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The 30 student participants, who spent the day exploring the US food system through a public health lens, are among the most advanced learners in the country.

For their food system project, the students made pesto and hummus that they packaged and sold at the carpool lane, using entirely organic ingredients.

Twenty-three students in an animal care and management class spent two months raising 10 Pekin ducks from tiny chicks to roughly eight-pound adults, and then cooked them and ate them.

The Franciscan Center hopes to gain insight into the effectiveness of providing low-income clients with CSA shares.

The Franciscan Center has made great strides in expanding its healthy food initiatives over the past few years.

The poor, said Malik Yakini, become markets for cheap inferior goods sold by the rich, much like in colonized lands.

USDA expanded eligibility for grants for equipment that makes it possible for farmers to accept SNAP EBT cards.

The Center has undertaken a project to analyze the original recommendations of the Commission.

Mixed messaging on which recreationally caught fish are safe to catch versus which are safe to eat are not uncommon.

“An Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Perspectives from Public Health” enrolled more than 17,000 students from around the world.