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September 7th, 2012

There's nothing "cool" about wasting food

There has been a parade of headlines lately about the shocking statistic that approximately 40 percent of the food in the United States is thrown away. Even allowing some room for error, this level of

August 20th, 2012

Feds Playing Politics with Food Safety is Enough to Make You Sick

Rarely does the mainstream media bother to connect the dots when it comes to our broken food safety system. Consider these two recent headlines: Foodborne Outbreaks Falling Short of U.S. Reduction Go

August 20th, 2012

Taming the Lunchbox

Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I used to bring my lunch to school. Invariably tucked inside my “Peanuts” lunchbox was a sandwich, a few carrot sticks, a piece of fruit, and a couple of home-made

August 2nd, 2012

Center for Food Safety Comments at New York City Soda Limits Hearing

Last week I had the pleasure of lending my support, on behalf of the Center for Food Safety, to New York City’s proposal to limit the size of sugary beverages sold at food service outlets. (I wrote pr

July 16th, 2012

New York Times' Oversized Argument: Organic Can't Be Stuffed Inside a Big Food Box

There is no disputing the claim that organic has become “a wildly lucrative business for Big Food,” as discussed at length in the recent New York Times article: “Has ‘Organic’ Been Oversized?” But wha

July 4th, 2012

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Cool...

It’s hot out! With heat records falling across the U.S. every day, we’re a nation in pursuit of cool. So when it comes to meal time this summer, forgoing the stove and dining on a hearty salad with e

June 5th, 2012

Your Burger Just Got a Little Safer, Thanks to Uncle Sam

After years of debating, petitioning, rulemaking, and outright stalling, this week the federal government is finally implementing new requirements for testing E. coli in ground beef. Why is this cause

June 4th, 2012

Mercury Bigger Worry than Radiation in Tuna

Few things get a media frenzy going like the combination of two words: radiation and food. Despite the ubiquitous availability of truly unhealthy foods 24/7, just raise the specter of radioactivity on

May 25th, 2012

Supporting Vets' Letter to President Obama on 2,4-D a Fitting Memorial

With Memorial Day just a few days away, many across the country will soon stop and remember the meaning of military service and the ultimate sacrifice so many gave — and are still giving. Remembering

May 10th, 2012

More Empty Recommendations on Junk Food Marketing to Children

Institute of Medicine Gives Big Food Another Deadline – or else! This week, the nation’s top public health experts are gathered at a much-trumpeted obesity conference hosted by the U.S. Centers for Di

April 4th, 2012

BPA is FDA's Latest Gift to Food Industry

In a long-awaited decision, last week the Food and Drug Administration disappointed health advocates once again by allowing Bisphenol A or BPA, a known endocrine disruptor, to remain approved as a che

March 23rd, 2012

"The Hunger Games" -- Fantasy or Prophecy?

“I’m going to see ‘The Hunger Games’ on Thursday night with Eli. It opens at midnight,” announced my fifteen year old son, Owen. “On a school night?” I respond incredulously, “how about waiting until

March 15th, 2012

Pink Slime: A Symptom of Industrialized Meat

This past week, the media woke up to the shocking reality that our meat supply is in fact industrialized. Long gone are the days of your friendly local butcher grinding meat for your kids’ hamburgers.

February 22nd, 2012

A Budget Cut Only the Produce Industry Could Love

You’ve probably never heard of the Microbiological Data Program (MDP) but if you eat fresh produce, you should, because it’s currently on President Obama’s budgetary chopping block. The MDP is a small

February 22nd, 2011

Nature Happens - Humans Can't Control Everything, Particularly GE Alfalfa

Last week, USDA announced its decision to allow the planting of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready (RR) GM alfalfa without any ongoing monitoring or regulation whatsoever. Despite widespread consumer, farmer,

January 29th, 2011

Fighting a Common Enemy on the GMO Battlefield

Yesterday’s announcement by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) that it will once again allow unlimited, nation-wide commercial planting of Monsanto’s genetically-engineered (GE) Roundup Ready alf

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