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Eat REAL | Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 | Animal Welfare, Trends | No Comments

The United States Healthful Food Council® (DBA Eat REAL®) has been built upon growing consumer demand for transparency and sustainability in foodservice and food production. As such, Eat REAL stands in support of the Organic Livestock & Poultry Practices (OLPP) rule, finalized by the USDA this January (2017), which aims to increase the animal welfare regulations… Read More

Sasha Mehan | Tuesday, June 13th, 2017 | Health & Wellness, Media Coverage, Partnerships, Press Release | No Comments

Zlati Meyer , USA TODAY || 7:02 a.m. ET June 8, 2017 For diners who want to know what kind of life the animals on their dinner plates had, there’s a new source of insight. An independent program that certifies restaurants, cafeterias and some packaged-goods companies as meeting certain health and nutrition standards now include certification for animal… Read More

Sasha Mehan | Tuesday, June 13th, 2017 | Corporate Establishments, Health & Wellness, Media Coverage, Partnerships, Press Release, Trends | No Comments

By Maria LaMagna for MarketWatch. Published: June 5, 2017 10:54 a.m. ET MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto: Friesian cattle in a farmers field taken from under a tree. Your head may already be spinning when trying to remember the differences between food labels including “organic,” “fair trade” and “non-genetically modified.” Here’s one more you may start seeing… Read More

Eat Real | Monday, May 8th, 2017 | Corporate Establishments, Health & Wellness, Restaurants, Trends | No Comments

By Alyssa Moran AND Christina Roberto On 04/29/17 AT 12:00 PM This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Chain restaurants are not known for serving up healthy kids’ meals. Most entrees on a kids’ menu are either fried, breaded or doused in cheese. Fresh fruits and vegetables are rare side… Read More

Eat REAL | Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017 | Health & Wellness, Partnerships, Press Release, REAL News | No Comments

First US foodservice certification program to adopt farm animal welfare standards. San Francisco, CA (PRUnderground) May 2nd, 2017 Eat REAL®, the nation’s leading certifier of nutritional and environmental excellence in foodservice, has announced that by 2021 all REAL Certified® restaurants and foodservice providers will be required to source a significant portion of their animal products… Read More

Eat REAL | Thursday, April 20th, 2017 | Partnerships, REAL Certified Businesses, REAL News, Trends | No Comments

By Keith Butler April 4, 2017 Originally posted by EvansHardy+Young The large number of social monitoring tools available makes choosing the correct one a challenge for food commodity and CPG brands. At EvansHardy+Young, we take an aggressive approach to tool selection, and you should too. We know selecting the right tool is a crucial business… Read More

Eat REAL | Monday, April 10th, 2017 | Health & Wellness, Media Coverage, Partnerships, REAL News | No Comments

Originally from Food Tech Connect. Many foodservice operators are benefiting from the halo effect of sustainability, but it’s hard to tell how truthful their sustainability claims really are. Similar to what LEED certification did for the building industry, United States Healthful Food Council (USHFC) is bringing transparency and guidance to the food industry by creating market-based… Read More

Eat REAL | Saturday, April 8th, 2017 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Originally published on The New Food Economy. All about the Benjamin. If food media had a Page Six, you’d surely find this tasty tidbit lurking therein: Claire Benjamin DiMattina, executive director of Food Policy Action (FPA), a group co-founded in 2012 by chef Tom Colicchio to promote policy change through education and its publication of… Read More

Eat REAL | Friday, March 31st, 2017 | Corporate Establishments, Health & Wellness, Press Release, REAL Certified Businesses, REAL Certified Schools, Universities | No Comments

San Francisco, CA (PRUnderground) March 29th, 2017 University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health’s Nutrition and Food Services has become the first healthcare organization to be REAL Certified® for its use of nutrition and sustainability best practices. Serving over 8,000 patients, customers, faculty, staff, and students per day, UCSF joins other institutions in higher education… Read More

Eat REAL | Friday, March 24th, 2017 | Health & Wellness, Media Coverage, Press Release, REAL News | No Comments

Leading physicians leverage REAL Certified® to help consumers identify real food San Francisco, CA (March 22nd, 2017) – Recognizing the irrefutable connection between diet and chronic disease, the medical community is increasingly starting to advise patients on what—and where—to eat. To that end, the United States Healthful Food Council (USHFC) and the Institute for Responsible Nutrition… Read More

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