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Fur Bans Are Unconstitutional, Consumer Group Says

Today the Center for Consumer Freedom announced support for planned legal challenges to bans on the sale of natural…
PostedNovember 1, 2019 at12:38 pm

The 2018 Center for Consumer Freedom Naughty List

The end of the year is a time not only for reflection, but for lists. This year, we have our own end of year list, recognizing some of the…
PostedDecember 24, 2018 at2:25 pm

Chipotle: B.S. Burritos

We’ve tangled with a lot of activists trying to take choices away from Americans or needlessly feed them misinformation them about their food. We’re a small group, but our…
PostedSeptember 3, 2015 at2:12 pm

PETA Fights for its Right … to Kill Animals

Even while under fire for stealing and killing a 9-year-old’s pet Chihuahua named Maya, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals fought for its right to continue killing animals at its…
PostedMarch 3, 2015 at10:38 am

The Real Danger of Canned Tuna? Not Eating It.

Two fringe environmentalist groups, the Mercury Policy Project and the Environmental Working Group, are up in arms over the federal government’s recently-published dietary guidelines. Their reason? The Dietary Guidelines Advisory…
PostedFebruary 25, 2015 at12:49 pm

Anti-Sugar Activists Don’t “Win Forever”

In a victory for consumer choice and basic common sense, Maryland’s Howard County Executive, Allan Kittleman, signed an executive order yesterday repealing the county’s ban on sugar-sweetened drinks. The…
PostedDecember 9, 2014 at5:09 pm

Sorry, Big Organic: Even Democrats Aren’t on Board with Anti-Science Activism

Earlier this year, we reported on an unusual development: Forbes Magazine observed a sharp uptick in left-liberal pushback against initiatives requiring mandatory labels on genetically improved foods (GIFs), also called GMOs. At the…
PostedDecember 4, 2014 at5:41 pm

From the Told-You-So Files: Labeling Obesity a “Disease” Might Backfire

We have been skeptical of classifying obesity as a disease since 2003, arguing that doing so would lead people to use less personal responsibility as they come to believe they’re helpless. This, in turn,…
PostedApril 22, 2014 at8:10 am

Anti-GMO Protesters Hill Ad

PostedMarch 25, 2014 at9:38 am

Kids need food, not propaganda

PostedFebruary 6, 2014 at1:32 pm