Archive: Jul 2011 (page2)

The “Ick” Factor and the Myth of “All-Natural”

Many so-called “green” and “natural” foods and packaging are just “a marketing gimmick,” our senior analyst told Fox and Friends this morning in a segment titled “Green or Gross?”…
PostedJuly 12, 2011 at12:00 am

New York Times’ Mark Bittman: Whine Connoisseur?

The New York Times’ Mark Bittman is at it again. This time the resident I’m-a-better-human-than-you food columnist is whining that during his last visit to Iowa, no livestock farmers…
PostedJuly 7, 2011 at12:00 am

Ceasefire Needed in Salt War

Is salt the “deadly white powder you already snort”? The hyperbolic Center for Science in the Public Interest has said it is. And public health activists from the…
PostedJuly 6, 2011 at12:00 am

Taxing Doubletalk

The Philadelphia City Council’s recent rejection of Mayor Michael Nutter’s new push for a soda tax may signal (most consumers hope) the end of a mostly fruitless…
PostedJuly 5, 2011 at12:00 am

Healthy Foods Are in Reach for Every Budget

One of the most ubiquitous charges critics make against food manufacturers is that packaged food is more affordable than fresh produce and meat. Supposedly, that’s why so many people…
PostedJuly 1, 2011 at12:00 am