Rampant paranoia about what we eat is just the latest outgrowth of Americans’ fear of food, says on-line columnist Duane Freese. As we rush ahead to buy more and more…
The verdict is in on milk, and it doesn’t look good for the Nanny Culture. The September 2001 issue of Consumer Reports magazine includes a “Your Health” report…
The Hudson Institute’s Michael Fumento weighs in on the debate over genetically improved foods in this week’s National Review, noting that opposition tactics (as typified by Greenpeace) tend…
Margot Wootan, the nutrition director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), made an appearance on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” program yesterday morning. After insisting that…
A growing number of Seattle area schools have removed peanut-butter sandwiches from lunch menus for the coming Fall, due to a tiny fraction of students who may be allergic to…
Opponents of breakthroughs in genetic food improvements are dooming Africa’s poorest people to starvation, says Florence Wambugu in the Washington Post. Wambugu directs the International Service for the…
In recent years, U.S. Congressman Frank Lucas (R-OK) has championed a federal program that provides money “to help farmers fund efforts to protect the environment against such effects as soil…
Opponents of genetically improved foods have been busy in recent days, forming human barricades in front of tractors in the Scottish Isles and destroying countless acres…
“Since its founding in the late 60’s the modern environmental movement had created a vision that was international in scope and had room for people of all political persuasions… The…
The San Jose Mercury News reports that California senators have effectively scrapped a bill that would have outlawed soda machines in the state’s public schools, as well as…