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Growing Forward: 
Insights for Building Better Food and Agriculture Systems

The Global Food Institute and Food Tank are proud to present a weekly editorial series by thought leaders that spotlights  innovative approaches to the most pressing food and agriculture system challenges.

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Global Food Institute | George Washington University

 

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Is It Safe to Eat Lettuce? Barbara Kowalcyk Weighs In. (New York Times)

Arlington, Virginia

Stacy Dean Shares SNAP Expertise in Report About the Nation's Fittest Cities (USA Today)

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What to Know About the US Outbreak of Cyclospora Parasite Intestinal Illness—Barbara Kowalcyk Explains (Reuters)

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Barbara Kowalcyk Cited in Reporting on Foodborne Illness Outbreaks (Letters from an American Substack)

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‘Food Security and Public Health Go Hand in Hand’: GFI’s Priya Fielding-Singh on SNAP Cuts (Common Dreams)

a kid in a blue shirt eating a pink donut

Rethinking sugar: New roadmap aims to cut added sugars in kids' diets (ConsumerAffairs)

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One Year Later: How H.R. 1's SNAP Policy Changes Are Reverberating Across the Food System (CSPI)

USA Today on Added Sugar 2026

We're eating too much sugar. There are ways to change that. An op ed by GFI's Priya Fielding-Singh (USA Today)

Sugar Brief NYT Op-Ed June 2026

GFI's Priya Fielding-Singh on GFI's Roadmap for Reducing Added Sugar in American Children’s Diets (The New York Times)

Hamilton Project SNAP Event Recap November 2025

Student Perspective: As a former SNAP beneficiary, the new work requirements scare me (GW Hatchet)