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Ultra-processed foods like chips and candy are designed for overconsumption. Cities, stop enabling this health and economic disaster. Prioritize local, real food economies to save your communities from the junk food spiral that’s draining healthcare resources and productivity. Why Some Ultra-Processed Foods Go Down So Easily, So Fast – WSJ
Doritos and M&Ms might soon carry warning labels in Texas, alerting consumers about the risks of ultra-processed junk food. Cities should cheer; it’s about time transparency arrived. Big Food won’t like it, but your residents’ health and your local healthcare budgets will benefit. Doritos, M&Ms Could Be Forced to Include Warnings in Texas
A California doctor suing a Thai restaurant over spicy “Dragon Balls” dropped his lawyer to represent himself. This is peak American food absurdity, where litigation replaces common sense. Cities, it’s time to push back on frivolous lawsuits damaging your local food culture and economy. Keep your restaurants thriving, spicy or not. Read more at Hanford […]
Bachan’s Japanese barbecue sauce just hit $100 million in annual revenue; but should cities celebrate this foodie success story or question what’s inside the bottle? Bachan’s rise mirrors a familiar narrative: commercialized sauces promoted as artisanal, yet highly processed and packaged. Cities need to decide: will you blindly celebrate any culinary business success, or hold […]
The Atlantic highlights an alarming truth: good health is now a luxury commodity reserved for those who can afford it. Processed food, Big Pharma, and toxic industrial agriculture have turned basic nutrition into expensive lifestyle brands. Cities must reject food and health elitism and focus on local, accessible, and healthy food systems for everyone, or […]
Your favorite “local” burger place? It might actually be a Big Food ghost kitchen in disguise, operating out of anonymous warehouses. Corporate food giants are saturating cities with fake “local” restaurants through delivery apps, gutting authentic small businesses and local food scenes. Cities serious about their food economies and residents serious about their health must […]
Utah just doubled down on wellness, launching the “Make America Healthy Again” initiative to tackle obesity, chronic disease, and poor nutrition head-on. Backed by state leaders, the campaign promotes local agriculture, healthier food access, and active living policies, essentially taking on the industrial food complex directly. You know, things anyone can support as long as […]
Global sugar production is hitting record highs, up nearly 5% worldwide, thanks to bumper crops in Brazil, India, and Thailand. For candy and soda makers, it’s a jackpot. But for public health advocates, it’s a disaster. Cheaper sugar means even cheaper junk food flooding cities, exacerbating the obesity epidemic and chronic disease crisis already gripping […]
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including our appetite for veteran-grown food. Turns out America’s farms are full of former fighters – over 370,000 agricultural producers have served in the Armed Forces, operating 17% of all U.S. farms and generating $41 billion in sales. That’s right: the folks who once ran missions are now running tractors, and they’re […]
The The New York Times recently sounded alarms about conflicts of interest in studies that say red meat isn’t so bad – essentially claiming Big Beef is skewing science. Critics quickly fired back that we “never see similar reporting on studies promoting plant-based foods”, pointing out a one-sided media appetite for anti-meat narratives. Indeed, the […]