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Trump’s Dietary Guidelines Reject Science-Backed Advisory Committee Recommendations for Shifts towards Plant-Rich Diets
New Dietary Guidelines ignore science on harms of meat-heavy diets; recommendations could undermine efforts to curb heart disease, diabetes, and cancer
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Congress Advances Provisions Expanding Nondairy Milk Access in Schools
This legislation makes it so much easier for parents like me to ensure that their child with lactose intolerance gets a healthy plant-based milk in school.
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U.S. Senate Advances Provisions Expanding Non-dairy Milk Access in Schools
Friends of the Earth U.S., The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and other members of the Plant Powered School Meals Coalition applaud the Senate for unanimously advancing provisions that…
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Feeding Concentration: How USDA’s Commodity Food Purchasing Favors Industrial Agriculture
The findings emphasize that USDA’s purchasing practices continue to concentrate power among a small number of multinational corporations.
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New Report Finds USDA Food Purchasing Still Favors Industrial Agriculture, Concentrates Power Among a Few Corporations
Analysis shows billions in federal food contracts flow to a handful of large companies, sidelining independent and sustainable producers.
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California Schools Scale Up Organic Purchasing to Benefit Farmers and Student Health
The USDA’s Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grew from no organic options in 2020 to nearly $6 million in organic produce sales by the end of the last school year.
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From Zero to $5.5 Million
In just five years, California schools have gone from having no access to organic produce through the Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (DoD Fresh) to purchasing over $5.5 millio…
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Expanding Healthy, Organic, and Whole-Foods Menu Options in Federal Food Service
Friends of the Earth U.S. can provide no-cost support and technical assistance to a select number of federal food service operations – including to vendors that operate in federal facilities – tha…
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MAHA Commission Report Puts Agrochemical Industry Profits Over Children’s Health
The report released by Trump’s MAHA Commission today is a slap in the face to the millions of Americans, from health-conscious moms to environmental advocates to farmers, who have been calling for m…
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The Pulse Playbook: Best Practices for Utilizing Beans, Peas & Lentils in School Meals
This toolkit aims to help K-12 school nutrition directors serve nutritious, affordable, and climate-friendly beans, peas, and lentils in school meals.