Small farms are getting priced out of the system. They’re forced to pay hundreds, even thousands, a year for food-safety audits just to access wholesale markets. Big farms can absorb it. Small farms can’t. The Cutting COSTS Act fixes that by reimbursing those costs and leveling the playing field.

CO₂ is plant food 🙃

This route from Cyprus is enabling the delivery of tons of essential staples—flour, pasta, rice, and more—supporting our network of kitchens across Gaza and ensuring our teams can serve millions more meals to families in need. #ChefsForGaza (2/2)

Our food is rotting? Immigration crackdown is causing severe labor shortages; food sits out in fields, orchards. Without human hands to pick, we lose out on apples, grapes, berries, citrus, tomatoes, onions, head lettuce, bell peppers, cukes, broccoli, and more. Such a waste! #FoodSky #FitnessSky

ON SALE: deadly baby formula at a discount! Walmart, Target, Kroger, Albertsons did not pull ByHeart infant formula off shelves for days or weeks after a nationwide recall. The product caused infant botulism in more than 50 babies. How sick is that? #HealthSky #FitnessSky www.npr.org/2025/12/16/n...

Health news on cancer: pesticides alert and medications warning Food security, nature recovery, and environmental sustainability are interwoven; they rely on responsible use of pesticides northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

51 babies with botulism--and finally all ByHeart products recalled. The company has been harming infants since launching in 2022. Despite multiple bad inspection results, it still sold 200,000 cans a month. Needless to say, parents are suing. #HealthSky #FitnessSky #MedSky apnews.com/article/byhe...

"Justo" is hard at work harvesting pomegranates in the Fresno CA area. "We earn CA minimum wage for our work which is difficult as pomegranates are very heavy. When we are releasing themvinto the bin we need to do so very slowly so we don't damage the fruit. #WeFeedYou

Those mushrooms you see in the woods that look just like the ones you buy in the grocery store? Don't be fooled. In California, recent scattered outbreaks of amatoxin poisoning from death cap mushrooms have hospitalized foragers and their dinner guests, killing one. #FoodSky #FitnessSky #HealthSky

Not good on pizza: Great Lakes Cheese shredded products with mozzarella ("pizza-style" "Italian-style") may have metal fragments. Ouch! Sold in 31 states at Target, Aldi, Walmart, Publix, etc., under lots of brand names. Click for brands. #FoodSky #FitnessSky www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires...

Oh no, not again! Boar's Head is recalling products: Pecorino Romano, Grated Romano, Pre-cut Pecorino Romano. Listeria is the culprit this time. Last year Boar's Head deli meats were linked to 10 deaths and dozens of hospitalizations. #FoodSky #FitnessSky www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/11/boar...

Norilyn is a vital member of our local community outreach team in Luzon, Philippines. Thanks to her dedication and deep community connections, WCK has been able to serve almost 250,000 total meals to families in the area recovering from Typhoon Uwan. #ChefsForPhilippines

Undocumented farmworkers have formed the backbone of California agriculture for more than a century, yet they face mounting fears of ICE raids under the Trump administration. www.latimes.com/california/s...

"Omar" shares, "This is how we pick red jalapeños. We're bent over for hours, in the cold, fog, or under the sun. We feel daily back and knee pain. We have hope that one day our conditions will improve and the hard work we do will be recognized." #WeFeedYou

Kids pick our fruits and veggies? Underage kids work in California's agriculture industry, some as young as 11. They go without shade, water, or proper breaks and are paid by the piece, less than minimum wage. Chemical exposure to pesticides too. #FoodSky #FitnessSky prospect.org/2025/11/28/c...

Today I want to tell you about farmworkers. Specifically, the child farmworkers of California's Central Valley. As young as 12 years old. In a blue state that is failing to ensure their health and safety. Amazing investigation in 2 parts from our friends at @capitalandmain.bsky.social. Part I:

ICE raids on farms have a chilling effect on the labor force, leaving crops unharvested in the fields and supply chains disrupted. Agricultural employment dropped 6.5%. Replacing and retraining workers is costly and time-consuming for farmers. Those costs get passed on to you. Robert Reich

Without farmworkers we wouldn’t be able to celebrate Thanksgiving. Be thankful for their hard work this holiday season! Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas! #WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving

About 40% of SNAP recipients are children. Around half of ALL children in the country are covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program. And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars. Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.

"Many chemicals designed to act only on one type of target, say insects or fungi, also affect the human gut microbiome which can lead to adverse health consequences." #RSNA25 www.upi.com/Health_News/...

After a heavy drone attack damaged energy & port infrastructure in Odesa, firefighters worked through repeated air raid alerts to extinguish multiple fires. WCK’s #ChefsForUkraine team was on site at the port to support responders with meals & drinks.

This Thanksgiving, let’s ask: are we feeding families—or factory farms? Nearly 70% of U.S. grain goes to animals in industrial systems, not "people." Our latest op-ed in @commondreams.org -> commondreams.org/opinion/feed... #FactoryFarming #FoodWaste #AnimalWelfare

Our food system is unhealthy. Recalls are surging and the severity of foodborne illnesses has intensified. We need to track production and require full transparency. And we must move to the small humane farm model used by Vital Farms. #FoodSky #HealthSky #FitnessSky www.fooddive.com/news/how-vit...

