Pritzker urges Congress to protect SNAP benefits
Roughly 427,000 Illinoisans could lose their benefits if Congress makes cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Gov. JB Pritzker said this week.
Pollination loss removes healthy foods from global diets, increases chronic diseases causing excess deaths
Inadequate pollination has led to a 3-5% loss of fruit, vegetable, and nut production and an estimated 427,000 excess deaths annually from lost healthy food consumption and associated diseases, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and certain cancers, according to research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. It is the first study to […]