The Soil Declaration
Pristine America · Est. 2026
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Pillars — Paper Count
Nutrient Density Decline35
Soil Organic Carbon & Topsoil Loss47
Chemical/Pesticide Residue Burden22
Chronic Disease & Ultra-Processed Food49
Soil Biology & Food Quality Link20
Regenerative / Outcome-Based Evidence47
Dietary Quality & Public Health Burden40
Soil Degradation: Arable to Arid20
Arid to Arable Restoration Timelines19
Food Label Failure: Input vs. Outcome Standards2
Human Gut Microbiome & Dietary Quality8
Water Quality, Runoff & Aquifer Depletion7
PFAS & Emerging Contaminants4
Seed Sovereignty & Genetic Diversity Loss4
Economic Viability of Regenerative Transition4
Foreign Farmland Ownership & Food Security3
Children's Health & Cognitive Development8
01 Nutrient Density Decline 35 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
Pre-1950
1936
Nutrition and National Health: Being the Cantor Lectures Delivered before the Royal Society of Arts in 1936
McCarrison R · Faber and Faber Ltd.
Moderate Established
1939
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
Price WA · Paul B. Hoeber, Inc.
Moderate Established
1944
Food Consumption Levels in the United States / Diets at Four Levels of Nutritive Content and Cost
United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Human Nut… · USDA Combined Food Board / USDA Circular No. 296
Moderate Established
1950–1974
1958
Soil Fertility and Animal Health
Albrecht WA · Fred Hahne Printing Company (Webster City, Iowa)
Moderate Established
1971
Epidemiology of Cancer of the Colon and Rectum
Burkitt DP · Cancer 10.1002/1097-0142(197107)28:1<3::AID-CNCR2820280104>3.0.CO;2-N
Moderate Hypothesis
1974
The Saccharine Disease: The Master Disease of Our Time
Cleave TL · John Wright & Sons Ltd.
Moderate Established
1975–1999
1975
Refined Carbohydrate Foods and Disease: Some Implications of Dietary Fibre
Burkitt, Denis P.; Trowell, Hubert C. · Academic Press (London/New York)
Moderate Established
1982
Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer
National Research Council (US) Committee on Diet, Nutrition,… · National Academy Press 10.17226/371
Strong Established
1991
Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Health and Disease and in Growth and Development
Simopoulos AP · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 10.1093/ajcn/54.3.438
Strong Established
1992
Fruit, Vegetables, and Cancer Prevention: A Review of the Epidemiological Evidence
Block G, Patterson B, Subar A · Nutrition and Cancer 10.1080/01635589209514201
Strong Established
1993
Intake of Trans Fatty Acids and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Among Women
Willett WC, Stampfer MJ, Manson JE, Colditz GA, Speizer FE, … · The Lancet 10.1016/0140-6736(93)90350-P
Strong Established
1996
Vegetables, Fruit, and Cancer Prevention: A Review
Steinmetz KA, Potter JD · Journal of the American Dietetic Association 10.1016/S0002-8223(96)00273-8
Strong Established
1997
Historical Changes in the Mineral Content of Fruits and Vegetables
Mayer AM · British Food Journal 10.1108/00070709710181540
Moderate Established
1999
America's Eating Habits: Changes and Consequences — Trends in the U.S. Food Supply, 1970-97
Putnam J, Gerrior S; Frazao E (ed.) · USDA Economic Research Service, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 750
Strong Established
1999
Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, 1970–97
Putnam, Judith Jones; Allshouse, Jane E. · USDA Economic Research Service, Statistical Bulletin No. 965
Strong Established
2000–2014
2003
A study on the mineral depletion of the foods available to us as a nation over the period 1940 to 1991
Thomas D · Nutrition and Health 10.1177/026010600301700201
Moderate Established
2004
Soil Carbon Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Change and Food Security
R. Lal · Science 10.1126/science.1097396
Strong Established
2004
Changes in USDA Food Composition Data for 43 Garden Crops, 1950 to 1999
Davis DR, Epp MD, Riordan HD · Journal of the American College of Nutrition 10.1080/07315724.2004.10719409
Strong Established
2004
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Weight Gain, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Young and Middle-Aged Women
Schulze MB, Manson JE, Ludwig DS, Colditz GA, Stampfer MJ, W… · JAMA 10.1001/jama.292.8.927
Strong Established
2007
Nutrients in agroecosystems: Rethinking the management paradigm
Drinkwater LE, Snapp SS · Advances in Agronomy 10.1016/S0065-2113(04)92003-2
Strong Established
2007
Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective
World Cancer Research Fund / American Institute for Cancer R… · American Institute for Cancer Research
Strong Established
2014
Higher antioxidant and lower cadmium concentrations and lower incidence of pesticide residues in organically grown crops: a systematic literature review and meta-analyses
Baranski M, Srednicka-Tober D, Volakakis N, et al. · British Journal of Nutrition 10.1017/S0007114514001366
Strong Established
2014
Hidden Shift of the Ionome of Plants Exposed to Elevated CO2 Depletes Minerals at the Base of Human Nutrition
Loladze I · eLife 10.7554/eLife.02245
Strong Established
2014
Increasing CO2 threatens human nutrition
Myers SS, Zanobetti A, Kloog I, Huybers P, Leakey ADB, Bloom… · Nature 10.1038/nature13179
Strong Established
2015–2026
2017
Association Between Dietary Factors and Mortality From Heart Disease, Stroke, and Type 2 Diabetes in the United States
Micha R, Penalvo JL, Cudhea F, Imamura F, Rehm CD, Mozaffari… · JAMA 10.1001/jama.2017.0947
Strong Established
2018
The Nutritional Content of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Landraces in Comparison to Modern Varieties
Celmeli T, Sari H, Canci H, Sari D, Adak A, Eker T, Toker C · Agronomy 10.3390/agronomy8090166
Moderate Established
2019
Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
GBD 2017 Diet Collaborators · The Lancet 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30041-8
Strong Established
2019
Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
Willett W, Rockstrom J, Loken B, Springmann M, et al. · The Lancet 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31788-4
Strong Established
2020
Double Burden of Malnutrition and Nutrition Transition in Asia: A Case Study of 4 Selected Countries
Gao L, Bhurtyal A, Wei J, Akhtar P, Wang L, Wang Y · Advances in Nutrition 10.1093/advances/nmaa064
Moderate Established
2022
Crop genetic erosion: understanding and responding to loss of crop diversity
Khoury CK, Brush S, Costich DE, et al. · New Phytologist 10.1111/nph.17733
Strong Established
2022
Soil health and nutrient density: preliminary comparison of regenerative and conventional farming
Montgomery DR, Biklé A, Archuleta R, Brown P, Jordan J · PeerJ 10.7717/peerj.12848
Limited Hypothesis
2022
Historical changes in the mineral content of fruit and vegetables in the UK from 1940 to 2019: a concern for human nutrition and agriculture
Mayer AMB · International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 10.1080/09637486.2021.1981831
Moderate Established
2024
An Alarming Decline in the Nutritional Quality of Foods: The Biggest Challenge for Future Generations' Health
Bhardwaj RL, Parashar A, Parewa HP, Vyas L · Foods 10.3390/foods13060877
Moderate Established
2024
Are organics more nutritious than conventional foods? A comprehensive systematic review
Faoro DTO, Artuzo FD, Borges JAR, Foguesatto CR, Talamini E,… · Heliyon 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28288
Strong Established
2025
CO2 Rise Directly Impairs Crop Nutritional Quality
ter Haar SF, van Bodegom PM, Scherer L · Global Change Biology 10.1111/gcb.70568
Strong Established
02 Soil Organic Carbon & Topsoil Loss 47 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
Pre-1950
1906
Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate and Plant Growth
Hilgard EW · The Macmillan Company
Strong Established
1916
Important Soils of the United States
United States Bureau of Soils, Whitney M · U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils
Strong Established
1937
The Future of the Great Plains: Report of the Great Plains Committee
Great Plains Committee, Cooke ML (Chair) · U.S. Government Printing Office
Strong Established
1939
Soil Conservation
Bennett HH · McGraw-Hill Book Company
Strong Established
1941
Factors of Soil Formation: A System of Quantitative Pedology
Jenny H · McGraw-Hill Book Company
Strong Established
1950–1974
1958
Soil Fertility and Animal Health
Albrecht WA · Fred Hahne Printing Company (Webster City, Iowa)
Moderate Established
1975–1999
1980
Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act: Summary of Appraisal — Parts I and II
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service · USDA Soil Conservation Service
Strong Established
1983
The Threat of Soil Erosion to Long-Term Crop Production
Larson WE, Pierce FJ, Dowdy RH · Science 10.1126/science.219.4584.458
Strong Established
1987
Analysis of factors controlling soil organic matter levels in Great Plains grasslands
Parton WJ, Schimel DS, Cole CV, Ojima DS · Soil Science Society of America Journal 10.2136/sssaj1987.03615995005100050015x
Strong Established
