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Genetic adaptations that helped neotropical manakins detect and digest fruit may have laid the foundation for the evolution of elaborate courtship displays and vivid plumage observed in manakins. An international research team, including researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan, combined genomic, functional, and evolutionary analyses to show that changes in taste perception and digestion…

Over 100 organizations are urging the UK Prime Minister to introduce a “Good Food Bill” to improve national food security and public health. Signatories of a cross-sector letter to Andy Burnham seek to address issues threatening the food system, such as increasing food costs and diet-related diseases amid climate risks and geopolitical tensions. 

When does ‘clean eating’ stop being about nutrition and start being about control? The term can flatten food into a set of pass-or-fail rules, narrowing what’s on the plate and making little room for pleasure, spontaneity or the shared rituals of a meal

LODI — The Medina County Health Department expanded its Lodi farmers market this year as part of an effort to increase access to fresh, locally grown food in the village. The market, launched in 2025 through the health department’s Creating Healthy Communities grant, returned this year with additional market dates. The second market is scheduled…