NPRFood

The Twitter home of NPR’s The Salt, the James Beard Awards’ Publication of the Year, plus links to all of NPR's other food coverage.

[Allison Aubrey @AubreyNPR]

I'm starting a new project: How To Thrive As You Age.

We hope you'll share your questions and your tips. We will weave them into our reporting.

Here's a link to share your thoughts..
https://t.co/abtWCMNqaR #healthylife

[Allison Aubrey @AubreyNPR]

After years of picking paw paws along the Potomac, it was a delight to meet the scientists and farmers who are reviving this native fruit

[NPRFood @NPRFood]

It's fun for kids to neatly sort their candy. Then what? Here's a way to offload extra. https://t.co/L8XONBpQXI

[Allison Aubrey @AubreyNPR]

There's lots of ongoing research to better understand how #Food and nutrition can be integrated into #healthcare to promote better health

Tufts @TuftsNutrition launches new food-is-medicine center https://t.co/emh47ufHcV

[Allison Aubrey @AubreyNPR]

My family is happy/not happy that I've cleared out the pantry and nudged my daughter to the sugar by filling 1/2 her @Starbucks pink drink with water!

https://t.co/UI1UaPImg2 @DrChrisVT

[Allison Aubrey @AubreyNPR]

I loved sharing the back story, on how Dr. Uma Valeti pivoted from stem cells and cardiology to "growing" meat @UPSIDEfoods came to be on @CBSSunday #foodtech #climate https://t.co/uB93K8JRbP

[NPRFood @NPRFood]

Two companies have won USDA approval to sell meat grown directly from animal cells, without slaughtering animals @UPSIDEfoods @GOODMeat, and @NPRHealth @AubreyNPR team got a taste of both...

https://t.co/aNjtBxCD0k
@GoodFoodInst

[Allison Aubrey @AubreyNPR]

Teaching nutrition without a kitchen, is like teaching swimming without a pool.
That's why my heart sings, seeing this amazing curriculum (combining nutrition +cooking) inside elementary school classroom @FoodPrintsDC @FRESHFARMDC

[Allison Aubrey @AubreyNPR]

If you saw how much sugar or salt was in the products you're buying, would you think twice?

Lots of people like the idea of front-of-package food labels @CSPI @American_Heart

https://t.co/Yxde52MMtO

[Allison Aubrey @AubreyNPR]

Not an easy day here.
We're losing some invaluable colleagues.
My heart goes out to everyone affected #NPRlayoffs

https://t.co/Fe9Imlkouk

[NPRFood @NPRFood]

People used to call it 'lab grown' meat

Now it's 'cultivated meat' -- produced in a plant more akin to a brewery.

The @US_FDA has given 2 companies a greenlight and are waiting for @USDA mark of inspection

https://t.co/qmfJaUJbPp

[Allison Aubrey @AubreyNPR]

Meats sales up in 2022, and many Americans continue to prefer #beef, though 1 in 3 ppl say they're "trying to reduce their meat consumption," @FMI

[Allison Aubrey @AubreyNPR]

Is #chocolate good for your heart?

Cocoa maker petitioned the @US_FDA to allow health claims on labels .

Here's what the agency concluded. @morningedition

https://t.co/mspd6N9L3N @GardnerPhD @BrighamWomens @BarryCallebaut @madrechocolate @WorldCocoa @FCIA_org

[We Make LAist (formerly KPCC) @LAistUnion]

🧵We urge @KPCC/@laist to pay truly competitive wages that reflect our skills and the changing economy. We’ll be back in bargaining this Friday fighting for a fair contract, and as always, we’ll keep you informed.

Here’s how you can help. #WeMakeKPCCLAist #1u

[a Martínez @AMartinezLA]

This is the first time I have met @NPRinskeep in person. I felt like Jimmy Olsen meeting Superman. (I’ve seen @erikaaaguilar & @LeilaFadel lots of times already.)

[NPRFood @NPRFood]

https://t.co/u0OQf3M5L2

[Allison Aubrey @AubreyNPR]

In 1968 a doctor published a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine, describing feeling sick from #Chinese food
Decades of confusion followed. Thanks to Tom Sherman of @GUMedicine @gumedcenter & #aapi chef @chefchrischeung for their insights
https://t.co/lVM8FKXIoj

[Allison Aubrey @AubreyNPR]

I loved learning more about breeding for taste from Cornell plant breeder Michael Mazourek and @DanBarber @bluehillfarm and Row 7 seeds @Row7Seeds
https://t.co/ErFixsteZz #Food #plants @CornellMedia

[Allison Aubrey @AubreyNPR]

Feeling very inspired by a conversation with some sheros in the #food is medicine space
#MIHealthSummit @sffink @IamWANDAorg @TambraRaye @jd_harrison Holly Freishtat @MilkenInstitute
Sharing this 'power of ideas' by @rachelkrausman https://t.co/6ywSOW8n2Q

[Allison Aubrey @AubreyNPR]

New report calls for "structural change" at @US_FDA
@DrCaliff_FDA says report will "inform a new vision for the FDA Human Foods Program" & will lay out new vision by Feb 2023 #Food @reaganudall
https://t.co/TjjF6xuGMA