“Take What You Need Garden” Feeds Urban Community & Promotes Health

Downtown Greens provides youth-centered food-education programs. In 2020, they adapted to their community’s needs by addressing food insecurity.

Farm to Pantry Program Delivers Local Organic Food to Low-Income Communities

This Farm to Food Pantry program brings fresh produce from environmentally-conscious local producers to low-income members of the Illinois community.

Farm to Fork Program Creates Lifelong Healthy Eating

Crossroads Community Food Network’s “Healthy Eating” Program encourages participants to see themselves as change agents in their local food system.

Plant-Based Eating Program Benefits Nigerians Through Community Outreach

SOBNUTRITION is a Nigerian organization that helps people become more attuned to inner health by changing nutrition and lifestyle habits.

Cooking Up Health Program Changes Lifestyles for Doctors & Patients

Cooking Up Health, a course at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern University—educates medical students on lifestyle and nutrition.

Race, Class, Nutrition, and COVID-19

There is a clear nexus between income, nutrition, and the pre-existing conditions such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease which increase probabilities for COVID-19 infection

What If Doctors Were Paid to Keep People Well?

Promoting and managing disease is big business. What if our healthcare system instead placed people over profits?

3 Reasons Why Superfoods Can Be Dangerous

The concept of “superfoods” is an old one, but it has become even more popular as sections of society have become more health conscious and desperate to combat chronic lifestyle-related diseases. Unfortunately, this focus on individual foods has downsides, even in the case of legitimately healthful foods.

Diversity and Culture: The Missing Link Between Food and Health

The lack of representation of different cultures within the plant-based movement is glaring and the consequences are real. There is an abundance of research showing that culture and culturally relevant nutrition interventions are important for diet change and weight loss among Black and Asian Americans.

Food Apartheid: What Does Food Access Mean In America?

In America, food access is a game of economics, fueled by racial discrimination. We must call the problem for what it is: not a food desert, but food apartheid.

Food for Thought Series: Is Health Care Actually Disease Care?

Despite spending more on reactive healthcare than any other country, standard treatment is one of the top killers in the US.

Food for Thought Series: The Reductionist Paradigm Is Killing Us

Reductionism has a way of mangling the truth so it does more harm than good. Wouldn’t we all be better off if we knew the Whole truth?

What is Food Sovereignty? 3 Steps for Taking Back Ownership of Our Food

A handful of corporations control our food system and we are just one global catastrophe away from a food crisis. Food sovereignty allows us to reclaim ownership of our food.

How Much Does Malnutrition Really Cost?

Malnutrition, including the dietary patterns that produce obesity and chronic disease, is the number one cause of death today, killing millions worldwide every year. Its costs to both individuals and societies continues to grow, despite being largely ignored by healthcare policy institutions, the media, and the public.

4 Terrifying Truths About the US Health-Scare System

We all know that the US medical system isn’t perfect. But sometimes, it can be downright scary. What you are about to read isn’t a trick or treat; so beware and prepare for chills as you learn these terrifying truths about the US healthcare system.

The Grass Is Greener Where You Water It – Gardener Helps to Grow Food and a Community

Julialynn Walker is providing the community with resources and tools for starting a garden. Education is a key component in providing her community with healthier nutritional options.

13 Ways to Cope With Pandemic Stress and Grief

Grief and stress come with the territory these days. But we’ve got you covered with helpful ways to deal with all the many emotions and demands during this time.

Chasing Away the COVID Blues: Coping Strategies at Home

While it may feel overwhelming to think of everything we can’t do and can’t control during this COVID-19 pandemic, the fact is there is quite a bit we can do that is good for ourselves and others. It’s just a matter of exploring and at times refocusing.

What Can I Eat to Help Fight Depression and Anxiety?

You likely know that stress, anxiety, and depression reduce the presence of good bacteria in your gut, leading to gastrointestinal distress. But did you know the state of your gut can affect your mental health?

When ‘Healthy Eating’ Becomes Bad for Your Mind

Eating more healthfully is a solution—not a problem, yet some people can turn the desire for optimal wellness into an obsession called orthorexia nervosa.

Global Whole Food, Plant-Based Community Kitchens

Feeding and educating children & families with a WFPB (whole food, plant-based), sustainable, conscious, and life-saving lifestyle. The WFPB Community Kitchen is an initiative of WFPB.ORG with the goal of educating, feeding, and empowering impoverished communities.

Observations From China: What Happened to the Plant-Based Diet?

The typical Chinese lifestyle now includes less exercise and more meat, dairy, sugar, oil, and fast food than during the The China Study era.

8 Steps for a Successful Transition to Plant-Based Eating

If you are a plant-based beginner and transitioning to a plant-centered diet, here are eight steps to make the change less overwhelming and substantially more successful.

Why Stress Can Make You Overeat and How to Stop It

If you respond to stress by eating, you’re not alone. Chronic stress has become an epidemic in the U.S. Learn more about the dangers of stress eating and how to avoid it using these three tips.