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Kroger expands Food as Medicine program

- General News
This fall, America’s largest grocery retailer The Kroger Co., joined the Biden administration and its White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health to give details on Kroger’s plan to expand its Food as Medicine program.

Fyffes completes community needs assessment for Latin American farms

- General News
Fyffes has partnered with independent experts its fruit production countries to better understand the needs of its neighboring communities and collect essential information to support Fyffes ongoing human rights and environmental due diligence.

Analyzing USDA’s new WIC guidelines

- Analysis
On November 17, the Food and Drug Administration announced new proposed guidelines for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.

Considering UK’s Healthy Start plan for babies

- Analysis
You will remember that this summer, the International Fresh Produce Association came out with its “Fruit and Vegetable Moonshot” for September’s White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.

Study shows Americans overestimate nutrition knowledge

- General News
With the holiday season around the corner ushering in numerous gatherings and celebrations centered around food, new data suggests that Americans believe they understand nutrition but in reality aren't making the grade.

Fight stress with fresh fruit

- Analysis
The produce industry has done a good job showing Americans that fresh fruits and vegetables are good for them. It can’t congratulate itself quite so grandly on convincing people to change their eating behavior.

USDA announces pre-solicitation for purchase of fresh apples

- General News
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced plans to purchase Fresh Apples for distribution to various food nutrition assistance programs.

Dole brings back Malnutrition campaign with fruit-based ink promotion

- General News
Designed to spark conversation and action, Malnutrition Labels: Nutritional Ink, launched today by the Dole Sunshine Company (DSC), calls attention to the low nutritional value in some of Britain's favourite snacks and on-the-go food options by printing ads using ink made almost entirely of fruit.

Kroger Joins White House conference on hunger, nutrition and health

- Retail
Kroger Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen participated in the Conference aimed at ending hunger and increasing healthy eating and physical activity among Americans.

‘Healthy food is good for you,’ and other pointless survey results

- Featured
Ultra-processed foods account for nearly 60 percent of calorie intake in America, according to the Washington Post. So why are surveys still giving us this fluff?