The #SanJoaquinValley is engine of CA’s 60B annual Ag economy. I covered this 8 county region during the ‘90s @fresnobee.com, including the small town featured here. This @calmatters.org deep dive asks a key Q: What if the farmworkers Traumatized by 47 don’t return? calmatters.org/economy/2025...

Ultraprocessed foods, like breakfast cereals, frozen meals and processed meats, have been linked to colorectal cancer and other digestive conditions. Here's what to know.

WTF? Formula-fed babies hospitalized with botulism. Hundreds of people ill from store-bought eggs. No govt tracking of foodborne illnesses. No briefs to Congress on outbreaks. Drastic reductions in staff that keep our food safe. Why? #FitnessSky #HealthSky www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/11/food...

“Why not just hire Americans?” 🧑‍🌾“We’d love to. We can’t find the numbers. This is hard work lots of people won’t do… Trump’s policies are definitely impacting the labor force and hurting our farmers. 50-60% of the labor force is undocumented.”

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Tragic! Babies given ByHeart infant formula in late 2024 and early 2025 were hospitalized before the outbreak was identified. Parents had no idea what made their infants so sick; infant botulism had not been found in formula before this. #FoodSky #HealthSky #MedSky apnews.com/article/byhe...

Halve food waste. Cut methane emissions. Reduce hunger. This new initiative lays out a game plan for cities to follow: www.stopfoodlosswaste.org/advocacy/foo... #COP30

As we get ready to shop for Thanksgiving remember the farm workers who harvest the food. We wouldn't enjoy a #Thanksgiving dinner without their hard work. #WeFeedYou

In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade. It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.

An industrial cleaning service in Virginia has been indicted for use of child labor in food plants. Kids as young as 13 cleaning poultry factories for Perdue. Sound familiar, rich powerful people using kids illegally? #FoodSky #HealthSky www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/11/meat...

DO NOT BUY/USE ByHeart infant formula! 31 babies in multiple states have been hospitalized with infant botulism. The company has recalled all its products but some may still be found on supermarket shelves. #MedSky #FoodSky #FitnessSky www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...

We all will get RFK Jr's holiday gift next month: permission to eat lotsa saturated fats! His new Dietary Guidelines for 2025-2030: consume more "sat fats, dairy, good meat, fresh meat and vegetables" cuz he thinks the facts about nutrition and health are "antiquated." #FoodSky #FitnessSky #MedSky

Human rights in the US: Big Food uses slave labor for cattle raising, egg and dairy production, growing produce. Some of the biggest companies boost profits with inmates forced to work at low or no pay: Pepsi, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Tyson, Burger King… #FoodSky #FitnessSky apnews.com/article/pris...

Instead of considering whether the super-rich really need a tax cut, the Trump regime is considering whether poor people really need to eat.

Americans die from eating fruits and vegetables. Why? Consider: nearly 40% of our fresh vegetables and 60% of our fruits are imports. They come from 200+ foreign countries and territories, enter via some 300 ports (land, sea, air). Only 2% are inspected by the FDA. #FoodSky #FitnessSky #HealthSky

"Julio" is pruning orange tree in Fresno CA. "I earn min wage and work 7 hrs a day. I get very tired. I'm working from my knees a lot of the time and I need to cut thick trunks so my hands hurt. But this work is necessary so there will be a good harvest next season. #WeFeedYou

Keep babies safe! FDA should release inspection reports on ByHeart infant formula. So far 24 babies hospitalized with infant botulism. Issues at plants included 2500+ dead insects in production areas. Why's our food so unsafe? #FoodSky #HealthSky #FitnessSky www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/11/cong...

We could lose 1/3 of our farms by next year and farmer suicides are through the roof.

Areej’s family has been displaced from eastern Khan Younis for seven months. She is now living in a tent along the seashore in Mawasi with her three young children. They fled without food or water and are among the families receiving hot, nourishing meals from WCK’s Life Kitchen. #ChefsForGaza

Looking forward to sweet potatoes on your Thanksgiving table? Some of them will come thanks to these Kern County farm workers who labor long hours harvesting this yummy treat. #WeFeedYou

Good news, bad news: shutdown's over, food stamps back online, all good. BUT One Big BS Bill will kick millions off SNAP including 250K humanitarian visa holders. Food banks already cut nearly $1B can't feed everyone. Bad news trumps. #FoodSky #FitnessSky #HealthSky www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Could you feed yourself on $6 a day? That's the average benefit for SNAP recipients. Now USDA is making everyone reapply. The One Big BS Bill Act slashed $186B and added more work rules. Why don't they want poor people to eat? #FoodSky #FitnessSky #HealthSky www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

The first ever disruption to the nation's largest anti-hunger program came as a shock. It's shaken trust in the program for some and stoked concern that it could happen again.

Hard to trust food these days. Wonder why? #FoodSky #HealthSky #MedSky www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/11/sena...