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May 30, 2025 Antía Lestido Cardama, _Universidade de Santiago de Compostela_ and Lara Pazos Soto, _Universidade de Santiago de Compostela_ Canned food is safe, but cans are often lined with
polymers that can release harmful chemicals, especially into fatty foods. May 26, 2025 Paul Dawson, _Clemson University_ The majority of children’s diets in the US consist of ultraprocessed
foods, which a growing body of research suggests can lead to metabolic diseases and other conditions. May 22, 2025 Garritt C. Van Dyk, _University of Waikato_ Oysters and escargot are
recognised as luxury foods around the world – but they were once valued by the lower classes as cheap sources of protein. May 22, 2025 Dawn Thilmany, _Colorado State University_ A few
important dynamics are making it easier for young people to launch businesses in rural towns – especially food businesses. May 15, 2025 D. D. Moore, _European University Institute_ False
claims that leaders in Europe want to force people to eat insects are meant to provoke fear. May 12, 2025 Deidre Popovich, _Texas Tech University_ Knowing how many calories a food contains
has become a familiar part of eating. But it may muddy rather than clarify a person’s understanding of how healthy that food is. May 9, 2025 Evangeline Mantzioris, _University of South
Australia_ You can buy probiotics and prebiotics at the supermarket or pharmacy. But do they help your gut? Or are we better off eating fermented food such as cheese or kimchi? April 27,
2025 Paulomi (Polly) Burey, _University of Southern Queensland_ With a few science-based tips, mangled eggs can become a thing of the past. April 15, 2025 Lendie R. Follett, _Drake
University_ While Iowa is a big food producer, many people in the state need help getting enough to eat. April 9, 2025 Rob Richardson, _Auckland University of Technology_ and Dianne Ma,
_Auckland University of Technology_ From Spartan feasts to Sunday brunches, the way we eat has transformed since our hunter-gatherer ancestors first shared meals around the hearth. April 9,
2025 Delia Grace, _International Livestock Research Institute _; Hung Nguyen-Viet, _International Livestock Research Institute _, and Steve Staal, _International Livestock Research Institute
_ How can the benefits and risks of wild meat consumption be balanced to protect human health, wildlife and the environment? March 31, 2025 Leila Patel, _University of Johannesburg_;
Matshidiso Valeria Sello, _University of Johannesburg_, and Sadiyya Haffejee, _University of Johannesburg_ Fragmentation of services is a barrier in addressing severe child poverty. March
20, 2025 Alberto Prati, _UCL_ Eating with others can boost levels of happiness, according to a new global report that traces the number of times people dine alone or in a group. March 19,
2025 Vincent Ho, _Western Sydney University_ There’s no firm evidence eating eggs causes constipation. In fact, eggs may have the opposite effect. Here’s what’s really going on in your gut.
March 18, 2025 Karen Foster, _Dalhousie University_; Alicia Martin, _Dalhousie University_; Gavin Fridell, _Saint Mary’s University_, and Kathleen Kevany, _Dalhousie University_ Faced with
both a trade war and annexation threats, Canada must confront whether its domestic food systems can feed its population in a crisis. March 18, 2025 Arthur Khomotso Mahuma, _University of
Johannesburg_ and Namhla Landani, _University of Johannesburg_ Competition issues are at the heart of the surge in prices and low production in Malawi and Zambia. March 17, 2025 Rosie Kerr,
_Lakehead University_; Charles Z. Levkoe, _Lakehead University_, and Leigh Potvin, _Lakehead University_ Ensuring food security for the future means supporting food producers and building
the infrastructure and policies that make local food accessible, affordable and sustainable for all. March 14, 2025 Regina Sexton, _University College Cork_ Hagiographies (writing on the
lives of saints) give us a glimpse of the food culture of early medieval Ireland, when Patrick lived. March 13, 2025 Bronwen Powell, _Penn State_ and Abderrahim Ouarghidi, _Penn State_
Collards may have arrived in southern Morocco via early Muslim traders, and Morocco may have been a stop in the journey the vegetables took to America. March 13, 2025 Shima Ziajahromi,
_Griffith University_; Frederic Leusch, _Griffith University_, and Hsuan-Cheng Lu, _Griffith University_ Without swift and effective action, composting may become an environmental crisis,
rather than a solution.