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Nearly 50 Million Americans Have Difficulty Obtaining Food
New USDA research reveals the huge number of people struggling to eat, the reason our welfare programs are so necessary right now.
Lifestyle
Beyond the Food Desert Mirage
The link between food deserts and health is far from absolute, so maybe it's time to focus on the bottom line: more affordable food.
Lifestyle
The 'Wacky' USDA Ad Campaign to Get You to Separate Your Meat and Veggies
Three thousand people are likely to die from food poisoning this year. But will this naughty chicken be able to do anything about it?
Lifestyle
Before MyPlates and Pyramids There Was the 1943 "Food Wheel"
The war-era food wheel shows just how dramatically the government's approach to food guidelines has changed.
Lifestyle
Behold MyPlate, the USDA's New Food Icon
Meet the food pyramid's replacement, MyPlate, a simple schematic that's designed to show parents what dinner should actually look like.
Lifestyle
Building Food Plates Where the Food Pyramid Once Stood
Three food plates that made way for the new food pyramid's replacement.
Lifestyle
Map: Do You Live in a Food Desert?
Calling all cartographers! Using the USDA's data, you can map the connection between farmers' markets and food deserts in your neighborhood.
Lifestyle
Feast Your Eyes: Where Calorie Counting Comes From
Wilbur Olin Atwater's experiments with a "bomb calorimeter" helped develop the system of food energy dieters and food manufacturers rely on today.
Lifestyle
Here's What A Lifetime's Worth of Corn Syrup Consumption Looks Like
Could a cherished aspect of our diet—those sweet drinks and sugary snacks—actually be toxic in the long run? If only it were that simple.
Lifestyle
Spider Webs and the Battle Over Federal Caffeine Limits
One hundred years ago, the predecessor of the FDA had no data on how caffeine affects humans. Unbelievably, the same is pretty much true today.
Lifestyle
Feast Your Eyes: 16 Cents of Each Dollar You Spend on Food Goes to the Farm. What Happens to the Rest?
A new report from the USDA reveals the economic underpinnings of our food system.
Lifestyle
Dietary Supplements: Friday, February 4
Dietary Supplements is a daily roundup of what we're reading at GOOD Food HQ. Today we're serving up chicken wings and dried mouse appetizers. Enjoy!
Education
Chicago's Snowpocalypse: Bad News for Hungry Kids
Everybody loves a snow day—unless you come from a low-income background and qualify to receive free breakfast and lunch at school.
Lifestyle
Pyramids, Plates, and Pagodas: Dietary Guidelines From Around the World
As the USDA updates the food pyramid to match its new Dietary Guidlines, check out what a healthy diet looks like around the world.
Lifestyle
Government Releases New "Dietary Guidelines for Americans"
Summary: Americans just need to eat less. But hidden beneath the scientific language, the government is actually calling for a food revolution.
Lifestyle
Winning the Future with Salmon
That line that got the most laughs during Obama's State of the Union actually raises an important issue about our broken food regulatory system.
Lifestyle
Food Price Watch: Riots in Algeria; Mexican Government Buys Maize Futures
Sugar, meat, and cereal prices reach record levels as economists warn of global food riots by Easter.
Lifestyle
Find Your Farmers' Market With the USDA's National Directory
Looking for a local farmers' market? The federal government now has an app for that.
