In connection with the second edition of Food Policy in the United States: An Introduction  (Routledge/Earthscan, 2018), here is the second ...

Jeremy Cherfas, host of Eat This Podcast , led this lively conversation about the cost of a nutritious diet: Recently I’ve been involved ...

The Partnership for a Healthier America Summit is this week, March 6-8, in Washington DC. The theme is "Building a Healthier Future....

In contrast with the conventional wisdom that healthy food costs too much, USDA's Economic Research Service this week reports : For al...

Tom Philpott at Mother Jones blames food price increases since 2007 on financial speculators.  He is quite harsh on the fools like me, who t...

Mark Bittman's column this week in the New York Times argues that junk food is not really cheaper.  For a reader who is skeptical, Bittm...

From my interview this week by Gail Bambrick in TuftsNow . Does it seem like you need a second mortgage to fill your cart at the grocery s...

Pablo Monsivais, Anju Aggarwal, and Adam Drewnowski have a fascinating new study out today in the journal Health Affairs .  Using data from...

Vegetarian diets generally are the most economical way to acquire food energy and protein, according to a 2009 article in the Agricultural ...

A new study (.pdf) from King County (Seattle), Washington, looks into some of the leading concerns in national discussions of local food re...

Julie Flaherty's lively article on food consumption during recessionary times is currently the lead feature on the Tufts website . It ...

The drastic drop in milk prices paid to farmers over the past year has led to an unprecedented crisis for dairy farmers who, on average, are...

How much does a nutritious diet cost? Some say that the high price of healthy food is making us obese and unhealthy. Others wonder how th...

In May, we linked to the Miami Herald's coverage of the struggle between Florida tomato pickers, Burger King, and a dirty tricks compan...

The benefit level in the Food Stamp Program -- now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) -- is updated every year for ...

I gave a briefing (.pdf) yesterday for House of Representatives staff in DC, on the topic of rising food prices. In the past 12 months, gr...

Slow Food Nation 2008 is Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 in San Francisco. In connection with this event, the people who created the Eat Well Guide ha...

Find your own best answer with the new Thrifty Food Plan calculator . This calculator is a tool for learning about tradeoffs between the nut...

The Economist is having a fascinating debate on the proposition: There is an upside for humanity in the rise in food prices. Homi Kharas of...

I didn't notice until this morning that a Reuters report a couple weeks ago quoted me on the food price dilemma: Ultimately, economists...