Wayne-Sanderson Farms’ Decatur Prepared Foods Complex announced it recently raised $155,100 for the American Cancer Society (ACS). The fundraising total is the culmination of a yearlong effort by facility team members, community volunteers, and corporate partners. The...
Cattlemen’s Beef Board To Present Glen Klippenstein With 2026 Beef Checkoff Visionary Award
Glen Klippenstein of Maysville, Missouri will be honored with the Cattlemen’s Beef Board’s sixth annual Beef Checkoff Visionary Award on Tuesday, July 14, during the Checkoff Highlights Session at the 2026 Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting in Denver, Colorado....
What A Fourth Of July Cookout Costs In 2026
Fourth of July Cookout Costs Reflect Inflation Written by Faith Parum, Ph.D., Economist, and Cameron Castillo, Associate Economist, American Farm Bureau Federation As Americans prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July, and mark the nation’s 250th anniversary, many...
Why Espresso Pressure Matters For Coffee Extraction And Consistency
It’s Hard to Espresso How Pressure Affects Brewing At higher pressures, espresso grounds behave like poroelastic materials and no longer react predictably. From the Physics of Fluids When a physics student asked baristas at the Warsaw Coffee Conference what their...
Americans Support More Guidance And Certain Restrictions On Ultra-Processed Foods, Survey Finds
Americans Hungry for Information, Policies Around Ultra-Processed Foods, Study Shows Written by: Lauren Quinn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ACES If your social media feed has suddenly filled with content about ultra-processed foods (UPFs), you’re far...
Food Is Medicine: Medically Tailored Meals Produce Better Health And Lower Costs
First statewide Medicaid analysis finds fewer hospitalizations and emergency visits—and lower healthcare costs—among meal recipients in Massachusetts Written by: Genevieve Rajewski, Tufts Now At least a dozen U.S. states are rolling out medically tailored meals in...
What’s Really Driving Nutrition Advice? Food Politics, Research Funding, And The Ultra-Processed Food Debate
Dr. Marion Nestle, longtime NYU professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health, with additional faculty roles at UC San Francisco and Cornell, is best known for analyzing the intersections of food, politics, and health, often exposing how government policy,...
New VR Crop Monitoring System Designed To Improve Farm Accessibility
Your Own Personal Farmville: This VR Greenhouse Lets Users Monitor Crops Remotely Immersive system connects users to plants without stepping into the greenhouse You’ve probably heard of Stardew Valley or Farmville, video games where you manage a virtual...
Tufts Food Is Medicine Institute Unveils Toolkit To Guide Clinical Nutrition Care Implementation
New Online Toolkit Helps Clinicians Put Food Is Medicine Into Practice Resource offers practical guidance for all aspects of integrating nutrition-based care into health systems A new online resource aims to help health care providers turn a growing body of...
Fries, Friendships And Feelings: McCain Spud Report Shows Why People Love Fries
The World Agrees on Fries: McCain Foods' Inaugural Spud Report Reveals the Fry Habits that Connect Us Just in time for International Day of the Potato, McCain Foods' inaugural Spud Report uncovers how people around the world eat, share and enjoy fries and potatoes in...










