This morning the USDA unveiled their new food chart, finally replacing the food pyramid which first debuted — and was trashed pretty much since — in 1992. The new chart also comes with its own new ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When I was a kid in the 1970s and early ’80s, processed food was everywhere. I ...

Well all know that Americans don't eat their fruits and veggies, but this chart from the USDA lets us count the ways. According to figures that compare actual grocery spending with what the government ...

For me, the most interesting categories are the latter two. They represent what could be called the “value added” by the food-processing industry. The other categories mainly represent whole foods; ...

1. Chart of the Day I. Based on yesterday’s Census Bureau report on April retail sales, consumer spending at “Food Services and Drinking Places” (restaurants and bars, see red line) was greater than ...

“The Year in USDA Food Charts” sounds like an Onion article or a Buzzfeed listicle, we know. But this is a real list of charts that the USDA actually designated the best of 2013. For real. For ...

Over the past few decades, it has become possible to speak of a “global food system”—shorthand for the trade patterns, shaped by multinational companies, that move raw agriculture commodities and ...