1993
Conservation tillage impacts on national soil and atmospheric carbon levels
Kern JS, Johnson MG · Soil Science Society of America Journal 10.2136/sssaj1993.03615995005700010036x
Strong Established
1995
Environmental and Economic Costs of Soil Erosion and Conservation Benefits
Pimentel, David; Harvey, C.; Resosudarmo, P.; Sinclair, K.; … · Science 10.1126/science.267.5201.1117
Strong Established
1997
Historical Changes in the Mineral Content of Fruits and Vegetables
Mayer AM · British Food Journal 10.1108/00070709710181540
Moderate Established
1997
The role of soil organic matter in maintaining soil quality in continuous cropping systems
Reeves DW · Soil and Tillage Research 10.1016/S0167-1987(97)00038-X
Strong Established
1998
Legume-based cropping systems have reduced carbon and nitrogen losses
Drinkwater LE, Wagoner P, Sarrantonio M · Nature 10.1038/24376
Strong Established
1999
The potential of world cropland soils to sequester C and mitigate the greenhouse effect
Lal R, Bruce JP · Environmental Science and Policy 10.1016/S1462-9011(99)00012-X
Strong Established
2000–2014
2001
Organic Matter Dynamics and Carbon Sequestration Rates for a Tillage Chronosequence in a Brazilian Oxisol
Sa JCM, Cerri CC, Dick WA, Lal R, Venzke Filho SP, Piccolo M… · Soil Science Society of America Journal 10.2136/sssaj2001.6551486x
Strong Established
2003
A study on the mineral depletion of the foods available to us as a nation over the period 1940 to 1991
Thomas D · Nutrition and Health 10.1177/026010600301700201
Moderate Established
2004
Soil Carbon Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Change and Food Security
R. Lal · Science 10.1126/science.1097396
Strong Established
2004
Changes in USDA Food Composition Data for 43 Garden Crops, 1950 to 1999
Davis DR, Epp MD, Riordan HD · Journal of the American College of Nutrition 10.1080/07315724.2004.10719409
Strong Established
2007
Nutrients in agroecosystems: Rethinking the management paradigm
Drinkwater LE, Snapp SS · Advances in Agronomy 10.1016/S0065-2113(04)92003-2
Strong Established
2007
Soil erosion and agricultural sustainability
David R. Montgomery · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.0611071104
Strong Established
2009
Stratification Ratio of Soil Organic Matter Pools as an Indicator of Carbon Sequestration in a Tillage Chronosequence on a Brazilian Oxisol
Sa JCM, Lal R · Soil and Tillage Research 10.1016/j.still.2008.09.003
Strong Established
2009
Soil organic matter: its importance in sustainable agriculture and carbon dioxide fluxes
Johnston AE, Poulton PR, Coleman K · Advances in Agronomy 10.1016/S0065-2113(08)00801-8
Strong Established
2010
Soil Carbon Sequestration Affected by No-Tillage and Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems in Midwestern Brazil
Zanatta JA, Salton JC · 19th World Congress of Soil Science, Brisbane, Australia
Strong Established
2012
Integrated crop-livestock systems in Australian agriculture: Trends, drivers and implications
Bell LW, Moore AD · Agricultural Systems 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.04.003
Strong Established
2012
Enhanced top soil carbon stocks under organic farming
Gattinger A, Muller A, Haeni M, Skinner C, Fliessbach A, Buc… · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1209429109
Strong Established
2014
Limited potential of no-till agriculture for climate change mitigation
Powlson DS, Stirling CM, Jat ML, Gerard BG, Palm CA, Sanchez… · Nature Climate Change 10.1038/nclimate2292
Strong Established
2014
The influence of land use and management on soil carbon levels for crop-pasture systems in Central New South Wales, Australia
Badgery WB, Simmons AT, Murphy BW, Rawson A, Andersson KO, L… · Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 10.1016/j.agee.2014.06.026
Strong Established
2015–2026
2015
Impacts of Rotational Grazing on Soil Carbon in Native Grass-Based Pastures in Southern Australia
Sanderman J, Reseigh J, Wurst M, Young MA, Austin J · PLOS ONE 10.1371/journal.pone.0136157
Strong Established
2015
Emerging land use practices rapidly increase soil organic matter
Machmuller MB, Kramer MG, Cyle TK, Hill N, Hancock D, Thomps… · Nature Communications 10.1038/ncomms7995
Strong Established
2015
Soil Quality Impacts of Current South American Agricultural Practices
Wingeyer AB, Amado TJC, Perez-Bidegain M, Studdert GA, Perdo… · Sustainability 10.3390/su7022213
Strong Established
2015
Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils via cultivation of cover crops — A meta-analysis
Poeplau C, Don A · Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 10.1016/j.agee.2014.10.024
Strong Established
2016
Accelerated dryland expansion under climate change
Huang J, Yu H, Guan X, Wang G, Guo R · Nature Climate Change 10.1038/nclimate2837
Strong Established
2017
Soil carbon debt of 12,000 years of human land use
Jonathan Sanderman, Tomislav Hengl, Gregory J. Fiske · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1706103114
Strong Established
2018
Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits
Springmann M, Clark M, Mason-D'Croz D, et al. · Nature 10.1038/s41586-018-0594-0
Strong Established
2018
Impacts of soil carbon sequestration on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions in Midwestern USA beef finishing systems
Stanley PL, Rowntree JE, Beede DK, DeLonge MS, Hamm MW · Agricultural Systems 10.1016/j.agsy.2018.01.002
Moderate Hypothesis
2018
Economics- and policy-driven organic carbon input enhancement dominates soil organic carbon accumulation in Chinese croplands
Zhao Y, Wang M, Hu S, Zhang X, Ouyang Z, Zhang G, Huang B, Z… · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1700292114
Strong Established
2018
High resolution mapping of soil organic carbon stocks using remote sensing variables in the semi-arid rangelands of eastern Australia
Wang B, Waters C, Orgill S, Gray J, Cowie A, Clark A, Liu DL · Science of the Total Environment 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.204
Strong Established
2018
Regenerative agriculture: merging farming and natural resource conservation profitably
LaCanne CE, Lundgren JG · PeerJ 10.7717/peerj.4428
Moderate Established
2020
Managing Grazing to Restore Soil Health, Ecosystem Function, and Ecosystem Services
Teague R, Kreuter U · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 10.3389/fsufs.2020.534187
Strong Established
2021
The extent of soil loss across the US Corn Belt
Evan A. Thaler, Isaac J. Larsen, Qian Yu · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1922375118
Strong Established
2021
Farming Systems Trial: 40-Year Report
Rodale Institute · Rodale Institute
Strong Established
2022
When do cover crops reduce nitrate leaching? A global meta-analysis
Nouri A, Lukas S, Singh S, Singh S, Machado S · Global Change Biology 10.1111/gcb.16269
Strong Established
2022
Soil health and nutrient density: preliminary comparison of regenerative and conventional farming
Montgomery DR, Biklé A, Archuleta R, Brown P, Jordan J · PeerJ 10.7717/peerj.12848
Limited Hypothesis
2024
An Alarming Decline in the Nutritional Quality of Foods: The Biggest Challenge for Future Generations' Health
Bhardwaj RL, Parashar A, Parewa HP, Vyas L · Foods 10.3390/foods13060877
Moderate Established
2025
Spatio-temporal mapping reveals changes in soil organic carbon stocks across the contiguous United States since 1955
Yang C, Shen F, Li X, Cui W, Zhang L, Yang L, Zhou C · Communications Earth & Environment 10.1038/s43247-025-02605-6
Strong Established
2026
Soil carbon debt from land use change in Brazil
Villela JM, Damian JM, Goncalves DRP, Barioni LG, Cherubin M… · Nature Communications 10.1038/s41467-026-68340-4
Strong Established
03 Chemical/Pesticide Residue Burden 22 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
1975–1999
1993
Developmental effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in wildlife and humans
Colborn T, vom Saal FS, Soto AM · Environmental Health Perspectives 10.1289/ehp.93101378
Strong Established
1994
Developmental abnormalities of the gonad and abnormal sex hormone concentrations in juvenile alligators from contaminated and control lakes in Florida
Guillette LJ Jr, Gross TS, Masson GR, Matter JM, Percival HF… · Environmental Health Perspectives 10.1289/ehp.94102680
Strong Established
1997
Pesticides and cancer
Dich J, Zahm SH, Hanberg A, Adami HO · Cancer Causes and Control 10.1023/A:1018413522809
Strong Established
1998
Pesticides and childhood cancer
Zahm SH, Ward MH · Environmental Health Perspectives 10.1289/ehp.98106893
Strong Established
2000–2014
2005
Cancer Incidence Among Glyphosate-Exposed Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study
De Roos AJ, Blair A, Rusiecki JA, Hoppin JA, Svec M, Dosemec… · Environmental Health Perspectives 10.1289/ehp.7340
Strong Established
2011
Seven-Year Neurodevelopmental Scores and Prenatal Exposure to Chlorpyrifos, a Common Agricultural Pesticide
Rauh VA, Arunajadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr D… · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1028481108
Strong Established
2011
Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children
Bouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calder… · Environmental Health Perspectives 10.1289/ehp.1003185
