Studies in recent years suggest that the sugar-laden and high-fat foods we often crave when we are stressed or depressed, as comforting as they may seem, are the least likely to benefit our mental health. Instead, whole foods such as vegetables, fruit, fish, eggs, nuts and seeds, beans and legumes and fermented foods like yogurt may be a better bet. (New York Times)

U.S. trade chief Katherine Tai and the top senator overseeing trade policy voiced support for updating the nation’s tariff tools so officials can avoid applying decades-old laws to current issues. (Bloomberg)

For about 30 years, Illinois Farm Bureau has injected about $320,000 into the mission to get health care for farmers, by means of the Rural Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Program. (Commercial-News)

Data suggests that the overall outlook for the restaurant industry has improved in recent months, according to an update from the Biden administration. Specifically, the restaurant industry has added 450,000 jobs since January, but remains down 1.8 million jobs compared to February 2020. (Feedstuffs)  

Concerns about environmental sustainability, animal welfare and nutrition have grown among consumers and the public health community in developed countries over the years. However, Marianne Smith Edge, founder/principal of The AgriNutrition Edge and speaker at the Animal Agriculture Alliance Stakeholders Summit, assured those in the meat industry all is well. (Meat + Poultry)  

Now, as the weather warms up across the country and people venture out of their homes and back into public or return to offices, many are looking to lose their pandemic pounds. (New York Times