Food

"Trump Ends Annual Report On U.S. Hunger Amid Rising Food Insecurity"

"The Trump administration is ending a decades-long effort to track food security at a time when many Americans are struggling to get proper nutrition or enough to eat."

Source: Washington Post, 09/23/2025
October 23, 2025

Metcalf Institute: Equity on the Table — A Conversation about Public Health, Food Access and Climate Change

Join the Metcalf Institute for a panel discussion with three fellows from the SciComm Identities Project around climate change and its intersection with public health and food equity. This free event will take place in person at URI and will also be livestreamed. 5-7 p.m. ET.

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MAHA Report Critics Say Corporate Pressure Wins Over Public Health

"A long-awaited and highly controversial report issued on Tuesday by the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission provides a few “crumbs” for public and environmental health advocates, but big wins for powerful food and chemical industries seeking to skirt limits on their products and practices."

Source: The New Lede, 09/11/2025

"Fat Bear Week Is Coming. Prepare To Binge On Bear Cams."

"Fat Bear Week, an online vote conducted via a single-elimination bracket, will take place from Sept. 23 to 30, the National Park Service announced Thursday."

Source: Washington Post, 09/08/2025

"Humans Are Altering the Seas. Here’s What the Future Ocean Might Look Like."

"Working from a dock on St. Helena Island, S.C., on a sweltering day this summer, Ed Atkins pulled in a five-foot cast net from the water and dumped out a few glossy white shrimp from the salt marsh."

Source: NYTimes, 09/05/2025

EPA Walks Back Proposal To Curb Water Pollution From Meat And Poultry Plants

"In a move celebrated by US meat and poultry producers but mourned by environment and health advocates, federal regulators are walking back a proposed rule that would have strengthened water pollution standards for slaughterhouse operators."

Source: The New Lede, 09/05/2025

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