--- --- # How to Get Americans to Eat Vegetables by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Dec 22, 2016 5:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Dec 22, 2016 5:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**Here are four ways to get Americans to eat their vegetables.**](http://www.vox.com/2016/6/23/11975438/americans-eat-more-vegetables) By Julia Belluz in Vox **2\.** [**To preserve democracy from inequality and the extremism it breeds, the world needs strong civic institutions.**](http://news.trust.org/item/20160629124824-plg5n) By Mandeep Tiwana at the Thomson Reuters Foundation **3\.** [**The next superfood might be hiding in the past.**](http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0628/Could-ancient-wheat-species-play-a-big-role-in-the-future-of-food) By Jason Thomson in _The Christian Science Monitor_ **4\.** [**Can we bring innovation to classical music?**](http://www.forbes.com/sites/christinawallace/2016/06/20/meet-an-entrepreneur-bringing-innovation-to-classical-music/#714def6f76e2) By Christina Wallace in _Forbes_ **5\.** [**Don’t blame violent content for gamer aggression: Blame losing.**](http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/frustration-in-mastering-video-games-linked-to-aggression/) By the University of Rochester  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ Five Best Ideas: vegetables, democracy and gaming ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4616518/how-to-get-americans-to-eat-vegetables/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4616518/how-to-get-americans-to-eat-vegetables/"},"headline":"How to Get Americans to Eat Vegetables","datePublished":"2016-12-22T17:00:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:12.958Z","description":"Here are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4616518/how-to-get-americans-to-eat-vegetables/","keywords":["Innovation","Food","Nutrition","Video Games","democracy"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4616518/how-to-get-americans-to-eat-vegetables/","name":"How to Get Americans to Eat Vegetables"}}]}] ```