Protein, Politics, and Policy: What the New Dietary Guidelines Really Mean for American Farmers and Consumers

About this episode

Dr. Sean Cash discusses the implications of new dietary guidelines and the challenges in defining ultra-processed food.

Tufts food economist Dr. Sean Cash explains why the new dietary guidelines raised eyebrows, why a new Farm Bill is unlikely this Congress, and why defining "ultra-processed food" is harder — and more important — than it sounds.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Sean Cash

Topics covered

• dietary guidelines
• agriculture policy
• food economics
• ultra-processed food
• Farm Bill
• American farmers
• consumer health

Keywords

• dietary guidelines
• Farm Bill
• ultra-processed food
• food policy
• agriculture
• American farmers
• consumer health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tufts, Congress

Places: American

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