Volume 75, No. 11
Recent research identifies cocoa honey’s potential to provide a nutritional food to help meet food security and improved nutrition. Here's a list of resources to learn more:
“Cocoa Bean Shell—A By-Product with Nutritional Properties and Biofunctional Potential”
“Cocoa honey: Agro-industrial waste or underutilized cocoa by-product?”
“Boom times for organic cocoa in Ivory Coast”
U.S. President Joseph Biden opened the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health on September 28, with a look back at the first such event, hosted by President Nixon more than a half-century ago.
A core theme at last week’s White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health was the need to develop policies that more intimately tie nutrition and food security to healthcare—both as preventative and treatment measures.
Panelists discussed the importance of using evidence-based nutrition research and data to advance inclusive policy solutions at the Sept. 28 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.
Tactics ranging from bolstering local food systems to upgrading food product labeling were considered in panel discussions focused on Pillar 3 of the five-pronged White House National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, which was unveiled this week.
Charity Valid Nutrition is driving down the cost of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) with a formulation based on locally grown soy, maize, and sorghum.
Leading voices in diet, health, and food security reflect on what the White House Conference accomplished, where it will lead, and what could have been better.
A mix of news, market trends, and research around the food industry
IFT 2022-2023 President Chris Downs discusses the importance of food during the holidays to connect people and the work being done to help mitigate food and nutrition insecurity.
IFT 2022-2023 President Chris Downs discusses IFT’s response to the White House Conference on Hunger Nutrition and Health.
From a processed foods comeback to breaking food system silos and addressing food and nutrition security, our science and policy experts identify top science of food trends.
Hear from three current Board Members about why their participation is so valuable.
Newly released IFT report examines science of food compensation and career path trends
The rule uses labeling to advance a national nutrition strategy.
