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As students file back into classrooms, they may notice some of their cafeteria and vending machine options have changed. The now-active Arizona Healthy Schools Act bans public schools that participate in federal meal programs from serving foods containing 11 specific chemical additives and synthetic dyes on campus from midnight before until 30 minutes after the…

At some point over the last decade, supermarkets stopped resembling grocery stores and began to feel like wellness boutiques. Olive green packaging appeared everywhere. The language softened. Shelves began speaking in the vocabulary of virtue. Suddenly, biscuits were “artisanal”. Chips became “hand-cooked”. Chocolate acquired Himalayan salt, probiotic cultures, and a quiet moral superiority. Even water…