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    The History of Why Raw Milk Regulation is Necessary

    In the 19th century, tens of thousands of babies died every year of gastroenteritis.
    by Carla Cevasco via Made By History on April 29, 2025
  • Appetite for Destruction

    Indigenous Americans knew how to avoid starvation. Colonists were too hungry to notice.
    by Carla Cevasco via Lapham’s Quarterly on July 27, 2022
  • Up close picture of a baby bottle.

    What Parents Did Before Baby Formula

    The shortage is a calamity—not a victory for breastfeeding.
    by Carla Cevasco via The Atlantic on May 18, 2022
  • COVID-19 Didn’t Break the Food System. Hunger Was Already Here.

    Like everything else in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, American food has become almost unrecognizable overnight.
    by Carla Cevasco via Nursing Clio on May 26, 2020
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Violent Appetites: Hunger in the Early Northeast
Carla Cevasco
2022

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Which Foods Aren’t Disgusting? On Carla Cevasco’s Violent Appetites

“The connection between a hot temper and an empty stomach,” explained through a history of colonial interactions with indigenous peoples.
by Rachel B. Herrmann via Nursing Clio on October 4, 2022
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