The Headlines Changed Me, Too

How Reporting on Recalls, Prices, and Food Policy Reshaped My Kitchen—and My Habits

Before I started covering food recalls and grocery economics, I thought I had a good sense of how the system worked.

I knew what the FDA did. I had worked on the manufacturing side. I understood that a recall wasn’t just a crisis—it was choreography. A high-stakes, no-practice run of how a company, agency, or distributor handles risk when people’s health…