FOOD FIGHT!

Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat. In that book, I review research on the “funding effect,” the strong correlations between who pays for food and nutrition research and its outcome.  Industry-funded research tends to produce results favorable to the funder’s interests (otherwise it wouldn’t be funded).  But recipients of funding typically did not intend to be influenced and do not recognize the influence. The MAHA Dietary Guidelines III: Conflicts of Interesthttps://www.foodpolitics.com/2026/01/the-maha-dietary-guidelines-iii-conflicts-of-interest/

Understanding the new Dietary Guidelines for Americanshttps://hsph.harvard.edu/news/understanding-the-new-dietary-guidelines-for-americans/

Good luck.

Who Needs Shark Tank When You Have the USDA

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Imagine a small business that makes hummus like these guys https://www.eatlittlesesame.com/pages/our-story

Now imagine the government tossing money at them.

The United States Department of Agriculture awarded Little Sesame $2.2 million to develop its business and support organic chickpea farmers. https://www.fastcompany.com/91090694/usda-little-sesame-organic-farming-grant-hummus-chickpea-biden-administration

This makes me want to become an organic chickpea farmer but I’m too old to switch careers now.

I also know nothing about farming.