Media


Interviews

Mariel Padilla, “The 19th explains: Why baby formula is still hard to find months after the shortage,” The 19th, December 1, 2022, https://19thnews.org/2022/12/19th-explains-infant-formula-shortage/

Cassidy Cash, “Infant Formula in the 16th Century,” That Shakespeare Life, August 1, 2022, https://www.cassidycash.com/infant-formula-in-the-16th-century-with-carla-cevasco/

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley, “The Milk of Life,” Gastropod, June 21, 2022, https://gastropod.com/the-milk-of-life/

“Parents Are Still Struggling to Find Infant Formula To Feed Their Babies,” The Takeaway (WNYC), June 2, 2022, https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/parents-struggling-infant-formula

Robin Zabiegalski, “Food Historian Carla Cevasco Explains Why Breastfeeding Isn’t the Answer to the Infant Formula Shortage,” Health Digest, May 27, 2022, https://www.healthdigest.com/880117/food-historian-carla-cevasco-explains-why-breastfeeding-isnt-the-answer-to-the-infant-formula-shortage-exclusive/

Andrea Marks, “Influencers Are Posting Potentially Dangerous Baby Formula Recipes, Despite Safety Warnings,” Rolling Stone, May 22, 2022, https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/baby-formula-shortage-instagram-recipe-dangerous-1356831/

Shannon Palus, “Even the Formula Experts Are Stumped by the Formula Shortage,” Slate, May 19, 2022, https://slate.com/technology/2022/05/baby-formula-shortage-homemade-recipes-do-not-do-it.html

Mariel Padilla, “New crisis, old inequities: How the baby formula shortage disproportionately hurts low-wage families,” The 19th, May 16, 2022, https://19thnews.org/2022/05/baby-formula-shortage-crisis-carla-cevasco/

Andrea Chipman, “Historian Reveals How Babies Starved To Death Before Formula Was Invented,” Newsweek, May 16, 2022, https://www.newsweek.com/historian-reveals-how-babies-starved-death-before-formula-was-invented-1707060

“During Baby Formula Shortage, Breastfeeding is Not an Option for All Moms,” NBC LX, May 13, 2022, https://www.lx.com/health/during-baby-formula-shortage-breastfeeding-is-not-an-option-for-all-moms/52777/

Charles Passy and Nicole Lyn Pesce, “‘Just breastfeed’ won’t fix the baby formula shortage,” Marketwatch, May 12, 2022, https://www.marketwatch.com/story/viral-baby-formula-thread-shows-why-moms-cant-just-breastfeed-their-way-out-of-a-shortage-11652376139

Cassandra Berman, “Captivity, Breastmilk, and the Myth of Colonial Supremacy: An Interview with Carla Cevasco,” Nursing Clio, June 17, 2021, https://nursingclio.org/2021/06/17/captivity-breastmilk-and-the-myth-of-colonial-supremacy-an-interview-with-carla-cevasco/

Corydon Ireland, “Gripes Between Bites: Exhibit explores student discontent in the history of Harvard dining,” Harvard Gazette, December 2, 2013, https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/12/gripes-between-bites/

Other Media Coverage

Michelle Goldberg, “Mothers Are Told That Natural Childbirth Is Best. It Isn’t,” New York Times, July 13, 2024, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/31/opinion/natural-parenting-childbirth-science.html.

Beth Greenfield, “The fascinating—and controversial—history of baby formula,” Yahoo News, May 20, 2022,  https://news.yahoo.com/fascinating-history-of-baby-formula-231353714.html

Annie Reneau, “Historian of infant feeding debunks myths about how babies ate in the pre-formula days,” Upworthy, May 17, 2022, https://www.upworthy.com/historian-of-infant-feeding-debunks-pre-formula-myths

Erica Schwiegershausen, “Formula is a Lifeline,” The Cut, May 16, 2022, https://www.thecut.com/2022/05/formula-shortage-shows-stigma-around-formula-feeding.html.

Stefania Lugli, “‘A scary time’: Local moms agonize over baby formula shortage,” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, May 13, 2022, https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2022/05/13/bradenton-sarasota-moms-stress-over-baby-formula-shortage/9722245002/

Martha Ross, “Bette Midler upsets moms by tweeting ‘try breastfeeding’ amid formula crisis,” San Jose Mercury News, May 13, 2022, https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/13/bette-midler-upsets-moms-by-tweeting-try-breastfeeding-amid-formula-crisis/

Amil Niazi, “‘Just Breastfeed’ Is the Worst Thing You Can Say to a Parent,” Glamour, May 12, 2022, https://www.glamour.com/story/formula-shortage-breastfeeding-comments

“The Future of Food: Going Global with Taste, Animals, and Açaí,” Meat and Three, episode 139, Heritage Radio Network, February 6, 2022, https://heritageradionetwork.org/episode/future-food-going-global-taste-animals-and-acai