Archive: Sep 2008 (page2)

Quote of the Week — And We’re Citing Ourselves!

  Can we all agree on one thing? People for the Ethical Treatment of animals (PETA) only has its modern media footprint because reporters and editors continually jump…
PostedSeptember 12, 2008 at12:00 am

It’s Time To Call Out The United Nations’ Food Agenda

Pamela Anderson must be floating on air right about now. As of this week, anti-meat activists have a new standard-bearer: United Nations chief climate expert and staunch vegetarian Rajendra Pachauri.
PostedSeptember 12, 2008 at12:00 am

Why Should Vegetarians Define ‘Sustainable’?

Rajendra Pachauri, the chief UN expert on climate change, has declared that everyone should eat less meat to help combat climate change. Reactions so far have been mixed, ranging from…
PostedSeptember 10, 2008 at12:00 am

Yesterday’s Organic Food Propaganda, TODAY

Until late 2006, Lisa Lee Freeman spent her career at Consumer Reports magazine talking about how to save money shopping online for flowers, why consumers should be careful when…
PostedSeptember 9, 2008 at12:00 am

Let Them Eat Microgreen Salads

“Over-emotional,” “fact-light,” “uber-yuppie”—the all-organic movement has encountered some major opposition in the last several months. With no end in sight to global food shortages, the opposition to genetically…
PostedSeptember 8, 2008 at12:00 am

Quotes of the Week: Hot Dog Pride

Late last month, we took a look at a few of the reactions to the anti-hot dog smear campaign led by the Cancer Project, a spin-off of the…
PostedSeptember 5, 2008 at12:00 am

Food Cops Flip-Flop

As nutrition activist groups have grown, their campaigns have become more sophisticated and their attacks more severe. But as a look back at the last two decades of ingredient blacklisting…
PostedSeptember 4, 2008 at12:00 am

Report: Mercury-Fish Hype Put Poor Children At Risk

According to a new survey, nearly half of women are in the dark about what they should and shouldn’t do during pregnancy. And of all the areas of confusion…
PostedSeptember 3, 2008 at12:00 am

Nutrition Nannies: A Brief History

Litigation by activist organizations is an escalating feature in America’s food fights. High-profile lawsuits provide leverage for nutrition nannies’ overarching agenda: a steady march toward “bad” food bans.
PostedSeptember 2, 2008 at12:00 am