Strong Established
2014
Higher antioxidant and lower cadmium concentrations and lower incidence of pesticide residues in organically grown crops: a systematic literature review and meta-analyses
Baranski M, Srednicka-Tober D, Volakakis N, et al. · British Journal of Nutrition 10.1017/S0007114514001366
Strong Established
2015–2026
2016
Differences in the carcinogenic evaluation of glyphosate between the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Portier CJ, Armstrong BK, Baguley BC, Baur X, Belyaev I, Bel… · European Journal of Cancer 10.1016/j.ejca.2016.01.011
Strong Established
2016
Trends in glyphosate herbicide use in the United States and globally
Benbrook CM · Environmental Sciences Europe 10.1186/s12302-016-0070-0
Strong Established
2016
Differences in the carcinogenic evaluation of glyphosate between IARC and EFSA
Portier CJ, Armstrong BK, Baguley BC, et al. (96 scientists) · European Journal of Cancer 10.1016/j.ejca.2016.01.011
Strong Established
2017
Fluorinated Compounds in U.S. Fast Food Packaging
Schaider LA, Balan SA, Blum A, Andrews DQ, Strynar MJ, Dicki… · Environmental Science & Technology Letters 10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00435
Strong Established
2018
Nitrate in drinking water and colorectal cancer risk: A nationwide population-based cohort study
Schullehner J, Hansen B, Thygesen M, Pedersen CB, Sigsgaard … · International Journal of Cancer 10.1002/ijc.31306
Strong Established
2018
Glyphosate Use and Cancer Incidence in the United States Agricultural Health Study
Andreotti G, Koutros S, Hofmann JN, Sandler DP, Lubin JH, Ly… · JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute 10.1093/jnci/djx233
Strong Established
2019
A review of the pathways of human exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and present understanding of health effects
Sunderland EM, Hu XC, Dassuncao C, Tokranov AK, Wagner CC, A… · Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 10.1038/s41370-018-0094-1
Strong Established
2019
Exposure-based assessment and economic valuation of adverse birth outcomes and cancer risk due to nitrate in United States drinking water
Temkin A, Evans S, Manidis T, Campbell C, Naidenko OV · Environmental Research 10.1016/j.envres.2019.04.009
Strong Established
2020
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: implications for human health
Kahn LG, Philippat C, Nakayama SF, Slama R, Trasande L · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30129-7
Strong Established
2024
Pesticide Data Program: Annual Summary, Calendar Year 2023
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Market… · USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
Strong Established
2025
Quantification of PFAS in soils treated with biosolids in ten northeastern US farms
Oviedo-Vargas D, Anton J, Coleman-Kammula S, Qin X · Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-025-90184-z
Strong Established
2025
Carcinogenic effects of long-term exposure from prenatal life to glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides in Sprague-Dawley rats
Panzacchi S, Tibaldi E, De Angelis L, et al. · Environmental Health 10.1186/s12940-025-01187-2
Strong Established
2025
The 2023 European Union report on pesticide residues in food
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) · EFSA Journal 10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9398
Strong Established
2025
A cumulative dietary pesticide exposure score based on produce consumption is associated with urinary pesticide biomarkers in a US biomonitoring cohort
Temkin AM, Subramaniam V, Friedman A, Fleury E, de Montagnac… · International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 10.1016/j.ijheh.2025.114654
Moderate Established
04 Chronic Disease & Ultra-Processed Food 49 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
Pre-1950
1936
Nutrition and National Health: Being the Cantor Lectures Delivered before the Royal Society of Arts in 1936
McCarrison R · Faber and Faber Ltd.
Moderate Established
1939
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
Price WA · Paul B. Hoeber, Inc.
Moderate Established
1944
Food Consumption Levels in the United States / Diets at Four Levels of Nutritive Content and Cost
United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Human Nut… · USDA Combined Food Board / USDA Circular No. 296
Moderate Established
1950–1974
1971
Epidemiology of Cancer of the Colon and Rectum
Burkitt DP · Cancer 10.1002/1097-0142(197107)28:1<3::AID-CNCR2820280104>3.0.CO;2-N
Moderate Hypothesis
1974
The Saccharine Disease: The Master Disease of Our Time
Cleave TL · John Wright & Sons Ltd.
Moderate Established
1975–1999
1975
Refined Carbohydrate Foods and Disease: Some Implications of Dietary Fibre
Burkitt, Denis P.; Trowell, Hubert C. · Academic Press (London/New York)
Moderate Established
1980
Seven Countries: A Multivariate Analysis of Death and Coronary Heart Disease
Keys, Ancel; Aravanis, Christ; Blackburn, Henry; Buzina, Rat… · Harvard University Press (Commonwealth Fund Book)
Strong Established
1982
Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer
National Research Council (US) Committee on Diet, Nutrition,… · National Academy Press 10.17226/371
Strong Established
1982
Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial: Risk factor changes and mortality results
Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial Research Group · JAMA 10.1001/jama.1982.03330120023024
Strong Established
1991
Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Health and Disease and in Growth and Development
Simopoulos AP · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 10.1093/ajcn/54.3.438
Strong Established
1992
Fruit, Vegetables, and Cancer Prevention: A Review of the Epidemiological Evidence
Block G, Patterson B, Subar A · Nutrition and Cancer 10.1080/01635589209514201
Strong Established
1993
Intake of Trans Fatty Acids and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Among Women
Willett WC, Stampfer MJ, Manson JE, Colditz GA, Speizer FE, … · The Lancet 10.1016/0140-6736(93)90350-P
Strong Established
1994
Increasing prevalence of overweight among US adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1960 to 1991
Kuczmarski RJ, Flegal KM, Campbell SM, Johnson CL · JAMA 10.1001/jama.1994.03510350051037
Strong Established
1996
Vegetables, Fruit, and Cancer Prevention: A Review
Steinmetz KA, Potter JD · Journal of the American Dietetic Association 10.1016/S0002-8223(96)00273-8
Strong Established
1997
Pesticides and cancer
Dich J, Zahm SH, Hanberg A, Adami HO · Cancer Causes and Control 10.1023/A:1018413522809
Strong Established
1998
Pesticides and childhood cancer
Zahm SH, Ward MH · Environmental Health Perspectives 10.1289/ehp.98106893
Strong Established
1999
Decline in Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke — United States, 1900-1999
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Strong Established
1999
America's Eating Habits: Changes and Consequences — Trends in the U.S. Food Supply, 1970-97
Putnam J, Gerrior S; Frazao E (ed.) · USDA Economic Research Service, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 750
Strong Established
1999
Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, 1970–97
Putnam, Judith Jones; Allshouse, Jane E. · USDA Economic Research Service, Statistical Bulletin No. 965
Strong Established
1999
The Spread of the Obesity Epidemic in the United States, 1991-1998
Mokdad AH, Serdula MK, Dietz WH, Bowman BA, Marks JS, Koplan… · JAMA 10.1001/jama.282.16.1519
Strong Established
2000–2014
2001
Dietary patterns and the risk of coronary heart disease in women
Fung TT, Willett WC, Stampfer MJ, Manson JE, Hu FB · Archives of Internal Medicine 10.1001/archinte.161.15.1857
Strong Established
2002
European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): study populations and data collection
Riboli E, Hunt KJ, Slimani N, et al. · Public Health Nutrition 10.1079/PHN2002394
Strong Established
2004
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Weight Gain, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Young and Middle-Aged Women
Schulze MB, Manson JE, Ludwig DS, Colditz GA, Stampfer MJ, W… · JAMA 10.1001/jama.292.8.927
Strong Established
2006
An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest
Turnbaugh PJ, Ley RE, Mahowald MA, Magrini V, Mardis ER, Gor… · Nature 10.1038/nature05414
Strong Established
2007
Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective
World Cancer Research Fund / American Institute for Cancer R… · American Institute for Cancer Research
Strong Established
2008
Adherence to Mediterranean diet and health status: meta-analysis
Sofi F, Cesari F, Abbate R, Gensini GF, Casini A · BMJ 10.1136/bmj.a1344
Strong Established
2010
Too Fat to Fight
Mission: Readiness · Council for a Strong America
Moderate Established
2010
Major dietary protein sources and risk of coronary heart disease in women
Bernstein AM, Sun Q, Hu FB, Stampfer MJ, Manson JE, Willett … · Circulation 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.915165
Strong Established
2012
Red Meat Consumption and Mortality: Results From 2 Prospective Cohort Studies
