Social Justice

Ordering Your Own Lab Tests: A Guide to Taking Control of Your Health

Many people are most familiar with lab tests as something their doctor orders. But did you know that you can order your own tests? Here’s when, why, and what to consider when it comes to lab tests and taking back the power to manage and improve your health.

Ocean Robbins · January 21, 2022 · 15 min read

How Much Does Malnutrition Really Cost?

The word malnutrition is most often used to describe diets that are deficient in calories or essential nutrients. Chances are you’ve heard it used in that context — associated with starvation and extreme poverty. But that is only one side of malnutrition…

Nelson Huber-Disla & T. Colin Campbell, PhD · January 19, 2022 · 6 min read

Systemic Inflammation & the Need for Deep Medicine: An Interview with Raj Patel, PhD and Rupa Marya, MD

Food Revolution Network CEO, Ocean Robbins, sits down with Drs. Rupa Marya and Raj Patel, authors of Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice, and co-founders of Deep Medicine Circle, for a heartening look at how deep medicine can help to heal our lives, society, and world.

Ocean Robbins · January 7, 2022 · 22 min read

Food Revolution Network’s 2021 Year in Review & Hope for the Future

More people than ever before are interested in caring for their immune systems and optimizing their health. And in the last year, Food Revolution Network expanded our reach significantly. Here are some of our top accomplishments from 2021.

Ocean Robbins · December 24, 2021 · 8 min read

Teff: The Tiny but Mighty Grain Worth Knowing About

Teff is a tiny grain that delivers big-time nutrition. It has a longstanding history, deep cultural significance, and remarkable nutritional value.

Ocean Robbins · November 26, 2021 · 13 min read

Transform School Meals to Nourish Kids and Create Opportunities for Farmers

School meals have a huge impact on the health of a nation — and the planet. They forge patterns that shape lives. They instill a status quo that changes what kids want to eat the rest of the time. And they are one of the primary ways that policy shapes the health of the next generation. Moving toward healthier, plant-based meal plans could benefit our children, and our world, in profoundly important ways.

Kari Hamerschlag · November 24, 2021 · 3 min read

Prescription For Disease Prevention: An Interview With Sean Hashmi, MD

In this video interview, Dr. Sean Hashmi of Kaiser Permanente sits down with Ocean Robbins to discuss his experience as a kidney specialist, his mission to change the culture of medicine, and the importance of treating root causes of disease — not just symptoms. Dr. Hashmi and Ocean discuss the impact of systemic inequality on food choices and health outcomes, and look at breakthrough solutions that can heal lives and build a healthier society.

Ocean Robbins · October 6, 2021 · 27 min read

Food Inequality: How Poor Nutrition Affects Health, Wealth, & Opportunity (And What We Can Do About It!)

When millions of people suffer from malnutrition, either due to insufficient calories or a lack of access to affordable, wholesome food, their health, wealth, resilience, and even their mental clarity are impacted. If we want to create a just and sustainable world, we must tackle the twin issues of food inequality and food insecurity.

Ocean Robbins · September 10, 2021 · 17 min read

Community Gardens Are Growing Health, Food, & Opportunity

Community gardens are a great way to increase food security, improve public health, and even reduce crime rates. With a variety of setups, locations, and goals, they can play an important role in making healthy, ethical, and sustainable food available to ever more people.

Ocean Robbins · August 4, 2021 · 15 min read

Alley Cropping, an Agroforestry Land Restoration Technique, Improves Food Security in Honduras and Beyond

Inga tree alley cropping has transformed the lives of 300 subsistence farming families in Honduras. Its replication across South and Latin America can make a major impact on people and the planet by improving food security, protecting wildlife habitats and water sources, and improving soil quality for years to come.

Lorraine Potter · April 28, 2021 · 5 min read

Increasing Health & Opportunity for All: An Interview with Terry Mason, MD

Food Revolution Network CEO, Ocean Robbins, sits down with retired doctor and public health official Terry Mason, MD, for a fascinating conversation about racism, food, health, COVID-19, and hope.

Ocean Robbins · April 21, 2021 · 25 min read

Unhealthy Conditions for Farm Animals are — No Surprise — Bad for Humans, Too

New viral pandemics are just one of the many public health crises linked to factory farming. In this article, discover how factory farms contribute to antibiotic resistance, pollution, animal cruelty, foodborne pathogens, and other illnesses — making them a danger to both animals and humans alike.

Tia Schwab · March 17, 2021 · 12 min read