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The Vegan Revolution: Celebrities Behind Vegan Brands

Modern Restaurant Management

As a long-time environmental advocate, in 2011, Cameron went vegan to lower his carbon footprint while also finding that his health improved too. Academy award-winning film-maker James Cameron has been on the forefront of education, setting out to expose myths and misconceptions around the vegan diet with Netflix’s The Game Changers.

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A few more of the Heroes of Poisoned – Rosa DeLauro

Bill Marler

Rosa is a leader in fighting to improve and expand federal support for child nutrition and for modernizing our food safety system. She believes that we need to grow our economy by making smart innovative investments in our infrastructure, which is why she introduced legislation to create a National Infrastructure bank.

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Celebrating Ryan Conklin: AHF Leader & IFMA Silver Plate Award Honoree

AHF

AHF would like to congratulate AHF past-president, Ryan Conklin, Director & Executive Chef Culinary and Nutrition Services at UNC Health Rex, on being award the prestigious 2025 Silver Plate Award by the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA) for healthcare.

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Publisher’s Platform: Rosa DeLauro is just one of the heroes of ‘Poisoned’

Food Safety News

Rosa is a leader in fighting to improve and expand federal support for child nutrition and for modernizing our food safety system. She believes that we need to grow our economy by making smart innovative investments in our infrastructure, which is why she introduced legislation to create a National Infrastructure bank.

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Congratulations AHF Member Dave Reeves – IFMA Silver Plate Award Recipient

AHF

AHF would like to congratulate AHF past-president, David Reeves, MBA, System Director, Food and Nutrition Services at Lee Health on his remarkable achievement of being awarded the prestigious 2024 Silver Plate Award by the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA) for healthcare.

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MRM People & Places: Azteca Foods Celebrates 50 Years and State Dish Showdown

Modern Restaurant Management

. “We’re excited to be able to meet customers’ demands for cleaner, safer, non-GMO, pesticide-free leafy greens that are fresher, boast a longer shelf life and higher nutritional value, and are grown locally with consistently high yields.”

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IFIC Food & Health Survey shows Significant Shift in Consumer Attitudes Towards Sugars and Carbs

The Food Service Wellness Institute

Dr Robert Lustig’s mantra – that not all calories were created equal - appears to be resonating with more US consumers, with one third (33%) of Americans believing that sugars are the ‘source of calories most likely to cause weight gain’ compared with just 11% in 2011, according to a new survey.