As of the recording of this episode, formula stock is down 40% throughout the United States—
a catastrophic shortage caused by a massive recall by Abbott, the company that makes Similac and other infant formula and food products. As a result, parents—especially ones with limited resources and access—are frantically searching for nutrition for their babies. On this episode, we talk about the history of infant feeding, the root cause and implications of this shortage, why chestfeeding isn’t necessarily the obvious solution for all parents, and the conversation the shortage has brought up about how we judge the way people choose to feed their babies.

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History of Infant Feeding
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/baby-formula-breastfeeding-history/629889/

Nestle Baby Formula Scandal
https://www.businessinsider.com/nestles-infant-formula-scandal-2012-6#nestl-was-accused-of-getting-third-world-mothers-hooked-on-formula-2

The Great Protein Fiasco from Maintenance Phase
https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/the-great-protein-fiasco/id1535408667?i=1000533846093

History of Baby Formula
https://www.contemporarypediatrics.com/view/concise-history-infant-formula-twists-and-turns-included

Why is the Infant Formula Shortage Happening?
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/infant-formula-shortage-why-its-happening-and-what-parents-can-do

https://www.ama-al-projimo.org/baby-formula-shortage?gclid=Cj0KCQjwhLKUBhDiARIsAMaTLnFgW7-UcjI9qFlLrYkM6NMVMuYI_XQJq-dpaurvdh2ptFUMMqgo1L4aAqGAEALw_wcB

Problems exposed by shortage
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/05/17/a-baby-formula-shortage-feeds-criticism-of-corporate-heft-and-price-gouging?utm_medium=cpc.adword.pd&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=a.22brand_pmax&utm_content=conversion.direct-response.anonymous&gclid=CjwKCAjw4ayUBhA4EiwATWyBrnH4QiKzVBWa5BEl5RLMHMp3fiFfaVr3UbPMb2X19YpZZ2Iwd3rWNhoCtC0QAvD_BwE


What to do
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/tips-tools/ask-the-pediatrician/Pages/Are-there-shortages-of-infant-formula-due-to-COVID-19.aspx?gclid=CjwKCAjw4ayUBhA4EiwATWyBrhgcUd2hxh_RTPTCOTzFZynPhyPEiptxZvFJplFJl-HVlToIHxAHzBoCONoQAvD_BwE

Don’t Make Homemade Formula
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/baby-formula-shortage-instagram-recipe-dangerous-1356831/