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Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: U.S. Restores Health Aid, Companies Block Action on UPFs, New Tool Boosts Water Security
This week, the U.S. restores health aid, countries adopt a framework on sustainable livestock management, corporations slow progress on ultra-processed foods, a new tool promises to boost water security.
Study Reveals Hidden Health Risks of Cheap Foods
A major loophole allows manufacturers to introduce ingredients into the food supply without FDA review.
Op-Ed | The Food System Is Driving Two Crises at Once—and Could Help Solve Both
Meaningful progress on both climate and public health will require addressing some of the same upstream drivers.
Federal Judge Blocks SNAP Waivers in Five States
Evidence shows that SNAP recipients’ diet quality is similar to other Americans.
Report Explores How Food Is Medicine Stakeholders Can Build Lasting Partnerships
A new report from the Milken Institute offers practical tools to help Food Is Medicine stakeholders build stronger and more sustainable partnerships.
What Really Happened to USAID? A Former Civil Servant Tells All
A new book by former civil servant Nicholas Enrich offers an insider’s account of the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Food Tank Explains: True Cost Accounting
True Cost Accounting reveals the hidden costs of food systems—and how they shape health, environment, and equity.
Food Tank Explains: Ultra-Processed Foods
Ultra-processed foods now shape many diets worldwide. Read Food Tank’s primer to learn how they are produced and why experts are concerned.
Inside Buffalo Go Green’s Approach to Food, Health, and Care
A Buffalo-based organization is rethinking how food access and healthcare work together to support long-term health.
Food Tank Explains: Food is Medicine
What is Food is Medicine? Read Food Tank’s new primer to learn how FIM uses healthy foods to prevent and treat chronic disease.
Op-Ed | Dietary Guidelines for (Some) Americans: The Impact of Ignoring Health Equity in the DGA
What happened to health equity in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans?
Farm Bill Draft and Executive Order Fuel Debate Over Pesticide Regulations
Environmental advocates say both could significantly reshape the regulation of pesticides in the United States.
Op-Ed | A Toxic Turn for Our Daily Bread: Why GMO Wheat Raises Serious Concerns
GMO has been kept off American fields because farmers, consumers, and trading partners recognize the serious risks it poses. What happens if that changes?
Aspen Institute Launches Community Roadmap to Scale Food is Medicine
Food & Society’s Executive Director, Corby Kummer, gives Food Tank new insight into the new Community Action Plan.
New Pilot Uses Instacart Platform to Improve Grocery Access
What happens when public health, community groups, and tech join forces to solve grocery access?
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Farm Leaders Warn of Collapse, Investors Ignore Methane, and Nipah Virus Alerts
This week’s roundup covers urgent warnings from farm groups, climate-driven crop shifts, investor inaction on methane, and regional health alerts.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Tribal Nations Assert Food Sovereignty, Chile’s Wildfires Expand, and Ethiopia Faces Deepening Hunger
A weekly snapshot of how food systems, climate impacts, and policy decisions are shaping lives from Indigenous lands to classrooms and crisis zones.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Soaring Ocean Temperatures, U.S. Retreat from Global Organizations, and 1,000 Days of Conflict in Sudan
This week’s top stories highlight global climate records, U.S. foreign policy shifts, stalled farm legislation, nutrition policy changes, and food insecurity in Sudan.
New Dietary Guidelines Focus on Reducing Processed Foods and Promoting Whole Foods
The Trump administration has released the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, calling for reduced consumption of processed foods and refined carbohydrates while revising long-standing advice on fats, protein, and dairy.