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The 7000 scientific delegates who will attend the weeklong Bio2000 Conference on genetically engineered foods in Boston starting March 25, are bracing for a week of counter-demonstrations by a…

Vegetarian foodmaker Fantastic Foods uses Meatout 2000 as an opportunity to sell their meatless meals by perpetuating groundless fears and pushing junk science in a news release.

We’ve said for months that the anti-genetically engineered (GE) food rioting dubbed the “Battle in Seattle” was just the opening act of a newly formed activist coalition hell-bent on restricting…

Virginian-Pilot columnist B.J. Atkinson, who has written at least one syndicated article on PETA's behalf ("Former cattle rancher says Dump Meat," Knight Ridder, 9/8/98), does her best to promote the Farm Animal Reform Movement's "Great American Meatout," a.k.a. Meatout 2000. This nanny posing as a journalist isn't content to plug vegetarianism at the expense of the meat eating; she goes after milk, too. ("Annual 'Meatout' can be springboard for vegetarian diet," The Virginian-Pilot, 3/15/00.)

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution jumps on the "Let's blame restaurants for obesity" bandwagon. An article in the Constitution says restaurant portions, restaurant marketing practices, and even the kinds of foods restaurants sell contribute to obesity in America.

In covering Harper's magazine's recent absurd story linking obesity and restaurants, Boston Globe correspondent Cynthia Dockrell draws the unfounded conclusion that, "[I]t's enough to say tha the fast food industry, with its cheap super-size meals, is largely to blame [for obesity]. Children and teens are especially vulnerable to the harm done by aggressive marketing at Burger-and-fries chains, because, while being persuaded to save money by buying bigger, young consumers are eating themselves into a metabolic nightmare." ("Literary Life," The Boston Globe, 3/1/00)

If you thought we were kidding when we said the USDA is making plans to regulate what you eat, here is further proof. Speaking on how a new USDA campaign…

Even journalists in the heart of dairy country are promoting the soy myth. The Madison Wisconsin’s Capital Times says, “If women seek to ease symptoms of menopause without using hormones…

A coven of nannies are coming together to push bills sponsored by Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) that would require mandatory labeling of GE foods. Through…

In reporting on a study showing some teenagers are suffering from problems associated with obesity, CNN correspondent Elizabeth Cohen, without any scientific evidence, places the blame on restaurant food.