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The House Agriculture Committee held a meeting to draft legislation for the 2018 farm bill. Members delivered opening statements followed by discussions of amendments dealing with nutrition…

Food policy experts talked about food programs. They focused on food programs, specifically the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as “food stamps,” that provides…

Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA), the Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition ranking member as well as the just-named Rules Committee ranking member, talked about the proposed overhaul of…

Acting Deputy Agriculture Under Secretary for Food Safety Carmen Rottenberg delivered the keynote address at the Consumer Federation of America’s annual food policy conference. Following…

Scott Gottlieb talked about the nation’s opioid epidemic, as well as drug prices and the Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to cut nicotine levels in cigarettes.

Former Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman gave a the keynote address at the Consumer Federation of America annual food policy conference. He talked about current and future trends in the…

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb advocated for reducing sodium levels in food. His comments came as he addressed attendees at the Consumer Federation of America’s National Food Policy Conference.…

The Consumer Federation of America held its annual National Food Policy Conference in Washington, DC. In this portion, conference attendees heard from a cardiologist about the importance of…

Representatives from the Center for Food Integrity, the Think Healthy Group, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest took part in a panel discussion of the Consumer Federation of…

Dr. Anand Parekh talked about a new Bipartisan Policy Center report highlighting ways to improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as “food stamps.” This program was part of…

Rachel Herz reported on the science and psychology behind eating.

Ahead of his first official trip to Africa, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced that the U.S. will give $533 million in additional humanitarian assistance to fight famine and food…

Food has always played an important role in American culture. Author Kelley Fanto Deetz talked about her book Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine, in which she…

A forum on transparency at the Food and Drug Administration featured a discussion on how transparency can affect investors. The chair of the Deerfield Institute spoke about this during the event…

Curators, scholars and historians from the University of Toronto and from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History discussed archives, research, oral histories and museum…

Physicians and medical researchers talked about ways for the Food and Drug Administration to correct misinformation in the marketplace. Speakers included representatives from the Center for Science in…

Iowa State University Professor Pamela Riney-Kehrberg taught a class on food during the Great Depression. She described the ways families tried to stretch their money and food supply, often…

Samantha Mosier talked about her book Creating Organic Standard in the United States: The Diffusion of State Organic Food and Agriculture Legislation, in which she examines the history of the organic food market. She…

Roxane Gay talked about Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, a book on the impact of her body and self-image on her life. Professor Gay spoke with Aminatou Sow, digital strategist and Co-founder…

Lucy Melcher talked about the prevalence of childhood hunger in the U.S. and government programs to combat it.