Pan A, Sun Q, Bernstein AM, Schulze MB, Manson JE, Stampfer … · Archives of Internal Medicine 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.2287
Strong Established
2012
Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in the Distribution of Body Mass Index Among US Adults, 1999-2010
Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Kit BK, Ogden CL · JAMA 10.1001/jama.2012.39
Strong Established
2014
Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome
David LA, Maurice CF, Carmody RN, Gootenberg DB, Button JE, … · Nature 10.1038/nature12820
Strong Established
2015–2026
2015
Carcinogenicity of consumption of red and processed meat
Bouvard V, Loomis D, Guyton KZ, et al.; IARC Monograph Worki… · The Lancet Oncology 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00444-1
Strong Established
2016
Diet-microbiota interactions as moderators of human metabolism
Sonnenburg JL, Backhed F · Nature 10.1038/nature18846
Strong Established
2016
A Dietary Fiber-Deprived Gut Microbiota Degrades the Colonic Mucus Barrier and Enhances Pathogen Susceptibility
Desai MS, Seekatz AM, Koropatkin NM, et al. · Cell 10.1016/j.cell.2016.10.043
Strong Established
2017
Association Between Dietary Factors and Mortality From Heart Disease, Stroke, and Type 2 Diabetes in the United States
Micha R, Penalvo JL, Cudhea F, Imamura F, Rehm CD, Mozaffari… · JAMA 10.1001/jama.2017.0947
Strong Established
2017
Recent urbanization in China is correlated with a Westernized microbiome encoding increased virulence and antibiotic resistance genes
Winglee K, Howard AG, Sha W, Gharaibeh RZ, Liu J, Jin D, Gor… · Microbiome 10.1186/s40168-017-0338-7
Moderate Established
2018
Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet Supplemented with Extra-Virgin Olive Oil or Nuts (PREDIMED - corrected republication)
Estruch R, Ros E, Salas-Salvado J, et al.; PREDIMED Study In… · New England Journal of Medicine 10.1056/NEJMoa1800389
Strong Established
2018
Gut bacteria selectively promoted by dietary fibers alleviate type 2 diabetes
Zhao L, Zhang F, Ding X, et al. · Science 10.1126/science.aao5774
Strong Established
2019
Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
GBD 2017 Diet Collaborators · The Lancet 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30041-8
Strong Established
2019
Ultra-processed foods: what they are and why they matter
Monteiro CA, Cannon G, Levy RB, et al. · Public Health Nutrition 10.1017/S1368980018003762
Moderate Established
2019
Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
Willett W, Rockstrom J, Loken B, Springmann M, et al. · The Lancet 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31788-4
Strong Established
2019
Ultra-processed food intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: prospective cohort study (NutriNet-Sante)
Srour B, Fezeu LK, Kesse-Guyot E, et al. · The BMJ 10.1136/bmj.l1451
Strong Established
2019
Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake
Hall KD, Ayuketah A, Brychta R, et al. · Cell Metabolism 10.1016/j.cmet.2019.05.008
Strong Established
2020
Double Burden of Malnutrition and Nutrition Transition in Asia: A Case Study of 4 Selected Countries
Gao L, Bhurtyal A, Wei J, Akhtar P, Wang L, Wang Y · Advances in Nutrition 10.1093/advances/nmaa064
Moderate Established
2021
Gut-microbiota-targeted diets modulate human immune status
Wastyk HC, Fragiadakis GK, Perelman D, et al. · Cell 10.1016/j.cell.2021.06.019
Strong Established
2023
Association of ultraprocessed foods consumption and cognitive function among children aged 4-7 years: a cross-sectional data analysis
Lei L, Lv F, Li J, Xu X, Lu P, Wei G, Huang X, Liu S, Mo C, … · Frontiers in Nutrition 10.3389/fnut.2023.1272126
Moderate Hypothesis
2024
Ultra-processed food exposure and adverse health outcomes: umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses
Lane MM, Gamage E, Du S, et al. · The BMJ 10.1136/bmj-2023-077310
Strong Established
2024
Costs and Consequences: Obesity's Compounding Impact on the Military Health System
Manning C · American Security Project White Paper
Strong Established
2025
Ultra-processed foods and risk of all-cause mortality: an updated systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
Liang S, Zhou Y, Zhang Q, Yu S, Wu S · Systematic Reviews 10.1186/s13643-025-02800-8
Strong Established
05 Soil Biology & Food Quality Link 20 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
Pre-1950
1906
Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate and Plant Growth
Hilgard EW · The Macmillan Company
Strong Established
1916
Important Soils of the United States
United States Bureau of Soils, Whitney M · U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils
Strong Established
1941
Factors of Soil Formation: A System of Quantitative Pedology
Jenny H · McGraw-Hill Book Company
Strong Established
1950–1974
1958
Soil Fertility and Animal Health
Albrecht WA · Fred Hahne Printing Company (Webster City, Iowa)
Moderate Established
1975–1999
1997
Historical Changes in the Mineral Content of Fruits and Vegetables
Mayer AM · British Food Journal 10.1108/00070709710181540
Moderate Established
1997
The role of soil organic matter in maintaining soil quality in continuous cropping systems
Reeves DW · Soil and Tillage Research 10.1016/S0167-1987(97)00038-X
Strong Established
2000–2014
2003
A study on the mineral depletion of the foods available to us as a nation over the period 1940 to 1991
Thomas D · Nutrition and Health 10.1177/026010600301700201
Moderate Established
2005
The effects of organic agriculture on biodiversity and abundance: a meta-analysis
Bengtsson J, Ahnstrom J, Weibull AC · Journal of Applied Ecology 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01005.x
Strong Established
2007
Nutrients in agroecosystems: Rethinking the management paradigm
Drinkwater LE, Snapp SS · Advances in Agronomy 10.1016/S0065-2113(04)92003-2
Strong Established
2009
Stratification Ratio of Soil Organic Matter Pools as an Indicator of Carbon Sequestration in a Tillage Chronosequence on a Brazilian Oxisol
Sa JCM, Lal R · Soil and Tillage Research 10.1016/j.still.2008.09.003
Strong Established
2009
Soil organic matter: its importance in sustainable agriculture and carbon dioxide fluxes
Johnston AE, Poulton PR, Coleman K · Advances in Agronomy 10.1016/S0065-2113(08)00801-8
Strong Established
2012
Enhanced top soil carbon stocks under organic farming
Gattinger A, Muller A, Haeni M, Skinner C, Fliessbach A, Buc… · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1209429109
Strong Established
2014
Higher antioxidant and lower cadmium concentrations and lower incidence of pesticide residues in organically grown crops: a systematic literature review and meta-analyses
Baranski M, Srednicka-Tober D, Volakakis N, et al. · British Journal of Nutrition 10.1017/S0007114514001366
Strong Established
2014
Hidden Shift of the Ionome of Plants Exposed to Elevated CO2 Depletes Minerals at the Base of Human Nutrition
Loladze I · eLife 10.7554/eLife.02245
Strong Established
2014
Land-use intensity and the effects of organic farming on biodiversity: a hierarchical meta-analysis
Tuck SL, Winqvist C, Mota F, Ahnstrom J, Turnbull LA, Bengts… · Journal of Applied Ecology 10.1111/1365-2664.12219
Strong Established
2015–2026
2016
A Dietary Fiber-Deprived Gut Microbiota Degrades the Colonic Mucus Barrier and Enhances Pathogen Susceptibility
Desai MS, Seekatz AM, Koropatkin NM, et al. · Cell 10.1016/j.cell.2016.10.043
Strong Established
2018
Regenerative agriculture: merging farming and natural resource conservation profitably
LaCanne CE, Lundgren JG · PeerJ 10.7717/peerj.4428
Moderate Established
2022
Soil health and nutrient density: preliminary comparison of regenerative and conventional farming
Montgomery DR, Biklé A, Archuleta R, Brown P, Jordan J · PeerJ 10.7717/peerj.12848
Limited Hypothesis
2022
Historical changes in the mineral content of fruit and vegetables in the UK from 1940 to 2019: a concern for human nutrition and agriculture
Mayer AMB · International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 10.1080/09637486.2021.1981831
Moderate Established
2024
An Alarming Decline in the Nutritional Quality of Foods: The Biggest Challenge for Future Generations' Health
Bhardwaj RL, Parashar A, Parewa HP, Vyas L · Foods 10.3390/foods13060877
Moderate Established
06 Regenerative / Outcome-Based Evidence 47 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
1975–1999
1983
The Threat of Soil Erosion to Long-Term Crop Production
Larson WE, Pierce FJ, Dowdy RH · Science 10.1126/science.219.4584.458
Strong Established
1993
Conservation tillage impacts on national soil and atmospheric carbon levels
Kern JS, Johnson MG · Soil Science Society of America Journal 10.2136/sssaj1993.03615995005700010036x
Strong Established
1995
Environmental and Economic Costs of Soil Erosion and Conservation Benefits
Pimentel, David; Harvey, C.; Resosudarmo, P.; Sinclair, K.; … · Science 10.1126/science.267.5201.1117
Strong Established
1997
The role of soil organic matter in maintaining soil quality in continuous cropping systems
Reeves DW · Soil and Tillage Research 10.1016/S0167-1987(97)00038-X
Strong Established
1998
Legume-based cropping systems have reduced carbon and nitrogen losses
