Bluesky: Food from rivers likely dominated the 1st Thanksgiving, including ducks and geese, oysters, & fish - particularly eels. And the corn had been fertilized with alewives... with recipes! www.forbes.com/sites/jeffop...

One of the big challenges to getting people to eat more whole grain/high fiber foods is that many don't like the texture. These scientists came up with an interesting food technology solution. news.ku.dk/all_news/202...

Hopeful that science comms can resurrect on here! Follow for content on #aquaticfoods #foodsystems #publichealth.

Bluesky is number 1.

Alright I finally moved over here. Starting fresh.