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How Greener School Lunches Can Help Fight Climate Change
Greening school food should be a primary ingredient in combating climate change—just as important as making schools more solar-powered and energy efficient.
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Low-Carbon Meals: A Triple Win for One of California’s Largest School Districts
Research shows that we cannot avoid the worst impacts of climate change unless we dramatically scale back our consumption of animal foods. That’s because producing meat and cheese generates large amou…
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New data find climate-friendly, healthy meals within reach for public schools
While cities and states are leading efforts to combat climate change, shifting institutional food purchasing has rarely been tapped as a climate mitigation strategy.
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Reflections on the 2015-2016 Dietary Guidelines Process and Recommendations
We hope the IOM will confirm the soundness of the current Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee process, and focus much of its review on how to enhance the ability of USDA and HHS to publish Dietary G…
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Comments on U.S. Food Service Guidelines
On behalf of Friends of the Earth (FOE), I appreciate the opportunity to provide responses to questions seven and eight from the RFI for solicitation number: FY15WellnessAmenityProgram regarding the 2…
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Friends of the Earth Comments on the 2015 Scientific Report on Dietary Guidelines
Friends of the Earth urges HHS and USDA to embrace the Scientific Report’s recommendations regarding sustainability, and develop clear guidance on the need for reduced consumption of animal products…
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High steaks: The case for less and better meat
The meat at the center of your plate is also at the center of some of our world’s greatest ecological and public health threats: deforestation, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, climate change, wat…