Drinkwater LE, Wagoner P, Sarrantonio M · Nature 10.1038/24376
Strong Established
1999
The potential of world cropland soils to sequester C and mitigate the greenhouse effect
Lal R, Bruce JP · Environmental Science and Policy 10.1016/S1462-9011(99)00012-X
Strong Established
2000–2014
2001
Organic Matter Dynamics and Carbon Sequestration Rates for a Tillage Chronosequence in a Brazilian Oxisol
Sa JCM, Cerri CC, Dick WA, Lal R, Venzke Filho SP, Piccolo M… · Soil Science Society of America Journal 10.2136/sssaj2001.6551486x
Strong Established
2004
Soil Carbon Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Change and Food Security
R. Lal · Science 10.1126/science.1097396
Strong Established
2005
The effects of organic agriculture on biodiversity and abundance: a meta-analysis
Bengtsson J, Ahnstrom J, Weibull AC · Journal of Applied Ecology 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01005.x
Strong Established
2007
Soil erosion and agricultural sustainability
David R. Montgomery · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.0611071104
Strong Established
2009
Stratification Ratio of Soil Organic Matter Pools as an Indicator of Carbon Sequestration in a Tillage Chronosequence on a Brazilian Oxisol
Sa JCM, Lal R · Soil and Tillage Research 10.1016/j.still.2008.09.003
Strong Established
2009
Soil organic matter: its importance in sustainable agriculture and carbon dioxide fluxes
Johnston AE, Poulton PR, Coleman K · Advances in Agronomy 10.1016/S0065-2113(08)00801-8
Strong Established
2010
Soil Carbon Sequestration Affected by No-Tillage and Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems in Midwestern Brazil
Zanatta JA, Salton JC · 19th World Congress of Soil Science, Brisbane, Australia
Strong Established
2011
Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture
Tilman D, Balzer C, Hill J, Befort BL · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1116437108
Strong Established
2012
Integrated crop-livestock systems in Australian agriculture: Trends, drivers and implications
Bell LW, Moore AD · Agricultural Systems 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.04.003
Strong Established
2012
Comparing the yields of organic and conventional agriculture
Seufert V, Ramankutty N, Foley JA · Nature 10.1038/nature11069
Strong Established
2012
Enhanced top soil carbon stocks under organic farming
Gattinger A, Muller A, Haeni M, Skinner C, Fliessbach A, Buc… · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1209429109
Strong Established
2014
Higher antioxidant and lower cadmium concentrations and lower incidence of pesticide residues in organically grown crops: a systematic literature review and meta-analyses
Baranski M, Srednicka-Tober D, Volakakis N, et al. · British Journal of Nutrition 10.1017/S0007114514001366
Strong Established
2014
Limited potential of no-till agriculture for climate change mitigation
Powlson DS, Stirling CM, Jat ML, Gerard BG, Palm CA, Sanchez… · Nature Climate Change 10.1038/nclimate2292
Strong Established
2014
The influence of land use and management on soil carbon levels for crop-pasture systems in Central New South Wales, Australia
Badgery WB, Simmons AT, Murphy BW, Rawson A, Andersson KO, L… · Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 10.1016/j.agee.2014.06.026
Strong Established
2014
Land-use intensity and the effects of organic farming on biodiversity: a hierarchical meta-analysis
Tuck SL, Winqvist C, Mota F, Ahnstrom J, Turnbull LA, Bengts… · Journal of Applied Ecology 10.1111/1365-2664.12219
Strong Established
2015–2026
2015
Impacts of Rotational Grazing on Soil Carbon in Native Grass-Based Pastures in Southern Australia
Sanderman J, Reseigh J, Wurst M, Young MA, Austin J · PLOS ONE 10.1371/journal.pone.0136157
Strong Established
2015
Emerging land use practices rapidly increase soil organic matter
Machmuller MB, Kramer MG, Cyle TK, Hill N, Hancock D, Thomps… · Nature Communications 10.1038/ncomms7995
Strong Established
2015
Soil Quality Impacts of Current South American Agricultural Practices
Wingeyer AB, Amado TJC, Perez-Bidegain M, Studdert GA, Perdo… · Sustainability 10.3390/su7022213
Strong Established
2015
Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils via cultivation of cover crops — A meta-analysis
Poeplau C, Don A · Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 10.1016/j.agee.2014.10.024
Strong Established
2015
Financial competitiveness of organic agriculture on a global scale
Crowder DW, Reganold JP · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1423674112
Strong Established
2017
Soil carbon debt of 12,000 years of human land use
Jonathan Sanderman, Tomislav Hengl, Gregory J. Fiske · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1706103114
Strong Established
2018
Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet Supplemented with Extra-Virgin Olive Oil or Nuts (PREDIMED - corrected republication)
Estruch R, Ros E, Salas-Salvado J, et al.; PREDIMED Study In… · New England Journal of Medicine 10.1056/NEJMoa1800389
Strong Established
2018
Nitrate in drinking water and colorectal cancer risk: A nationwide population-based cohort study
Schullehner J, Hansen B, Thygesen M, Pedersen CB, Sigsgaard … · International Journal of Cancer 10.1002/ijc.31306
Strong Established
2018
Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits
Springmann M, Clark M, Mason-D'Croz D, et al. · Nature 10.1038/s41586-018-0594-0
Strong Established
2018
Impacts of soil carbon sequestration on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions in Midwestern USA beef finishing systems
Stanley PL, Rowntree JE, Beede DK, DeLonge MS, Hamm MW · Agricultural Systems 10.1016/j.agsy.2018.01.002
Moderate Hypothesis
2018
Reducing food's environmental impacts through producers and consumers
Poore J, Nemecek T · Science 10.1126/science.aaq0216
Strong Established
2018
High resolution mapping of soil organic carbon stocks using remote sensing variables in the semi-arid rangelands of eastern Australia
Wang B, Waters C, Orgill S, Gray J, Cowie A, Clark A, Liu DL · Science of the Total Environment 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.204
Strong Established
2018
Regenerative agriculture: merging farming and natural resource conservation profitably
LaCanne CE, Lundgren JG · PeerJ 10.7717/peerj.4428
Moderate Established
2018
The Nutritional Content of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Landraces in Comparison to Modern Varieties
Celmeli T, Sari H, Canci H, Sari D, Adak A, Eker T, Toker C · Agronomy 10.3390/agronomy8090166
Moderate Established
2019
Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
Willett W, Rockstrom J, Loken B, Springmann M, et al. · The Lancet 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31788-4
Strong Established
2019
Exposure-based assessment and economic valuation of adverse birth outcomes and cancer risk due to nitrate in United States drinking water
Temkin A, Evans S, Manidis T, Campbell C, Naidenko OV · Environmental Research 10.1016/j.envres.2019.04.009
Strong Established
2020
Managing Grazing to Restore Soil Health, Ecosystem Function, and Ecosystem Services
Teague R, Kreuter U · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 10.3389/fsufs.2020.534187
Strong Established
2020
Concentration in Seed and Biotech Markets: Extent, Causes, and Impacts
Deconinck K · Annual Review of Resource Economics 10.1146/annurev-resource-102319-100751
Strong Established
2021
Economics of Soil Health Systems on 100 Farms: A Comprehensive Evaluation Across Nine States
Soil Health Institute; Cargill · Soil Health Institute
Moderate Established
2021
The extent of soil loss across the US Corn Belt
Evan A. Thaler, Isaac J. Larsen, Qian Yu · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1922375118
Strong Established
2021
Farming Systems Trial: 40-Year Report
Rodale Institute · Rodale Institute
Strong Established
2022
When do cover crops reduce nitrate leaching? A global meta-analysis
Nouri A, Lukas S, Singh S, Singh S, Machado S · Global Change Biology 10.1111/gcb.16269
Strong Established
2022
Crop genetic erosion: understanding and responding to loss of crop diversity
Khoury CK, Brush S, Costich DE, et al. · New Phytologist 10.1111/nph.17733
Strong Established
2022
Soil health and nutrient density: preliminary comparison of regenerative and conventional farming
Montgomery DR, Biklé A, Archuleta R, Brown P, Jordan J · PeerJ 10.7717/peerj.12848
Limited Hypothesis
2025
Synergistic effects of multiple good agricultural practices for promoting organic carbon in soils: A systematic review of long-term experiments
Lopez i Losada R, Hedlund K, Haddaway NR, Sahlin U, Jackson … · Ambio 10.1007/s13280-025-02188-8
Strong Established
2025
Harnessing regenerative agriculture for climate change mitigation: a comprehensive review and meta-analysis
Vejendla LC, Janaki P, Parameswari E, Suganthy M, Krishnan R… · Discover Agriculture 10.1007/s44279-025-00266-9
Moderate Established
07 Dietary Quality & Public Health Burden 40 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
Pre-1950
1936
Nutrition and National Health: Being the Cantor Lectures Delivered before the Royal Society of Arts in 1936
McCarrison R · Faber and Faber Ltd.
