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Tufts University to lead $100M program to reduce risk of zoonotic viral spillover, spread
October 22, 2020
Program will involve large consortium of wildlife and human disease experts and networks from around the world
2020 Jean Mayer Prize Awarded for Tackling COVID-19 Food Crisis
October 20, 2020
Recipients honored for response and commitment to COVID-19 crisis to improving food access, nutrition, communities and culture
Teaching Toward Equity: A Time to Rethink
September 17, 2020
Faculty seek ways to make social justice an integral part of every course
Some but not all U.S. metro areas could grow all needed food locally, estimates study
September 14, 2020
Researchers estimate potential for locally sourced food based on land needs for different diets
The Quest for Justice: Revitalizing Cities
September 10, 2020
To boost equity, we must rethink the police, invest in sustainable cities, and ensure that people of color are at the table, argue Tufts experts
Alumna Receives Julia Child Award
August 28, 2020
A grant from the TV chef’s foundation is helping Danielle Nierenberg, N01, start the conversations to transform the food system
Mediterranean Diet and Epigenetic Changes
August 27, 2020
In exciting new research from the Friedman School's Jiantao Ma and Alice H. Lichtenstein, diet quality may affect our health by changing DNA methylation levels. This hypothesis has been tested using animal models, but has not been well-studied in humans.
Equity Competency in Sustainable Food Systems Education
November 19, 2020
Addressing social inequities has been recognized as foundational to transforming food systems. Activists and scholars have critiqued food movements as lacking an orientation towards addressing issues of social justice. To address issues of inequity, sustainable food systems education (SFSE) programs will have to increase students’ equity-related capabilities. 
Study Illuminates Consumer Confusion About Whole Grain Labels
August 11, 2020
Researchers say results provide legal evidence for proposed changes in labeling regulations.