Food & Nutrition

Sugar substitutes don't help with weight loss, according to a review by the World Health Organization. Sugar substitutes can cause food cravings and more food consumption

Feeding Kentucky hosts its annual Hunger Action Month kickoff today at the state Capitol, encouraging residents to take action to combat hunger in their communities.

Fear not. Niki Davis, Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management Program manager and professor of practice, can help.

Cairo has spent seven years without a grocery, until Friday morning. Rise Community Market is now open after months of renovations.

The market is a co-op model.

Southern Illinois Farming Alliance is a project of Food Works, a nonprofit organization that is working to create a sustainable food economy in Southern Illinois.

State Comptroller Susana Mendoza visited Union County Gardens in Anna Monday. Shari Sweeney-Sadowski and her husband Tom Sadowsky started the farm around seven years ago.

The ice cream shop was anchored on the Carbondale strip for roughly 70 years, before its sudden closure.

Every five years, Congress has to renew the farm bill — a gigantic piece of legislation that supports and protects food production, natural resources and provides food benefits to low-income families.

After the end of pandemic-era free meals, schools are reporting rising school meal debt and fewer kids in their free and reduced price programs.