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.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Child Poverty in a Changing Climate, Increasing Food Prices, and Indigenous Sea Communities in Malaysia
Explore five urgent stories this week, from Climate Week NYC to collapsing coastal ecosystems and ballooning food prices.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: A Flesh-Eating Parasite Puts Farmers On Alert, Amazon Protection at Risk, and Seaweed Farm Shows Promising Early Signs
This week, the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite is detected in the U.S., a protection for the Amazon rainforest is put under threat, and a new seaweed farm in the EU shows promising early signs.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Agri-Communities, Soil Science Research Gaps, and Sargassum Solutions
Explore how farming communities, chemical policy, and global aid cuts are shaping the week’s most important food stories.
Designing Dietary Guidance for Everyone: Q&A with Sameera Talegawkar
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans influence everything from school meals to nutrition education. What does it take to make them work for all eaters?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Testifies Before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee
“If you like a McDonald’s cheeseburger or Diet Coke, which my boss loves, you should be able to get them. If you want to eat Hostess Twinkies, you should be able to do that. But you should know what the impacts are on your family and on your health.”
Op-Ed | New Dietary Guidelines Should Recognize Link Between Planetary and Human Health
Small changes to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans could have a big environmental impact.
The Rockefeller Foundation and HHS Look to Accelerate the Adoption of Food is Medicine
The Rockefeller Foundation is committing an additional US$80 million to Food is Medicine programs.