Sustainability Matters: March 27, 2015
Maggie Borden
Should you feel guilty if you don’t eat breakfast? [Food Politics]
Wholesome Wave’s Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program is expanding across the country, helping low-income families get access to fresh produce. [Food Network]
The real trouble with GMOs may come from their resistance to herbicides, and what that will mean for the future of the chemicals used on our crops. [Mother Jones]
The FDA has approved non-browning GMO apples and potatoes as safe for general consumption. [Modern Farmer]
Colombian scientists are working to breed bean varieties that can grow at the higher temperatures created by climate change. [NPR]
Could a national soda tax help curb America’s obesity epidemic? [WaPo]
There’s a bitter battle raging over the inclusion of lean meat in the new federal dietary guidelines. [NPR]