Moderate Established
1939
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
Price WA · Paul B. Hoeber, Inc.
Moderate Established
1944
Food Consumption Levels in the United States / Diets at Four Levels of Nutritive Content and Cost
United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Human Nut… · USDA Combined Food Board / USDA Circular No. 296
Moderate Established
1950–1974
1971
Epidemiology of Cancer of the Colon and Rectum
Burkitt DP · Cancer 10.1002/1097-0142(197107)28:1<3::AID-CNCR2820280104>3.0.CO;2-N
Moderate Hypothesis
1974
The Saccharine Disease: The Master Disease of Our Time
Cleave TL · John Wright & Sons Ltd.
Moderate Established
1975–1999
1975
Refined Carbohydrate Foods and Disease: Some Implications of Dietary Fibre
Burkitt, Denis P.; Trowell, Hubert C. · Academic Press (London/New York)
Moderate Established
1980
Seven Countries: A Multivariate Analysis of Death and Coronary Heart Disease
Keys, Ancel; Aravanis, Christ; Blackburn, Henry; Buzina, Rat… · Harvard University Press (Commonwealth Fund Book)
Strong Established
1982
Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer
National Research Council (US) Committee on Diet, Nutrition,… · National Academy Press 10.17226/371
Strong Established
1982
Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial: Risk factor changes and mortality results
Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial Research Group · JAMA 10.1001/jama.1982.03330120023024
Strong Established
1991
Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Health and Disease and in Growth and Development
Simopoulos AP · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 10.1093/ajcn/54.3.438
Strong Established
1992
Fruit, Vegetables, and Cancer Prevention: A Review of the Epidemiological Evidence
Block G, Patterson B, Subar A · Nutrition and Cancer 10.1080/01635589209514201
Strong Established
1993
Intake of Trans Fatty Acids and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Among Women
Willett WC, Stampfer MJ, Manson JE, Colditz GA, Speizer FE, … · The Lancet 10.1016/0140-6736(93)90350-P
Strong Established
1994
Increasing prevalence of overweight among US adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1960 to 1991
Kuczmarski RJ, Flegal KM, Campbell SM, Johnson CL · JAMA 10.1001/jama.1994.03510350051037
Strong Established
1996
Vegetables, Fruit, and Cancer Prevention: A Review
Steinmetz KA, Potter JD · Journal of the American Dietetic Association 10.1016/S0002-8223(96)00273-8
Strong Established
1999
Decline in Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke — United States, 1900-1999
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Strong Established
1999
America's Eating Habits: Changes and Consequences — Trends in the U.S. Food Supply, 1970-97
Putnam J, Gerrior S; Frazao E (ed.) · USDA Economic Research Service, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 750
Strong Established
1999
Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, 1970–97
Putnam, Judith Jones; Allshouse, Jane E. · USDA Economic Research Service, Statistical Bulletin No. 965
Strong Established
1999
The Spread of the Obesity Epidemic in the United States, 1991-1998
Mokdad AH, Serdula MK, Dietz WH, Bowman BA, Marks JS, Koplan… · JAMA 10.1001/jama.282.16.1519
Strong Established
2000–2014
2001
Dietary patterns and the risk of coronary heart disease in women
Fung TT, Willett WC, Stampfer MJ, Manson JE, Hu FB · Archives of Internal Medicine 10.1001/archinte.161.15.1857
Strong Established
2002
European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): study populations and data collection
Riboli E, Hunt KJ, Slimani N, et al. · Public Health Nutrition 10.1079/PHN2002394
Strong Established
2004
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Weight Gain, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Young and Middle-Aged Women
Schulze MB, Manson JE, Ludwig DS, Colditz GA, Stampfer MJ, W… · JAMA 10.1001/jama.292.8.927
Strong Established
2007
Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective
World Cancer Research Fund / American Institute for Cancer R… · American Institute for Cancer Research
Strong Established
2008
Adherence to Mediterranean diet and health status: meta-analysis
Sofi F, Cesari F, Abbate R, Gensini GF, Casini A · BMJ 10.1136/bmj.a1344
Strong Established
2010
Too Fat to Fight
Mission: Readiness · Council for a Strong America
Moderate Established
2010
Major dietary protein sources and risk of coronary heart disease in women
Bernstein AM, Sun Q, Hu FB, Stampfer MJ, Manson JE, Willett … · Circulation 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.915165
Strong Established
2011
Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture
Tilman D, Balzer C, Hill J, Befort BL · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1116437108
Strong Established
2012
Red Meat Consumption and Mortality: Results From 2 Prospective Cohort Studies
Pan A, Sun Q, Bernstein AM, Schulze MB, Manson JE, Stampfer … · Archives of Internal Medicine 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.2287
Strong Established
2012
Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in the Distribution of Body Mass Index Among US Adults, 1999-2010
Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Kit BK, Ogden CL · JAMA 10.1001/jama.2012.39
Strong Established
2015–2026
2015
Carcinogenicity of consumption of red and processed meat
Bouvard V, Loomis D, Guyton KZ, et al.; IARC Monograph Worki… · The Lancet Oncology 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00444-1
Strong Established
2017
Association Between Dietary Factors and Mortality From Heart Disease, Stroke, and Type 2 Diabetes in the United States
Micha R, Penalvo JL, Cudhea F, Imamura F, Rehm CD, Mozaffari… · JAMA 10.1001/jama.2017.0947
Strong Established
2018
Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet Supplemented with Extra-Virgin Olive Oil or Nuts (PREDIMED - corrected republication)
Estruch R, Ros E, Salas-Salvado J, et al.; PREDIMED Study In… · New England Journal of Medicine 10.1056/NEJMoa1800389
Strong Established
2018
Reducing food's environmental impacts through producers and consumers
Poore J, Nemecek T · Science 10.1126/science.aaq0216
Strong Established
2019
Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
GBD 2017 Diet Collaborators · The Lancet 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30041-8
Strong Established
2019
Ultra-processed foods: what they are and why they matter
Monteiro CA, Cannon G, Levy RB, et al. · Public Health Nutrition 10.1017/S1368980018003762
Moderate Established
2019
Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
Willett W, Rockstrom J, Loken B, Springmann M, et al. · The Lancet 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31788-4
Strong Established
2019
Ultra-processed food intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: prospective cohort study (NutriNet-Sante)
Srour B, Fezeu LK, Kesse-Guyot E, et al. · The BMJ 10.1136/bmj.l1451
Strong Established
2019
Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake
Hall KD, Ayuketah A, Brychta R, et al. · Cell Metabolism 10.1016/j.cmet.2019.05.008
Strong Established
2022
Qualified Military Available (QMA) Technical Report
Fors Marsh Group; Hall J; Helland K; Department of Defense O… · U.S. Department of Defense, Office of People Analytics (OPA), Joint Advertising, Market Research & Studies (JAMRS)
Strong Established
2024
Ultra-processed food exposure and adverse health outcomes: umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses
Lane MM, Gamage E, Du S, et al. · The BMJ 10.1136/bmj-2023-077310
Strong Established
2024
Costs and Consequences: Obesity's Compounding Impact on the Military Health System
Manning C · American Security Project White Paper
Strong Established
08 Soil Degradation: Arable to Arid 20 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
Pre-1950
1937
The Future of the Great Plains: Report of the Great Plains Committee
Great Plains Committee, Cooke ML (Chair) · U.S. Government Printing Office
Strong Established
1939
Soil Conservation
Bennett HH · McGraw-Hill Book Company
Strong Established
1975–1999
1980
Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act: Summary of Appraisal — Parts I and II
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service · USDA Soil Conservation Service
Strong Established
1983
The Threat of Soil Erosion to Long-Term Crop Production
Larson WE, Pierce FJ, Dowdy RH · Science 10.1126/science.219.4584.458
Strong Established
1995
Environmental and Economic Costs of Soil Erosion and Conservation Benefits
