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NEW PUBLICATION! I'm very excited to share my latest article on "Processed Foods," published as part of the all new Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Food Studies. oxfordre.com/foodstudies/di… 1/
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Garrett Broad
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Garrett Broad
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Prof @RowanUniversity @edelmancollege. Tweets on food systems/media/politics/sports. Opinions mine. Spending more time at the Blue place @garrettbroad.
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Stadium photo, Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church on Cheltenham Ave.
Jalen Hurts is here discussing his new book, “Better Than a Touchdown.”
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Hidden on page 744 of the farm bill the House Agriculture Committee passed Thursday is a provision that would condemn millions of pigs to a lifetime in gestation crates.
Rebranded the 'Save Our Bacon Act,' it's a pork-industry play to wipe out every state law banning the sale of pork from crated pigs — laws the conservative Supreme Court upheld in 2023.
Over 85% of Democrats and Republicans oppose these crates. Voters have backed ballot measures to ban them in state after state.
The pork industry knows it can't win a straight vote on this. So it's burying the provision in an 800-page bill and hoping no one notices.
Contact your senators and representative today and tell them: oppose the farm bill unless the Save Our Bacon Act is stripped out. You can reach them at senate.gov and house.gov — it takes two minutes and it matters.
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Who hates cultured meat?? I wrote about the diverse coalition opposed to cellular agriculture, from reasonable critics to outright conspiracists. It's part of a book on "Cell-Based Meat in the European Union and Beyond" - OPEN ACCESS! link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…
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@grok @MAHA_Action to be clear HHS has not yet actually committed resources to this effort, but RFK stated it is an "idea," correct?
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Yes, the Trump administration's 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated mandatory funding for SNAP-Ed (a USDA nutrition education program) after FY2025. It taught low-income households cooking, shopping, and meal prep skills. RFK Jr.'s new HHS effort uses the Commissioned Corps for direct community teaching on affordable home cooking for all Americans, shifting from grant-based to hands-on delivery.
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“Americans have forgotten how to cook.”
RFK Jr. just announced that HHS has a new initiative to teach Americans how to cook again.
“Every American can feed themselves cheaper than fast food.”
“Many of them don’t have the cutlery, they don’t have the pots and pans, they don’t have the cutting boards, and they don’t know how to shop.”
“One of the things that we’re talking about now at HHS is to use the Commission Corps or other groups within our agency to go out and actually teach people to cook.”
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@ChefSuziGerber I included lots of critical perspectives (and am quite critical of the concept myself). But also articles from people who support the framework. The idea was to provide an overview of the debate in scholarship. My attempt at balance was met with hostility.
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@GarrettBroad Well my main criticism of UPF is that it ignores bench food science because it has no consideration for processing. But my 2nd criticism is that it isn’t epidemiologically sound by lacking specificity & assns to health break down when using mechs. 3rd it is culturally biased
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Just got back reviews for a comprehensive annotated bibliography on "Ultra-Processed Foods" I was invited to write for Oxford. Paraphrasing:
R1: "The author is biased -- he clearly supports the UPF concept."
R2: "The author is biased -- he clearly opposes the UPF concept."
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@ChefSuziGerber One reviewer said I didn't understand nutrition science and focused too much on social science issues. The other reviewer said I didn't understand social science and focused too much on nutrition science issues.
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Yes, it's fair to say initial "huge infusions" could be needed for equipment, training, and staff to enable widespread scratch cooking—SNA's 2026 report estimates millions annually for upgrades. However, long-term costs often balance out via ingredient savings and efficiencies, per USDA analyses.
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@grok @calleymeans With all of this in mind, is it fair to say that "huge infusions of cash" might be necessary to make this shift in school food happen?
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No, many US schools aren't fully equipped for widespread scratch cooking, with over 93% of nutrition directors reporting needs for more staff, training, and infrastructure (per School Nutrition Association surveys, 2025-2026).
Investments could include:
- Equipment grants (e.g., $35M annually via proposed School Food Modernization Act for ovens, steamers, prep areas).
- Training programs for culinary skills.
- Facility upgrades like better refrigeration and kitchens.
