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Editor’s Note: Eyes on the (World Food) Prize
I’m not the type of person who gets overly excited to meet celebrities, at least in terms of entertainment and sports types. (Sir Paul McCartney was a…
Editor’s Note: Survey Says …
The month of May is always a particularly busy and interesting time here at the IFIC Foundation: It’s when we typically release our annual Food and Health…
Editor’s Note: March for Science a Day for Renewal
April 22 was a rainy, especially chilly day for this time of year in Washington, D.C. Yet hundreds of thousands of people marched here and, reportedly, in…
Editor’s Note: Forking It Over
Behold, the humble fork: It is a deceptively genius means of nutritional conveyance, and not just the implement I fall back on after fumbling undexterously with a…
Editor’s Note: There’s Good News, If You Know Where To Find It
As a former journalist, I still look ruefully on what some view as the prime directive in news rooms: “If it bleeds, it leads.” That is, lurid…
Editor’s Note: Kicking the Holidays Up a Notch
I was interested to learn the other day that the first night of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve fall on the same day this year for the first…
Editor’s Note: Navigating the Thanksgiving Table
With a historic election now behind us, some pundits seem to think that discussions around the Thanksgiving table will be a little more … shall we say…
Editor’s Note: Global Perspectives on Food Days
It’s October again, and that means “Food Days,” which center around the awarding of the World Food Prize on Oct. 16 … which is also World Food Day,…