Pimentel, David; Harvey, C.; Resosudarmo, P.; Sinclair, K.; … · Science 10.1126/science.267.5201.1117
Strong Established
2000–2014
2007
Soil erosion and agricultural sustainability
David R. Montgomery · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.0611071104
Strong Established
2012
Groundwater Depletion and Sustainability of Irrigation in the US High Plains and Central Valley
Scanlon BR, Faunt CC, Longuevergne L, Reedy RC, Alley WM, Mc… · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1200311109
Strong Established
2014
The influence of land use and management on soil carbon levels for crop-pasture systems in Central New South Wales, Australia
Badgery WB, Simmons AT, Murphy BW, Rawson A, Andersson KO, L… · Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 10.1016/j.agee.2014.06.026
Strong Established
2015–2026
2015
Unprecedented 21st Century Drought Risk in the American Southwest and Central Plains
Cook BI, Ault TR, Smerdon JE · Science Advances 10.1126/sciadv.1400082
Strong Established
2016
Accelerated dryland expansion under climate change
Huang J, Yu H, Guan X, Wang G, Guo R · Nature Climate Change 10.1038/nclimate2837
Strong Established
2017
Soil carbon debt of 12,000 years of human land use
Jonathan Sanderman, Tomislav Hengl, Gregory J. Fiske · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1706103114
Strong Established
2018
Economics- and policy-driven organic carbon input enhancement dominates soil organic carbon accumulation in Chinese croplands
Zhao Y, Wang M, Hu S, Zhang X, Ouyang Z, Zhang G, Huang B, Z… · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1700292114
Strong Established
2018
High resolution mapping of soil organic carbon stocks using remote sensing variables in the semi-arid rangelands of eastern Australia
Wang B, Waters C, Orgill S, Gray J, Cowie A, Clark A, Liu DL · Science of the Total Environment 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.204
Strong Established
2018
Whither the 100th Meridian? The Once and Future Physical and Human Geography of America's Arid-Humid Divide. Part I: The Story So Far
Seager R, Lis N, Feldman J, Ting M, Williams AP, Nakamura J,… · Earth Interactions 10.1175/EI-D-17-0011.1
Strong Established
2020
Managing Grazing to Restore Soil Health, Ecosystem Function, and Ecosystem Services
Teague R, Kreuter U · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 10.3389/fsufs.2020.534187
Strong Established
2021
The extent of soil loss across the US Corn Belt
Evan A. Thaler, Isaac J. Larsen, Qian Yu · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1922375118
Strong Established
2022
China's Interests in U.S. Agriculture: Augmenting Food Security through Investment Abroad
Greenwood L · U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Staff Research Report
Strong Established
2024
Foreign Ownership, Control, and Influence (FOCI) Risks in the Food and Agriculture Sector
Humphreys BE · Congressional Research Service Report
Strong Established
2024
Foreign Holdings of U.S. Agricultural Land Through December 31, 2023
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · USDA Farm Service Agency Annual Report (AFIDA)
Strong Established
2025
Warming accelerates global drought severity
Gebrechorkos SH, Sheffield J, Vicente-Serrano SM, Funk C, Mi… · Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09047-2
Strong Hypothesis
09 Arid to Arable Restoration Timelines 19 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
1975–1999
1987
Analysis of factors controlling soil organic matter levels in Great Plains grasslands
Parton WJ, Schimel DS, Cole CV, Ojima DS · Soil Science Society of America Journal 10.2136/sssaj1987.03615995005100050015x
Strong Established
1999
The potential of world cropland soils to sequester C and mitigate the greenhouse effect
Lal R, Bruce JP · Environmental Science and Policy 10.1016/S1462-9011(99)00012-X
Strong Established
2000–2014
2001
Organic Matter Dynamics and Carbon Sequestration Rates for a Tillage Chronosequence in a Brazilian Oxisol
Sa JCM, Cerri CC, Dick WA, Lal R, Venzke Filho SP, Piccolo M… · Soil Science Society of America Journal 10.2136/sssaj2001.6551486x
Strong Established
2004
Soil Carbon Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Change and Food Security
R. Lal · Science 10.1126/science.1097396
Strong Established
2007
Soil erosion and agricultural sustainability
David R. Montgomery · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.0611071104
Strong Established
2009
Stratification Ratio of Soil Organic Matter Pools as an Indicator of Carbon Sequestration in a Tillage Chronosequence on a Brazilian Oxisol
Sa JCM, Lal R · Soil and Tillage Research 10.1016/j.still.2008.09.003
Strong Established
2010
Soil Carbon Sequestration Affected by No-Tillage and Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems in Midwestern Brazil
Zanatta JA, Salton JC · 19th World Congress of Soil Science, Brisbane, Australia
Strong Established
2012
Integrated crop-livestock systems in Australian agriculture: Trends, drivers and implications
Bell LW, Moore AD · Agricultural Systems 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.04.003
Strong Established
2014
The influence of land use and management on soil carbon levels for crop-pasture systems in Central New South Wales, Australia
Badgery WB, Simmons AT, Murphy BW, Rawson A, Andersson KO, L… · Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 10.1016/j.agee.2014.06.026
Strong Established
2015–2026
2015
Impacts of Rotational Grazing on Soil Carbon in Native Grass-Based Pastures in Southern Australia
Sanderman J, Reseigh J, Wurst M, Young MA, Austin J · PLOS ONE 10.1371/journal.pone.0136157
Strong Established
2015
Emerging land use practices rapidly increase soil organic matter
Machmuller MB, Kramer MG, Cyle TK, Hill N, Hancock D, Thomps… · Nature Communications 10.1038/ncomms7995
Strong Established
2015
Soil Quality Impacts of Current South American Agricultural Practices
Wingeyer AB, Amado TJC, Perez-Bidegain M, Studdert GA, Perdo… · Sustainability 10.3390/su7022213
Strong Established
2015
Unprecedented 21st Century Drought Risk in the American Southwest and Central Plains
Cook BI, Ault TR, Smerdon JE · Science Advances 10.1126/sciadv.1400082
Strong Established
2015
Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils via cultivation of cover crops — A meta-analysis
Poeplau C, Don A · Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 10.1016/j.agee.2014.10.024
Strong Established
2017
Soil carbon debt of 12,000 years of human land use
Jonathan Sanderman, Tomislav Hengl, Gregory J. Fiske · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1706103114
Strong Established
2018
High resolution mapping of soil organic carbon stocks using remote sensing variables in the semi-arid rangelands of eastern Australia
Wang B, Waters C, Orgill S, Gray J, Cowie A, Clark A, Liu DL · Science of the Total Environment 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.204
Strong Established
2020
Managing Grazing to Restore Soil Health, Ecosystem Function, and Ecosystem Services
Teague R, Kreuter U · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 10.3389/fsufs.2020.534187
Strong Established
2021
Farming Systems Trial: 40-Year Report
Rodale Institute · Rodale Institute
Strong Established
2025
Differential impacts of regenerative agriculture practices on soil organic carbon: a meta-analysis of studies from India
Patil M, Perumal C, Choudhari P, Pasumarthi R, Sawargaonkar … · Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-025-12149-6
Strong Established
10 Food Label Failure: Input vs. Outcome Standards 2 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
2015–2026
2024
Are organics more nutritious than conventional foods? A comprehensive systematic review
Faoro DTO, Artuzo FD, Borges JAR, Foguesatto CR, Talamini E,… · Heliyon 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28288
Strong Established
2026
When everything looks green: consumer perceptions of organic label and unregulated sustainability related claims
Dreist A, Schulze H, et al. · Organic Agriculture 10.1007/s13165-026-00560-w
Strong Established
11 Human Gut Microbiome & Dietary Quality 8 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
2000–2014
2006
An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest
Turnbaugh PJ, Ley RE, Mahowald MA, Magrini V, Mardis ER, Gor… · Nature 10.1038/nature05414
Strong Established
2014
Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome
David LA, Maurice CF, Carmody RN, Gootenberg DB, Button JE, … · Nature 10.1038/nature12820
Strong Established
2015–2026
2016
Diet-microbiota interactions as moderators of human metabolism
