When Crops Are Stressed
Undeniably, climate change is creating extreme weather patterns. Crops are responding to these stressors and threats by doing what they naturally do.
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Still Hyping Sugar After All These Years
Food companies influence our thinking about healthy eating everyday.
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Will the New Nutrition Labels Make a Difference?
Efforts to improve nutritional labeling were unveiled last week. This change is being met with applause and concern.
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Gluten-Free Diet Trend Overshadows Celiac Disease Awareness
Although celiac has a genetic component, this has proven to provide little insight as to why some people get it and some people do not.
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Quaker Oats Challenged on “100% Natural” Claim
This challenge to Quaker Oats’ “100% natural” labeling claim will most likely be the first of many as glyphosate residue testing becomes more widespread.
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Is Food “Fingerprinting” Technology the Key to a Transparent Future?
Think about all the information a conscious eater might want to make a food purchasing decision. Target is looking into this.
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USDA Proposes New Animal Welfare Standards for Organic Meat
Organic standards focus primarily on what animals are ingesting, not on their welfare. Hopefully that is about to change.
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“Big Meat” Takes Some Heat Over Antibiotic Use
According to the latest FDA report, sales and distribution of antibiotics for food-producing animals rose 22 percent from 2009 to 2014. This topic underscores food conferences’ agendas.
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Consumer Reports Ushers in 80th Year with Hard-Hitting Essay on Food System Challenges
In May of 1936, the Great Depression was still dragging on. Grocery budgets were lean, but mothers found ways to scrape together a few extra cents to buy grade A milk. Imagine their surprise when a new magazine called Consumers Union Reports hit newsstands, exposing...
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FAIRR Report Highlights Factory Farm Investment Risks
The food-purchasing decisions you make today are shaping tomorrow’s food system.
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