New York City Officially Launches Absurd Ban on Adding CBD to Food, Coffee
Cannabidiol products are legal for sale and consumption, but adding it to other things is somehow forbidden.
Food Freedom
Massachusetts Lawmakers Want To Crack Down on Beer Gardens
The state's heavily regulated restaurant industry thinks beer gardens have it too easy
Don't Let Food Nationalism Spoil Your Meal
Nationalists are using food safety arguments to attack ethnic diversity
Some State Booze Laws Are Improving, Others Are Only Getting Worse
The moral arc of the universe is actually a squiggly line
New Jersey Regulators Crack Down on Craft Beer
New Jersey’s lousy craft beer rules are an affront to free speech and consumer choice
Court Upholds Baltimore's Cronyist Rules Limiting Food Trucks
The ruling says it's acceptable for cities to use ordinances to protect some businesses from competitors.
North Dakota's Food Freedom Law Dodges Another Bullet
The state's food freedom law has been a boon to indie cooks and farmers, and an irritant to regulatory busybodies
Illinois' Top Court Blesses Chicago's Cronyist Anti-Food-Truck Regulations
Restaurateurs get protection from small competitors. It’s the citizens who lose out on delicious food choices.
Homeless Advocates Are Taking Houston's Cruel Food-Sharing Ban to Court
The suit alleges that Houston's law violates elements of the First, Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
Broader Implications of 'My Body, My Choice'
I agree with this classic pro-choice slogan. But those who promote it would do well to recognize it has implications that go far beyond abortion. More people should embrace more of them.
New Research Shows the European Union's Anti-GMO Rules Are Ridiculously Bad
“Neither de facto [GMO] bans nor mandatory labeling can be justified.”
N.Y. Food Police Shut Down a 7-Year-Old's Lemonade Stand. This Bill Makes Sure They Can't Do It Again.
"Kids like Brendan Mulvaney are trying to give people sweet lemonade and learn some important business skills but the overzealous state bureaucrats just keep giving taxpayers lemons."
It's Roadkill Season, and That Tasty Carcass Isn't Getting Any Deader
New laws allow Americans to belly up to the asphalt buffet.
London's Absurdly Broad 'Junk Food' Ad Ban Puts Its Own Culture on a Starvation Diet
Iconic British foods like Christmas pudding and strawberries and cream get censored.
Arkansas' New Food-Labeling Law Is Veg-on-Veg Crime
As the behest of agricultural lobbies, regulators around the world are making food marketing way more complicated than it needs to be.
Complicated Rules For Foraging Aren't Helping Our National Parks
Let the people pick berries!
Medical Groups Endorse New Taxes and Marketing Restrictions on Soda
For the children, of course
Arkansas Legislature Saves Residents From Accidentally Eating Rice Made From Cauliflower
Or maybe they're just protecting the Arkansas rice industry.
PETA Sics Cops on California Foie Gras Dinner
Radicals team up with the food police to infringe on our right to eat.
FDA Finally Approves Genetically Enhanced Salmon—After 24 Years
A case of scientifically absurd regulatory hyper-precaution
Research Supporting Chile's Anti-Obesity Regulations Doesn't Tell Us if the Regulations Work
We still know very little about whether regulations meant to curb obesity actually do so.
New York City Claims Veto Power Over Food Ingredients in CBD Ban
It's legal, but the health department thinks it's somehow different when added to other products.
New Food Policy Report Calls for a Global War on Meat and Sugar
Global food police want to treat meat and sugar products like tobacco.
North Dakota's Excellent Food Freedom Act Is Under Attack Yet Again
North Dakota public health bureaucrats, the state grocery lobby, and lawmakers should take note of the law's popularity among consumers
New Canadian Food-Safety Law Could Spell Trouble for Small Producers
Small producers are already feeling the pain of Canada's new food safety law.
The Supreme Court's Decision To Duck a Foie Gras Case Is Bad News for Food Freedom
SCOTUS' decision not to hear the case could lead to a vicious food fight between the states
British Food Nannies Want to Slap That Burger Right Out of Your Hand
In order to fight obesity, a U.K. health agency wants calorie caps on everything.
L.A. City Councilman Wants to Force Movie Theaters to Sell Tofu Dogs
Creating more food waste to help the environment
Maine's Food Sovereignty Law Is a Hit
A year into their experiment with self-governance, the municipalities of Maine are embracing their new food freedoms
Rejoice, Angelenos! Your Bacon Dogs Will Soon Be Street Legal
After years of conflict and erratic enforcement, Los Angeles finally passes a formal plan to allow street vending.
Kansas City Health Officials Bleached Food Meant for the Homeless; Volunteers Came Back with More
How is bleaching food better than letting homeless people eat it?
The Midterms Were a Mixed Bag for Food Freedom
We gained some food freedom, we lost some food freedom.
Facebook Marketplace Has Awesome Food, and Regulators Can't Stand That
Neither can established restaurants.
California Adopts a Mixed Bag of Food Laws
The same day he lightly deregulated home cook, Gov. Jerry Brown signed an awful law targeting groups that feed people in need
Texas Says 'Pickles' Only Come From Cucumbers. So This Couple's Farm Went Out of Business.
Anita and Jim McHaney are suing to overturn "preposterous" regulations on cottage food production.
California Finally Legalizes Street Vending
The Trump administration's deportation push finally forced the Golden State to stop criminalizing everything.
Missouri Might Imprison You for False Meat Advertising
A state law says you can't call it meat unless it's actually beef, pork, or poultry. Critics say the bill violates the First Amendment.
Mandatory Allergen Labels Are a Double-Edged Sword
Allergen labeling is hard work that's done often, and often done wrong.
Is a Company's Choice To Go Vegetarian Really 'Every Libertarian's Nightmare'?
WeWork's efforts to influence employee behavior might rate as stupid, but they're not tyranny
Cultural Appropriation Tastes Damn Good: How Immigrants, Commerce, and Fusion Keep Food Delicious
Writer Gustavo Arellano talks about food slurs, the late Jonathan Gold, and why Donald Trump's taco salad is a step in the right direction.
N.Y. Fair Vendors Have Nearby 7-Year-Old's Porch Lemonade Stand Shut Down
When life hands you lemons, call the health department to complain.
Pickle Fight Reveals the Destructive Pettiness of Texas Food Regulators
In an effort to preserve its regulatory power, the Department of State Health Services refuses to concede that you can pickle foods other than cucumbers.
A Summer-of-Snitches Subversion: City Helps Teen Rather Than Shut Down Unlicensed Hot Dog Stand
When he grows up and gets that food truck, though, he'll probably have a very different experience.