Sonnenburg JL, Backhed F · Nature 10.1038/nature18846
Strong Established
2016
A Dietary Fiber-Deprived Gut Microbiota Degrades the Colonic Mucus Barrier and Enhances Pathogen Susceptibility
Desai MS, Seekatz AM, Koropatkin NM, et al. · Cell 10.1016/j.cell.2016.10.043
Strong Established
2017
Recent urbanization in China is correlated with a Westernized microbiome encoding increased virulence and antibiotic resistance genes
Winglee K, Howard AG, Sha W, Gharaibeh RZ, Liu J, Jin D, Gor… · Microbiome 10.1186/s40168-017-0338-7
Moderate Established
2018
Gut bacteria selectively promoted by dietary fibers alleviate type 2 diabetes
Zhao L, Zhang F, Ding X, et al. · Science 10.1126/science.aao5774
Strong Established
2021
Gut-microbiota-targeted diets modulate human immune status
Wastyk HC, Fragiadakis GK, Perelman D, et al. · Cell 10.1016/j.cell.2021.06.019
Strong Established
2026
Diet-microbiome associations in 10,068 individuals from the Human Phenotype Project to guide personalized nutrition
Segev T, Barak D, Zahavi L, Godneva A, Rein M, Krongauz D, S… · Nature Medicine 10.1038/s41591-026-04312-x
Strong Established
12 Water Quality, Runoff & Aquifer Depletion 7 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
2000–2014
2008
Spreading Dead Zones and Consequences for Marine Ecosystems
Diaz RJ, Rosenberg R · Science 10.1126/science.1156401
Strong Established
2012
Groundwater Depletion and Sustainability of Irrigation in the US High Plains and Central Valley
Scanlon BR, Faunt CC, Longuevergne L, Reedy RC, Alley WM, Mc… · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1200311109
Strong Established
2015–2026
2015
Unprecedented 21st Century Drought Risk in the American Southwest and Central Plains
Cook BI, Ault TR, Smerdon JE · Science Advances 10.1126/sciadv.1400082
Strong Established
2018
Nitrate in drinking water and colorectal cancer risk: A nationwide population-based cohort study
Schullehner J, Hansen B, Thygesen M, Pedersen CB, Sigsgaard … · International Journal of Cancer 10.1002/ijc.31306
Strong Established
2018
Whither the 100th Meridian? The Once and Future Physical and Human Geography of America's Arid-Humid Divide. Part I: The Story So Far
Seager R, Lis N, Feldman J, Ting M, Williams AP, Nakamura J,… · Earth Interactions 10.1175/EI-D-17-0011.1
Strong Established
2019
Exposure-based assessment and economic valuation of adverse birth outcomes and cancer risk due to nitrate in United States drinking water
Temkin A, Evans S, Manidis T, Campbell C, Naidenko OV · Environmental Research 10.1016/j.envres.2019.04.009
Strong Established
2022
When do cover crops reduce nitrate leaching? A global meta-analysis
Nouri A, Lukas S, Singh S, Singh S, Machado S · Global Change Biology 10.1111/gcb.16269
Strong Established
13 PFAS & Emerging Contaminants 4 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
2015–2026
2017
Fluorinated Compounds in U.S. Fast Food Packaging
Schaider LA, Balan SA, Blum A, Andrews DQ, Strynar MJ, Dicki… · Environmental Science & Technology Letters 10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00435
Strong Established
2019
A review of the pathways of human exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and present understanding of health effects
Sunderland EM, Hu XC, Dassuncao C, Tokranov AK, Wagner CC, A… · Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 10.1038/s41370-018-0094-1
Strong Established
2025
Quantification of PFAS in soils treated with biosolids in ten northeastern US farms
Oviedo-Vargas D, Anton J, Coleman-Kammula S, Qin X · Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-025-90184-z
Strong Established
2025
Associations between PFAS and county-level cancer incidence 2016-2021 and incident cancer burden attributable to PFAS in drinking water in the United States
Li S, Oliva P, Zhang L, Goodrich JA, McConnell R, Conti DV, … · Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 10.1038/s41370-024-00742-2
Moderate Established
14 Seed Sovereignty & Genetic Diversity Loss 4 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
2000–2014
2014
Increasing homogeneity in global food supplies and the implications for food security
Khoury CK, Bjorkman AD, Dempewolf H, Ramirez-Villegas J, Gua… · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1313490111
Strong Established
2015–2026
2018
The Nutritional Content of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Landraces in Comparison to Modern Varieties
Celmeli T, Sari H, Canci H, Sari D, Adak A, Eker T, Toker C · Agronomy 10.3390/agronomy8090166
Moderate Established
2020
Concentration in Seed and Biotech Markets: Extent, Causes, and Impacts
Deconinck K · Annual Review of Resource Economics 10.1146/annurev-resource-102319-100751
Strong Established
2022
Crop genetic erosion: understanding and responding to loss of crop diversity
Khoury CK, Brush S, Costich DE, et al. · New Phytologist 10.1111/nph.17733
Strong Established
15 Economic Viability of Regenerative Transition 4 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
2015–2026
2015
Financial competitiveness of organic agriculture on a global scale
Crowder DW, Reganold JP · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1423674112
Strong Established
2018
Regenerative agriculture: merging farming and natural resource conservation profitably
LaCanne CE, Lundgren JG · PeerJ 10.7717/peerj.4428
Moderate Established
2021
Economics of Soil Health Systems on 100 Farms: A Comprehensive Evaluation Across Nine States
Soil Health Institute; Cargill · Soil Health Institute
Moderate Established
2021
Farming Systems Trial: 40-Year Report
Rodale Institute · Rodale Institute
Strong Established
16 Foreign Farmland Ownership & Food Security 3 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
2015–2026
2022
China's Interests in U.S. Agriculture: Augmenting Food Security through Investment Abroad
Greenwood L · U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Staff Research Report
Strong Established
2024
Foreign Ownership, Control, and Influence (FOCI) Risks in the Food and Agriculture Sector
Humphreys BE · Congressional Research Service Report
Strong Established
2024
Foreign Holdings of U.S. Agricultural Land Through December 31, 2023
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · USDA Farm Service Agency Annual Report (AFIDA)
Strong Established
17 Children's Health & Cognitive Development 8 papers
Year
Paper
Quality & Tier
1975–1999
1993
Developmental effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in wildlife and humans
Colborn T, vom Saal FS, Soto AM · Environmental Health Perspectives 10.1289/ehp.93101378
Strong Established
1994
Developmental abnormalities of the gonad and abnormal sex hormone concentrations in juvenile alligators from contaminated and control lakes in Florida
Guillette LJ Jr, Gross TS, Masson GR, Matter JM, Percival HF… · Environmental Health Perspectives 10.1289/ehp.94102680
Strong Established
1998
Pesticides and childhood cancer
Zahm SH, Ward MH · Environmental Health Perspectives 10.1289/ehp.98106893
Strong Established
2000–2014
2011
Seven-Year Neurodevelopmental Scores and Prenatal Exposure to Chlorpyrifos, a Common Agricultural Pesticide
Rauh VA, Arunajadai S, Horton M, Perera F, Hoepner L, Barr D… · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1028481108
Strong Established
2011
Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children
Bouchard MF, Chevrier J, Harley KG, Kogut K, Vedar M, Calder… · Environmental Health Perspectives 10.1289/ehp.1003185
Strong Established
2015–2026
2020
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: implications for human health
Kahn LG, Philippat C, Nakayama SF, Slama R, Trasande L · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30129-7
Strong Established
2023
Association of ultraprocessed foods consumption and cognitive function among children aged 4-7 years: a cross-sectional data analysis
Lei L, Lv F, Li J, Xu X, Lu P, Wei G, Huang X, Liu S, Mo C, … · Frontiers in Nutrition 10.3389/fnut.2023.1272126
Moderate Hypothesis
2025
Brain Abnormalities in Children Exposed Prenatally to the Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
Peterson BS, Delavari S, Bansal R, Sawardekar S, Gupte C, An… · JAMA Neurology 10.1001/jamaneurol.2025.2818
Strong Established
Make Soil Alive Again.
Make Farming Great Again.
Make America Healthy Again.

These are not three slogans. They are the same sentence, spoken three ways — because you cannot have a healthy nation without healthy food, you cannot have healthy food without a healthy farmer, and you cannot have a healthy farmer without living soil.

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