This could cost districts varying amounts, offset by long-term savings.
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Here’s a top food reporter stating it will require “infusions of cash” to serve healthy food to kids.
She doesn’t note the US spends more on school lunches already than other counties.
We don’t have a budget problem. We had a corruption problem that’s being fixed.
This admin is focussing like a laser on incentives that profit companies who make kids sick and/or profit from that sickness.
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@grok @calleymeans @grok are US schools fully equipped for such a transition? What types of investment might be needed for training and facilities upgrades?
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Yes, shifting to scratch-cooked "real food" meals could increase labor costs due to more prep time (studies show ~$0.017 higher per 100 kcal vs. processed). However, ingredient costs often decrease (e.g., ~$0.043 lower per 100 kcal using bulk fresh items). Overall, total costs are typically similar, as labor increases are offset by food savings, per USDA Foods analyses. Long-term benefits include health and efficiency gains.
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@grok @calleymeans @grok thanks. If US school lunches move toward greater "real food" meals made from scratch cooking, would there be increased costs due to labor and/or ingredient sourcing?
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Based on recent data (2024-2025), US school lunch costs average $3.81 per meal, with labor at 45% (~$1.71). Annually per child (180 days): ~$686.
Comparisons:
- France: ~€7 ($7.70) per meal total; labor included, parents pay ~€3-5.
- Japan: ~¥500 ($3.30) per meal; gov't covers labor, parents pay ingredients.
- Finland: ~€3-4 per meal, fully funded.
- Italy: ~€5 per meal, state subsidizes.
US spends more than low-income countries but aligns with high-income peers, adjusted for higher US wages.
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@SpikeEskin Got a ton of goodwill out of the gate for ousting Sterling (which itself was barely anything, he handed the Clips off to his wife who then sold for $2B) and hasn't done anything commendable since.
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All of these plans to fix tanking and none of them address the real problem, Adam Silver is a weak leader and the owners and teams do not fear or respect him. He's not a good commissioner and never really has been.
All of the fixes are band-aids that will fall off. I know it sounds simple but he should be able to call teams and say "stop it," but he won't and they wouldn't care if he did.
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Unfortunately, none of these Trump administration initiatives improve "real food access." I wish they did, but the reality is that a range of programmatic cuts have made healthy food access more difficult.
Calley Means@calleymeans
Here’s the message from the federal government: ➡️The most important thing parents and society can do is not poison kids, which is happening en masse (38% of teens have pre-diabetes). ➡️The Trump admin is working for improve real food access and affordability:
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@PhilaSanitation @PhiladelphiaGov is trash back on schedule starting tomorrow? Full 2x per week pickup or only 1x per week?
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@hbottemiller Also the huge cuts to Local Food Purchase Assistance program and Local Food for Schools program make this much harder for schools and farmers to actually make happen.
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FACT CHECK: It's not the media rooting against this, it's the thousands of women and men who work in school food (feeding millions of kids per day) who say we'll need more funding to broadly implement scratch cooked meals.
We are a year into MAHA controlling all levers of the federal government. Where is the plan? Where is Congress?
Calley Means@calleymeans
Why is the media rooting against healthy kids? We don’t have a funding problem. We had a political will problem. It is more than possible to serve a REAL food meal (with whole foods proteins, vegetables, whole grains) for under $4.60. It is more than possible for America to not poison children under current budget levels. School procurement programs have been a piggy bank for junk food companies. Lunchables and Doritos were deemed as healthy snacks. Now, that money will go to farmers. The force of MAHA voters have now given children (who are getting slaughtered by chronic disease) a seat at the table. That’s what’s been missing.
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By "not aligning with priorities," @grok means that USDA claims the programs were part of a "green new scam." Ultimately, the changes mean a lot less money going to farmers and others working to make the types of changes MAHA claims to support but doesn't actually advance.
Grok@grok
Fair point on the $3.1B Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities cancellation in April 2025, as reported by Reuters and others—cited as not aligning with priorities. The $700M regenerative ag pilots, announced later, focus on soil health and real foods under MAHA, per USDA updates. Both reflect shifting emphases. More at usda.gov.
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