Nutrition
The Plant Based Foods Association is committed to supporting the growing demand for healthier and more sustainable alternatives to conventional meat and dairy in institutions across the U.S. Our nutrition policy priority is promoting plant-based foods in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and in school food.
PBFA Analysis: Final 2020-2025 U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans
By: Sahra Pak, MS, RD, CPT, DipACLM The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the new 2020-2025 U.S....
PBFA Urges the FDA to Adopt Labeling Standards that Encourage Innovation
Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reopened the comment period on a 2005 proposed rule to establish a set of general principles to...
PBFA Comments for Dietary Guidelines Hearing
Below is PBFA's public comments by our nutrition advisor Sherene Chou at the second meeting of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee in Washington, DC, July...
Take Action: Groundbreaking Bill Aims to Increase Plant-Based Foods in California Schools
California Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian of the 46th Assembly District recently introduced a groundbreaking bill, A.B. 479, dubbed the California Climate-Friendly Food...
Policy Win! California State-Run Facilities to Offer Plant-Based Options
In a landmark win for plant-based eaters, California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law S.B. 1138, legislation to require that state-licensed healthcare...
PBFA Submits Topic Ideas for 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans is a set of recommendations on healthy eating that gets updated by the federal government every five years. The document is...
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A Perspectives Piece: Representation of the Black Community at Industry Events
It’s Black History Month 2021, a time to look at the scope of representation and intersectionality of race and its effects on inclusion in...
The strength provided by banding together with others to raise the visibility and voice of the plant-based foods sector, as well as to put forth solutions to many of the concerns we all face today, were the main motivating factors for us in helping to get the PBFA off the ground. What we’ve seen is that this effort has clearly been very successful and has also been effective in helping us to sharpen the focus on our company’s mission.