Eating three servings of whole grains daily can dramatically reduce the risk of certain kinds of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.[...]

Confused by food labels? You aren't alone. Walking along the aisles of a supermarket, it can seem impossible to tell the difference between "whole wheat" and "m[...]

On Thursday June 2nd, 2011 the first lady unveiled the federal government's new food icon, MyPlate to serve as a reminder to help consumers make healthier food choices.[...]

I suspect that the simple injunction, "Do not eat animal products" has the potential to do more for world health than all of the abstruse wisdom in all of the world's medical libra[...]

Worried that children were losing the war on obesity, New York City began to slim down its school lunch offerings several years ago, replacing fries with baked potato strips and in[...]

Former DeCoster Farms manager Tony Wasmund acknowledged he conspired with at least one other person to bribe a public official in order to sell restricted eggs .[...]

The Department of Agriculture is drafting new nutritional standards that could ban sugary drinks from school vending machines and menus. This includes obvious drinks like highly sw[...]

Should mold on food stop you from eating it? The USDA had guidelines on what you can eat and what you should toss.[...]

I came back to work after a two-week vacation last Thursday and couldn't miss the story about the USDA's internal endorsement for Meatless Mondays, then rapid reversal and [...]

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a national vegan and physician group based out of D.C., has filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture asking for m[...]