The Feds Want To Tackle Causes of Food Waste, Except Their Own
We don't need more government to reduce food waste. Instead, we should be moving to eliminate the regulations that promote it.
We don't need more government to reduce food waste. Instead, we should be moving to eliminate the regulations that promote it.
The ban may be well-intentioned, but it's misguided all the same.
On the upside, agency promises to review over-the-counter drug rules, approve more new drugs, and liberate French dressing.
The same day he lightly deregulated home cook, Gov. Jerry Brown signed an awful law targeting groups that feed people in need
A lawsuit says that certain chemicals mean the sparkling water is not "all-natural."
Gov. Jerry Brown rolls back stupid restrictions on homemade foods, sidewalk vending, and craft distilleries.
Anita and Jim McHaney are suing to overturn "preposterous" regulations on cottage food production.
The U.S. government has pushed a lot of bad nutrition advice over the years. Maybe it should stop advising us on what to eat.
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The Trump administration's deportation push finally forced the Golden State to stop criminalizing everything.
What exactly does an "added sugar" label tell us that the existing total sugar label does not? Nothing worthwhile.
Americans don't eat their pets. Why does the Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act even exist?
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.
Why can't free marketers celebrate entrepreneurs and titans of industry who change our world unless they admit they're in it only for the money?
The Whole Foods magnate and his nonprofit colleague Alexander McCobin want to "elevate humanity through business" and make us all smarter, kinder...and richer.
Allergen labeling is hard work that's done often, and often done wrong.
WeWork's efforts to influence employee behavior might rate as stupid, but they're not tyranny
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.
When life hands you lemons, call the health department to complain.
Activists want to "protect" restaurant workers right out of their jobs.
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.
Will Philly soda tax win cause local food taxes to "bubble up," or could it spur still more states to squash local food taxes?
When he grows up and gets that food truck, though, he'll probably have a very different experience.
The state health department can't stop meddling with cottage bakers
Food prices are rising, and they're likely to soar even more
Our current system of federal food regulation is expensive and dangerous
What if everybody on the Food Network was high?
Fear mongering over ingredients derived from genetically modified yeast
The late travel host changed television—and my life.
Cities like San Francisco and Seattle have already passed similar laws, and more states are currently evaluating the costs of doing the same.
Authoritarian cruelty in Hungary, civil disobedience in Ukraine, and booze reform in Canada
Carrefour used artful civil disobedience and smart marketing to challenge ridiculous regulations.
As long as regulators don't erect pointless hurdles along the way, a future filled with more tasty, crittery culinary choices seems happily inevitable.
Farm subsidies are a menace, especially when they line the pockets of the wealthy.
America's realest celebrity chef is gone, and the world is less interesting for his absence.
A summer promotion will cover fines and fees when your local code enforcers come calling.
Protectionism takes many forms, but it always leads to the same end: fewer choices for consumers
Here's how to tell a productive food-related lawsuit from a frivolous one.