18 Countries More Obsessed With Food and Drink Than The U.S.
America has the fattest population of any industrialized nation, with two-thirds being overweig..
5 Compelling Reasons Not To Drink Milk
In Mind Body Green, a wellness oriented website, John Pierre, author and nutrition and fitness ..
6 Spending Strategies to Slash Your Grocery Bill
The cost of living just keeps rising, but the middle class is making less money than before. Me..
Beware! USDA Approves Export of Chinese Poultry To U.S.
In a stunning development, considering China's horrendous food safety record, the USDA has appr..
Latest Food Craze Since The Cronut: The Ramen Burger
In what The New York Post says is the latest food craze since the cronut, a New York Ramen enth..
USDA OKs Label For Meat From Animals On GMO-Free Diet
The USDA has approved a GMO-Free label for meat and liquid egg products, setting a precedent fo..
Asian Countries Suspend US Wheat Imports After GMO Wheat Find
A strain of genetically modified wheat developed by Monsanto was discovered in an Oregon field ..
USDA Lifts 40-Year Ban on Cured Italian Meats
Beginning on May 28, a four-decades-old ban -- in effect after a series of European livestock d..
10 GMO Foods Have Entered Our Food Supply By Stealth
About 80 percent of all processed food on grocery shelves contains genetically engineered (GMO)..
Undercover In An Industrial Slaughterhouse â” Part 2
Conover believes we have Upton Sinclair to thank for the federal meat inspection effort, addin..
Study: Restaurants Set Kids Up For Lifetime of Unhealthy Eating
Based on an 18-month study conducted by the Rand Corporation, 96% of main entrees sold at top U..
Did They Lie? Consumer Reports on Restaurant Calorie Counts
In 2011, restaurant chains with 20 or more retail stores were required to disclose menu calorie..
Why Caviar Is A Treasured Delicacy
Caviar is a prized delicacy the world over and can cost as much as $200 an ounce. Generally spe..
Why Is Big Food Suddenly Begging For GMO Labeling?
As a result of savvy marketing, Whole Foods Market has successfully achieved brand recognition ..
USDA Threatens to Layoff All Meat Inspectors
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has threatened to furlough all U.S. meat inspectors for two weeks be..
Do U.S. School Lunches Compare To Other Industrialized Countries?
In 2011, U.S. legislators blocked a proposal to improve the nutritional quality of the nation's..
US Regulating Agencies Bogged Down by Barrage of Food Imports
Food in America such as beef, bread and vegetables are grown or raised within the U.S, but an i..
Four Die, 70 Sick, In Fatal Raw Beef Case
In Japan, a 70-year-old woman died from E.coli after she dined at a barbecue chain restaurant w..
Jennie-O Turkey Recall
UPDATE 4-6-10: According to the CDC, Salmonella Hadar (the type related to this recall) is ..
USDA Ignores Federal Ban and Approves Planting of GM Beets
Despite a US federal ban on GM sugar beet plants, the USDA has given farmers a green light to r..
GM Alfalfa Approved – It’s Criminal, Evil, and Unacceptable
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced his decision to authorize the unrestricted comm..
Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Taco Bell
For those still in need of reasons to abstain from the masochistic chamber of food horrors awai..
Is Grass Greener?
We've all heard the talks about how healthy grass-fed beef is to our diet. Well, there's probab..
Bloomberg Wants a USDA Ban on Soda For Food Stamp Users
Michael Bloomberg and David Paterson have requested the USDA allow them to bar the use of food ..
Junk-Food Exec Appointed to Key USDA Slot
Congress has approved Obama's nomination of a candy bar executive -- Catherine Woteki -- as the..
The Quiet Invasion of Genetically Modified Crops
According to the USDA, Roundup Ready seeds were planted on about 95 percent of all sugar-beet a..
Food Borne Illness
It has become a fact of life that recalls happen. Staph, Botulism, Salmonella, E. coli...these ..
380 Million Eggs Recalled, Hundreds Sickened
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You’re not a virgin?
I can't love you any more. Ok, I can, but I won't be able to trust you as well. A recent UC Da..
Perdue Farms Frozen Chicken Nugget Recall
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China is at it Again: Melamine Found in Baby Formula
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Europe Says NO to Cloned Food; US OKs
The European Parliament has requested a ban on the sale of foods from cloned animals and their ..
Corruption Behind The Food Pyramid – Part 1
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“Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food”
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Eating Hamburger – a Game of Russian Roulette
In the game of Russian Roulette, players insert one bullet in a six chamber gun, spin the cylin..
2 Yrs of Salmonella Tainted Food Recalled
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18 Illnesses Linked to 421,000 lbs E.coli Beef
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Alyssa Milano and John Salley Lend their Voices to Promote Food, Inc.
You'll never look at dinner the same way again. That's what the producers of the film, Food, ..
U.S. Food Stamp Enrollment Sets New Record
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Organic Fraud Runs Rampant
Marketing at its Finest? Sales of organic food have grown from one billion to over twenty bil..