The sound of children singing about corn, squash and beans could be heard from hundreds of feet away at Coastal Roots Farm on Wednesday morning, as about 30 kids gathered for their final day of Farm ...

It’s no secret that the United States has a broken food system. Corporate greed, ineffectual food policy and rollbacks of entitlements have stripped many Americans of access to healthy, enjoyable food ...

AMES, IA — Since its launch in 2019, Read Across Iowa has helped kids discover the joy of books while learning about food and agriculture. The program offers educators free kits with four to five ...

News about the climate crisis alerts us to the urgent need for drastic global changes. Given this, it’s not surprising that one study surveying thousands of young people found most respondents were ...

Everyone uses their senses to understand the world around them. This is especially true for children who, after birth, rely solely on their senses for knowledge about the world and everything in it.

“Food justice” refers to the idea that everyone should have access to healthy and sustainable food. The concept comes from the food justice movement, which recognizes the link between food, health, ...

There is a wealth of scientific literature about the power of unhealthy food to cause disease and of healthy food to prevent, treat, and reverse disease. Unfortunately, doctors aren’t given this ...

Male orangutans that resettle to a new area appear to be imitating the behavior of a local individual in an effort to survive and find a future home range, a new study says. The researchers have ...

In the United States, 18 percent of children under the age of 18—13 million children—live in a home struggling to put healthy food on the table. Food insecurity can have long-lasting effects on young ...

Gabrielle Edwards receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). University of British Columbia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation ...