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PEMBROKE, N.C. - In his school's vast, cacophonous lunchroom, Raylen Locklear stacked his Lunchables the way he has seen it done on YouTube, the same way he does it at

PEMBROKE, N.C. - In his school's vast, cacophonous lunchroom, Raylen Locklear stacked his Lunchables the way he has seen it done on YouTube, the same way he does it at home. "Well, you put the cookie down first," the second-grader said, setting out the cracker that comes in a brightly labeled package offered free to every student in Robeson County schools. "You put a ham," he said, misidentifying the pinkish slice of turkey, a bit larger than a poker chip. "You put some cheese and then you put a

PEMBROKE, N.C. - In his school's vast, cacophonous lunchroom, Raylen Locklear stacked his Lunchables the way he has seen it done on YouTube, the same way he does it at home. "Well, you put the cookie down first," the second-grader said, setting out the cracker that comes in a brightly labeled package offered free to every student in Robeson County schools. "You put a ham," he said, misidentifying the pinkish slice of turkey, a bit larger than a poker chip. "You put some cheese and then you put a

George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health Research & Practice Seminar: 'Beedi Workers in India'.   This event is only open to students at George Washington University, not to the public. Join former Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow and Communications Manager for Food Policy Program for Vital Strategies, Pallavi Puri, MPH, for a talk on her Pulitzer Center-supported project Beedi Workers in India. Puri unravels the "fate of these workers in India and peel[s] away the layers of exploitation they face." Her multimedia, marquee story, "Fad...

The COVID-19 global pandemic had a drastic and sudden impact on how people shop and eat. As we move to a new normal where – the hope is – we are able to shift gears and learn to ‘live with COVID’, how will people’s attitudes to food continue to evolve?