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Responding to sailors' pleas, the Navy is working on a program to prevent and treat eating disorders

Caption: Retired Navy senior chief Leah Stiles leads a group of sailors on the final night of induction season September 15, 2011. , Credit: U.S. Navy

Some service members and health experts say the Pentagon isn't doing enough to address eating disorders, which are sometimes linked to the military...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KPBS, and KUT

As their spouses lost jobs in the pandemic, more troops began relying on emergency food aid

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Cars line up at a March food distribution event at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio., Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront

A new report says military families are relying more on food banks and other emergency aid, partly because military spouses lost their jobs or had ...

Bought by iPondr, KCUR, KPCC, North Country Public Radio, and KMXT

VA partners with food banks as more veterans struggle to afford food

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Vietnam-era veteran Diane Fike selects vegetables at the Austin, Tex. VA food pantry. Studies have found a growing number of veterans are food insecure, including many who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan., Credit: Carson Frame/American Homefront

More than 1.4 million veterans of all ages rely on government food assistance, but food insecurity is disproportionately common among post 9/11 vet...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUSF, KPBS, and North Country Public Radio

Climate change threatens maple trees -- and maple syrup

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Denise Beyer of the Beyers Maple Farm in East Aurora New York, taps maple trees., Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON

Scientists say climate change affects everything from weather patterns to animal migrations. And now, a popular breakfast condiment could be at ris...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WORT, WVBI-LP, WBFO and more

Distillery along Great Lakes turns booze into food – fish food

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: New York distillery and fish farm turns waste into supper, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON

Two companies in the Great Lakes region are teaming up for an unusual experiment in sustainability. They’re starting an aquaculture business. And a...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WBFO, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester and more

Crystal clear Great Lakes may not be so healthy -- here's why

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Lake Superior beach near Duluth, Credit: Dan Kraker, Minnesota Public Radio

Here's a question for you Great Lakes lovers. Which is the clearest lake? You probably guessed Lake Superior. Well, that was true for a long time. ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Interlochen Public Radio, WBFO, WCPN and more

The tipless restaurant movement

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

At a full-service restaurant you know the drill. You eat your food, you get your bill, and then you calculate the tip. But not at Sous Beurre Kitch...

Fear and Eating in Fukushima

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Fukushima produce and farmers' faces at Yokubenimaru supermarket, Fukushima City, Credit: Ali Budner

We are no strangers to earthquakes here in the Bay Area. But there’s been nothing in recent memory to match the 9.0 quake that shook Japan on March...

A fresh food oasis in the Tenderloin

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Fahdl Radman,center, with advisors (l to r) Scott Schaffer and Larry Brucia of Sutti Associates, and Jessica Estrada of the Tenderloin Healthy Corner Store Coalition., Credit: Melanie Young

In San Francisco’s Tenderloin, getting healthy fare often isn’t an option. Without a full service grocery store in the neighborhood, residents rely...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

The GMO Deception

From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: JUNE 2014

Are we being told the truth about GMO foods in our midst? Sheldon Krimsky is Editor/reader here and Ralph Nader wrote the foreword to this informat...

7th Ward Residents Await the Return of Circle Food Store

From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson

Caption: the iconic exterior of Circle Foods on St Bernard and Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans, Credit: Laine Kaplan-Levenson

More than eight years after it flooded and closed due to Hurricane Katrina, the Circle Food Store on the corner of Claiborne and St Bernard Avenues...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix

Food stamp cuts felt around the Bay Area

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

For Jamaisse Payne, the grocery store is a math problem. She’s got a baby boy due in a few weeks, so she says she’s shopping and eating for two. Sh...

City of Richmond could take an extra penny for your soda

From: KALW

Richmond voters will decide on November 6 whether to authorize an extra cent tax on sugary beverages like soda. KALW's Isaac Silk talked with local...

Amid Theft, Ranchers Scramble to Locate Hay

From: Grace Hood

One of ranching’s most basic materials is in high demand right now. With the price of hay doubling for some smaller operations along the Front Rang...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Aspen Public Radio

A movement to improve school nutrition

From: KALW

As public schools face repeated budget cuts, many people focus on the effects on teachers, academics, and extracurricular activities. While these a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

How storytelling can combat poverty among young people

From: KALW

When it comes to poverty in California, it boils down to some pretty startling numbers: Last year, six million people in the state were officially ...

The Complicated World of Idaho Garlic

From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho

The Northwest has several crop quarantine zones to control the spread of diseases. In southern Idaho, a quarantine zone helps protect the states l...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, WABE, Spokane Public Radio, and KISU

Seeking Genetic Diversity in Abandoned Apple Orchards

From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho

Caption: Pioneer apple varieties found along the Salmon River, Credit: Guy Hand

Producer Guy Hand jet boats into Idaho's River of No Return Wilderness with a team searching for remote and abandoned pioneer-era apple orchards. T...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, Boise State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more

Kentucky Bourbon Gains Wider Appeal

From: Louisville Public Media

Caption: Wild Turkey's Jimmy Russell, Credit: Rick Howlett

Kentucky's signature distilled spirit--bourbon--is surging in popularity in the U.S. and abroad.

Seeing the Connection Between Water & Food

From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho

Caption: Water and food presentation at the College of Idaho, Credit: Guy Hand

We use vast amounts of water to grow food, but the consequences are often hard to see. One Idaho college class decided to take a look and they were...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KISU