Tufts Nutrition

There From the Start

Combined, these three Friedman School professors have given more than a century of service to Tufts and to science.

The USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) building was still under construction >>

From Small Plates to Big Ideas

At commencement 2018, a renowned chef and humanitarian shared his menu for a better world.

José Andrés is the only chef in the world with both a two-star Michelin >>

Building a Brighter Food Future

As the Friedman School creates a hub of entrepreneurship, meet the students, faculty, and advisers working to transform the global food system through business thinking.

Welcome to the future of food: A mother looking for a heathier snack for >>

Entrepreneurship in Action

Meet the Tufts alumni behind some of today’s most innovative food businesses.

Photo: Jordan Swensson

When Chloe Epstein, J96, founded Chloe’s >>

The Art of the Business Pitch

Inside the first Tufts nutrition entrepreneurship competition.

Pitching your start-up to potential investors is like a first date. “The goal is >>

Work, Learn, Live

Online certificate programs bring new students, new perspectives

As a pediatrician in El Paso, Texas, Maria Lourdes Asiain has several patients—particularly teens—who >>

Feed the World, But Feed It Well

Groundbreaking agricultural scientist headlines 2016 commencement

Keeping agricultural production on pace with the growing global population is no longer the >>

Never Squash a Dream 

New Entry project trains beginning farmers

Martyn Botfield, above, braves passing thunderstorms to harvest zucchini at the New Entry Sustainable >>

Make Food An Election Issue

A message from the dean of the Friedman School

Amid the hoopla of the 2016 elections, many important topics have been discussed: jobs, >>

Washington Takes Note

A message from the director of the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging

The connection between nutrition and good health has been known since ancient Greek times, >>