This week we’re looking at how the CalFresh supplemental nutrition program has been a lifeline for many — particularly during the pandemic — and what it means now that the end of expanded benefits nears. At the same time, an all-WIC shop has opened in the Bayshore Mall. We’ll talk about how its owner started […]
Nutrition
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Targeted Universalism: A Solution for Inequality?
One in five Latinos in California live in poverty, the highest of any demographic group. Black students trail all other racial and ethnic groups in reading and math proficiency. And Native Americans are worse off today, with an average life expectancy eight years shorter than a decade ago. Despite a suite of well-intended policies aimed […]
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Farm to School
The iconic image of a shiny, red apple is symbolic of “school” but getting an apple, or any other food, into the hands of a student is a complicated process involving rule compliance and paperwork. It’s even more of an ask that the food be local. But Humboldt is making inroads in bringing local food […]
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Trump Administration Food Stamp Cuts Will Hit 3,600 in Humboldt
The Trump administration has announced that it will be changing food stamp eligibility requirements, which could cut nutrition assistance to 688,000 Americans, including more than 3,500 in Humboldt County. On Dec. 4, the administration announced it would be eliminating waivers that allow counties with high unemployment rates to allow able-bodied adults without dependents who work […]
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Our Worst Mistake, Part 1
The downturn in human nutrition began long before Ray Kroc brought Big Macs to the masses, Coca Cola conned developing countries into buying their addictive sugary concoctions and Nestlé weaseled its way into babies’ bellies with formula milk. Long, long before. Archeologists call it the Neolithic Revolution, the series of events that started in the […]