The new politics of food and health

Red Dye, Rhetoric, and Reality: The MAHA Model’s Oversimplified Cure for America’s Health Woes

“Food is medicine” makes for a great bumper sticker. However, as health policy, things start to fall apart. The MAHA model, born from a blend of good intentions and Instagram-friendly catchphrases, skips the messy parts: the collision of biology and policy in creating the chronic disease crisis it claims to cure.

Exclusive | Ex Yankees coach and wife open ‘MAHA’-friendly farm to help Americans ‘source good quality food’

Former Yankees performance coach Dana Cavalea and his wife, Lauren, purchased a farm on a whim in 2020. Now they run the growing direct-to-consumer meat business Freedom Farms.

The new politics of food and health

MAHA and health trends are transforming food politics across the U.S. Here's how Utah is leading the change in food and health policy.