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More industry-funded studies. The score: 135/12
It’s been 11 months since I started collecting studies funded by food companies with results favorable to the company’s marketing interests. I’ve now found 135 such studies versus just 12 with results...
View ArticleBest Foods Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanuts in Deer Brand...
Abdul Paracha 1-732-650-1300 Ext 222 Best Foods Inc. 30 Saw Mill Pond Rd,. Edison, NJ is recalling its 7 ounce packages and 14 oz. packages of Deer brand Cumin Powder because they may contain...
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The 2016 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge is Here!
It’s that time of year again – we’re inviting kids across the country to create healthy lunch recipes for a chance to win a trip to Washington, DC and the opportunity to attend the Kids’ “State Dinner”...
View ArticleWilderness Family Naturals Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in Organic...
Wilderness Family Naturals info@wildernessfamilynaturals.com (800) 945-3801 Wilderness Family Naturals of Silver Bay, MN, is voluntarily recalling its Wilderness Family Naturals Organic Coconut Milk...
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Corn Industry Injects More Fear into GMO Labeling Debate with False Claims of...
Corn Industry Injects More Fear into GMO Labeling Debate with False Claims of Higher Food Prices February 22nd, 2016 February 22, 2016—Center for Food Safety today criticized a study being promoted by...
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Moving Forward Together
Cafeterias in schools and early care locations, colleges and universities, hospitals and other institutional settings serve tens of millions of Americans every day, placing the farm to cafeteria...
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Here’s How to Solve World Hunger
Tristram Stuart has 24 hours to produce a restaurant meal for 50 people—to plan a menu, gather food, then welcome guests to a venue in a city not his own. Complicating what sounds like a reality-show...
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Should We Be Watering California's Crops With Oil Field Wastewater?
California is a major agricultural state. It’s also a major oil-producing state. And never the twain shall meet, right? Not quite. In fact, there’s a big overlap in some areas of the state that are...
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A climate scientist who decided not to fly
I’m a climate scientist who doesn’t fly. I try to avoid burning fossil fuels, because it’s clear that doing so causes real harm to humans and to nonhumans, today and far into the future. I don’t like...
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Michael Pollan: ‘I’m uncomfortable with the foodie label’
About five minutes before Michael Pollan arrives I realise he’s sort of already here: just reading the menu with its references to “local”, “artisanal” and “heritage” is to glimpse his influence. The...
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Tightening credit heralds more pain in U.S. farming downturn
CHICAGO Steve Irish used to farm 450 acres of rich crop fields in east-central Illinois, but that 15-year chapter of his life ended with a recent conversation with his banker. The banker was blunt....
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Cereal, a Taste of Nostalgia, Looks for Its Next Chapter
King Vitaman and I were tight when I was young. Sweetened cereals were a rarity in my house, so beating my siblings to breakfast was the only way to make sure the king and I would have some time...
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Ethiopia is facing a devastating drought, and food aid may soon run out
AYDORA, ETHIOPIA Ethiopia is in the grip of a devastating drought sparked by the worst El Niño in a generation, and aid agencies warn that food aid could run out as soon as May. Unlike in the past, the...
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Investors flock to food and agriculture technology
A new report from AgFunder (an online venture capital middleman) presents evidence of a surge of private money going into food and farm technologies. In 2015, investors put $4.6 billion into the field,...
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China Is Making a Major Play for American Farms and Farmland
The American farmer is revered in our culture. He—the mythical American farmer is invariably a man—is in many ways a professional embodiment of values, such as individualism and hard work, that are...
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OCA: Call Your Senators Today! Tell Them No Compromise on GMO Labeling!
Monsanto and its GMO food front group, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), are mounting a last ditch effort to get Congress and President Obama to block state GMO labeling laws. Sen. Pat...
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The Founders of Food 52 On Creating A Community Around Food
At mindbodygreen, we get to meet the female entrepreneurs who are passionate about making the world a healthier place. In this new series, we’re profiling #WellnessWonderWomen who inspire us with...
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Some Online Grocery Companies Are About to Start Taking 'Food Stamps'
Butter, prunes, and eggs. That’s what Mabel McFiggin, an unemployed factory worker and the first person to use food stamps, bought to feed her family 77 years ago. Today, some 46 million people rely on...
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Whatever happened to the obesity strategy?
The Prime Minister's battle against Brexit and the launch of the childhood obesity strategy would not at first glance appear to have much in common. But the former, in the shape of the dramatic events...
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