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UW project took nuisance seaweed from shellfish farm to help growers. The USDA cut its funding

May 14, 2025 | KUOW

Seaweed is a problem for shellfish growers. One UW project hopes to turn the nuisance seaweed, like this one at Baywater Shellfish in Hood Canal, into nutrients for farm soil. In its first year, the team harvested nearly 17,000 pounds of wet seaweed. Project Director Sarah Collier says there was so much interest that they were ready to include more farms in the pilot when she learned the grant was cancelled.

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Anne Lund

Understanding your food’s expiration dates and preventing waste

May 12, 2025 | KIRO 7 News

Anne Lund, registered dietitian and director of the Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics at UW, speaks with KIRO TV about food expiration dates. Lund advises that the expiration date is only part of the puzzle and some foods may expire before or after the date because it comes down to how the food was handled.

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Shruti Badrish

Navigating unhealthy food culture on college campuses

April 27, 2025 | The Seattle Times

Michelle Averill is interviewed by a first year UW student and offers advice for healthy eating choices as a busy college student. She offers advice to think ahead and identify which food feel the most nourishing to you. This article appears in a series contribution by Washington youth through The Seattle Times Student Voices project.

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Gobsmacked by groceries, Inflation inching higher for Washington consumers weary at the market

February 16, 2025 | The Spokesman Review

The Spokesman Review highlights both the national trends of food costs, as well as Washington state trends, pointing to a report released in February from the Washington State Food Security Surveys, showing that state residents continue to worry about food prices.

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UW, WSU study shows WA residents struggling to pay for one particular monthly expense

February 17, 2025 | The Bellingham Herald

This article by the Bellingham Herald highlights findings from the fifth edition of the Washington State Food Security Survey released on Feb. 13, revealing a potential rise in food insecurity in Washington.

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Grocery prices are a top financial worry, WA residents say

February 19, 2025 | The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times looks at the growing high cost of food for Washington households, citing a state-wide survey conducted by UW Food Systems researchers called WAFOOD. FSNH faculty member Marie Spiker is quoted, “Of all the indicators that we have of how are households doing financially, food insecurity is a really important one, because it has these close ties to human health.”

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Autumn 2024 marks highest demand in UW Food Pantry history

January 6, 2025 | UW Daily

UW Food Pantry donations for fall quarter of 2024 included 12% of donations from food drives, 11% from individual donations, and 15 to 20% came from on-campus dining facilities. Through work conducted by student capstone teams in winter 2024, the Pantry gleans unused food from UW in order to increase sustainability in providing resources to its patrons.

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Yona Sipos

Mayor Harrell Releases Updated “Food Action Plan” to Guide City Policies and Programs, Increase Food Security in Seattle

September 5, 2024 | City of Seattle

Yona Sipos, core faculty in the Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health program is quoted in this recent post by the City of Seattle Mayor’s office, remarking, “The recently updated plan provides an impressive vision of how we can all pursue equity, sustainability, and resilience for our City and region. Food and food systems can truly act as unifying themes for communities, and the Plan’s level of detail provides clear goals and strategies to connect, learn, and contribute positively — which many of us at the University of Washington anticipate doing with students across the Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health program, among others.”

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Pia Chaparro

Project 2025 Calls for Major Cuts to the US Nutrition Safety Net

August 28, 2024 | Civil Eats

Civil Eats spoke with Assistant Professor Pia Chapparro about the potential devastating impacts that Project 2025 could have on food security and hunger if SNAP work requirements were tightened. Chapparo cites existing research and said, “Research shows that SNAP participation reduces food insecurity but does not act a disincentive to work. Moreover, research shows that the work requirements don’t lead to increased employment.”

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Anna Fogel

The health benefits of fruits and vegetables: taste the rainbow

August 12, 2024 | The Whole U

UW Medicine Dietitian and alumna (MPH/GCPD ’22) Anna Fogel breaks down the health benefits of fruits and vegetables in an article published by The Whole U. Fogel give a dietitian’s perspective on the health benefits of getting a variety in your diet, as well as the benefits by color.

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