The Support You Need: Tips to Help Maintain Your Weight Loss Goals

Weight loss goals are easier to achieve and maintain with the proper support. In this article, Del Sroufe gives his advice on types of support and community he finds helpful when it comes to his diet and health.

How To Get Your Vitamin D From Mushrooms

Most people get their vitamin D from the sun, but what do you do when you can’t get enough sunshine? Many rely on vitamin D supplements, but can eating mushrooms be an option? There are a few things to know...

GRACE Project Improves Individual & Community Health Through Nutrition in Kenya

GRACE Initiative’s Food Literacy Project in Kenya’s Kisii County promotes the importance of traditional plant-based foods and climate-smart farming.

Autoimmunity and Diet: Is There a Connection?

Autoimmune disorders are a fact of life for many, and frustratingly, the causes of autoimmunity are unknown. What research does suggest, though, is that diet can have a negative or a positive effect, and many signs point to the benefits of a whole food diet.

A Registered Dietitican’s Professional & Personal Journey to WFPB Nutrition: A Seed That Blossomed

One book changed the entire trajectory of this Registered Dietitian’s career and life. Read about Didem’s journey on a whole food, plant-based diet and the changes it made for her, large and small.

AmaruArts Preserves Culture & Diversity of Life in the Andes With Agriculture & Nutrition

What can we learn from the ancient agricultural practices of Indigenous peoples, and how might those lessons be used to improve health today?

After Eating Plant-Based Daniel Said Goodbye to 160 lbs, Sleep Apnea, & Type 2 Diabetes

Daniel Caracciolo is a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) advocate who found great success in weight loss following this lifestyle. He is training for his first triathlon and aims to start a plant-based meal prep and catering business.

Chef, I’m Going Plant-Based. What Can I Eat?

Many people considering a plant-based diet initially focus on what they can’t eat. Here we explore the huge range of what you can eat, including several substitutes to use to make your old favorites.

Become an Expert on Plant-Based Nutrition & Earn Your Certificate

The demand for plant-based nutrition experts is only rising. Choosing to pursue that expertise changed my life, and I think it can change yours too.

How Strict Does My Plant-Based Diet Need To Be?

Will a tiny bit of oil really hurt you? Can a whole food, plant-based diet be followed just part time? These questions and others are answered by Dr. Thomas Campbell.

UGROW Garden Network Puts Permaculture into Practice

Supporting over 60 community gardens and 500 gardeners throughout Worcester, MA, UGROW is bringing communities together for sustainable change.

Are U.S. Honey Bees Sustainable?

There’s no doubt pollinators help the environment, but focusing efforts on honey bee populations rather than native species may be doing more harm than good.

Samoan Villages Reduce Non-Communicable Disease through WFPB Diet

Learn how WFPB nutrition has achieved remarkable reversal rates of up to 93% for non-communicable diseases like type 2 diabetes in Samoan villages.

Can Using Regenerative Practices Save Agriculture?

The term “regenerative agriculture” may be new to you, but it has a long history. Here we discuss what regenerative agriculture is, whether it’s a realistic process to adopt, as well as its criticisms and benefits.

Plant-Based Nutrition Saved His Life. Now, His Support Group Helps Thousands

PBNSG is the largest whole food, plant-based support group in the world. Read about what they do, and their new, exciting education initiatives.

Urban GreenWorks: A True Testament to How Food Can Shape Communities

In response to the many consequences of COVID-19 on the environment and global food system, UGW is promoting regenerative solutions near and far.

Arizona Community Garden Teaches Food Literacy and Creates Food Security

Community gardens are powerful spaces for local communities to reconnect with food production, improve food literacy, and establish food security.

Carbondale Food Autonomy Initiative Creates Equitable Food Systems in Illinois

Carbondale Spring is a people’s movement in southern Illinois that is empowering its community by enabling food autonomy.

A Modified Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet Was Necessary to Manage My Rheumatoid Arthritis

A whole food, plant-based diet is a wonderful treatment for many diseases, but it’s not always a silver bullet cure-all. Jill Edwards offers her experience with a modified WFPB diet that worked for her, after some help from a rheumatologist and some trial and error.

FamilyCook Productions Changes Eating Behavior and Lifestyle

For decades, our award-winning nutrition education curriculum has influenced hundreds of thousands of Americans of all ages and backgrounds.

How to Teach Children Plant-Based Cooking Skills

Teaching your children cooking skills requires a little extra effort and patience, but the benefits are manifold and long term: they will be willing to try more foods, they will eat healthier as children and into adulthood, they will feel like they are positively contributing to the household, and you make memories together that will last a lifetime.

Graduate Spotlight: Mike Garcia

Environmental horticulturist, 15-year vegan, and graduate of two CNS certificate programs, Mike Garcia tells us his personal story and provides his expertise and several pearls of wisdom in this spotlight.

Vecino Victory Garden Feeds Those Facing Food Insecurity in California

In a California community affected by the destruction of wildfires since 2018, Vecino Victory Garden is promoting food security and power.

Growing Food Helps Children Overcome Trauma in Mexico

We Empower ACEs provides survivors of trauma with community-centered programs, resources, and spaces to improve health and food sovereignty.