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Jan 15, 2025 | 
geneticliteracyproject.org | Ryan Nebeker
GLP Policy & Performance Review, Fall 2024 The GLP is committed to full transparency. Download the report.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
foodprint.org | Katrina Kong |Ryan Nebeker
This past September, experts and policymakers from around the world converged for Climate Week NYC, an annual event held in partnership with the United Nations General Assembly, to talk about the increasing impacts of global warming and to strategize about how to reduce the emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause it. Until fairly recently, food and agriculture were largely left out of these conversations, but this year was different, both at the conference and in the media.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
foodprint.org | Jerusha Klemperer |Ryan Nebeker
At the end of August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) updated its guidelines on environmental and animal welfare claims that appear on food labels.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
salon.com | Ryan Nebeker
Late this July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a widespread recall on deli meats for contamination with listeria, which can cause serious illness and even death. So far, the outbreak has led to more than 40 hospitalizations and three deaths, with contaminated products spread out over 13 different states.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
foodprint.org | Jerusha Klemperer |Ryan Nebeker
Late this July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a widespread recall on deli meats for contamination with listeria, which can cause serious illness and even death. So far, the outbreak has led to more than 40 hospitalizations and three deaths, with contaminated products spread out over 13 different states.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
salon.com | Ryan Nebeker
For most people, choosing a cooking oil depends on taste preferences, intended use or health considerations. Richly flavored oils like extra virgin olive oil or unrefined coconut oil are best saved for uses where that flavor shines through, while more refined options, like canola, are useful for things like frying, inclusion in baked goods, or other times you don’t want to impart too much flavor to the food.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
foodprint.org | Jerusha Klemperer |Ryan Nebeker
For most people, choosing a cooking oil depends on taste preferences, intended use or health considerations. Richly flavored oils like extra virgin olive oil or unrefined coconut oil are best saved for uses where that flavor shines through, while more refined options, like canola, are useful for things like frying, inclusion in baked goods, or other times you don’t want to impart too much flavor to the food.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
foodprint.org | Kristen Link |Ryan Nebeker
Whether it’s parents trying to pry their kids away from junk food or dieticians warning us about “empty calories,” concern about processed foods and how they impact our health is nothing new. In the past few years, however, a new term has taken center stage: “ultraprocessed.” Is this just a buzzword to generate alarm about the same foods we’ve always been warned to steer clear of? Or is there more to the conversation?
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May 1, 2024 | 
foodprint.org | Kristen Link |Ryan Nebeker
In the last month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced two major shifts in the federal approach to managing the class of chemicals known as PFAS. The first set limits for several of the PFAS that most commonly pollute groundwater and designated $1 billion to help states test both public water systems and private wells, with additional funding available for treating contamination.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
salon.com | Ryan Nebeker
In March 2023, Florida lawmakers passed a bill that would make it a misdemeanor to develop or sell lab-grown meat. The initiative joined a growing number of similar efforts from conservative lawmakers around the country, with lawmakers in Alabama, Arizona and Tennessee all introducing similar bills.
