Food
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
A Lawsuit Says LaCroix Can't Be '100% Natural' Due to Naturally Occurring Chemicals
A lawsuit says that certain chemicals mean the sparkling water is not "all-natural."
A Morsel of Food Freedom for California
Gov. Jerry Brown rolls back stupid restrictions on homemade foods, sidewalk vending, and craft distilleries.
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.
New Research Confirms We Got Cholesterol All Wrong
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.
Nutrition Studies That Backed Obama-Era School Lunch Programs Get Retracted: Reason Roundup
Plus: Kennedy-family charity to bail out incarcerated NYC women and how Virginia makes things impossible for small distillers.
California Finally Legalizes Street Vending
The Trump administration's deportation push finally forced the Golden State to stop criminalizing everything.
The FDA's 'Added Sugar' Labeling Rule Is Sugar-Coated Nonsense
What exactly does an "added sugar" label tell us that the existing total sugar label does not? Nothing worthwhile.
House Considers Stupid, Unnecessary Bill Making It Illegal to Kill Cats and Dogs for Food
Americans don't eat their pets. Why does the Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act even exist?
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.
John Mackey and Conscious Capitalism Have Won the Battle of Ideas With Everyone but Libertarians
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?
Can 'Conscious Capitalism' Make Business a Heroic Enterprise? John Mackey Is Betting Yes: Podcast
The Whole Foods magnate and his nonprofit colleague Alexander McCobin want to "elevate humanity through business" and make us all smarter, kinder...and richer.
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.
The War on Tipping
Activists want to "protect" restaurant workers right out of their jobs.
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.
State Legislatures and City Governments Are Going to Battle Over Food Taxes
Will Philly soda tax win cause local food taxes to "bubble up," or could it spur still more states to squash local food taxes?
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.
North Dakota Regulators Are Going After the State's Food Freedom Law—Again
The state health department can't stop meddling with cottage bakers
Trump's Tariffs Are Going To Make Your Food More Expensive
Food prices are rising, and they're likely to soar even more
Trump's Proposal To Reform Federal Food Regulations Is Long Overdue
Our current system of federal food regulation is expensive and dangerous
Toke Up and Chow Down on Netflix's Pot-Infused Cooking Competition
What if everybody on the Food Network was high?
Impossible Burger Maker Denounces Friends of the Earth Activists As 'Anti-Science Fundamentalists'
Fear mongering over ingredients derived from genetically modified yeast
Travel Shows Were Boring as Fuck. Then Came Anthony Bourdain.
The late travel host changed television—and my life.
Washington, D.C.'s Fight Over Restaurant Tips and Wages Is Coming to a City Near You
Cities like San Francisco and Seattle have already passed similar laws, and more states are currently evaluating the costs of doing the same.
The State of Food Freedom Around the Globe
Authoritarian cruelty in Hungary, civil disobedience in Ukraine, and booze reform in Canada
A French Grocer Protested Stupid EU Food Regulations and Won
Carrefour used artful civil disobedience and smart marketing to challenge ridiculous regulations.
In the Future, We Will All Eat Bugs
As long as regulators don't erect pointless hurdles along the way, a future filled with more tasty, crittery culinary choices seems happily inevitable.
The Farm Bill for Billionaires
Farm subsidies are a menace, especially when they line the pockets of the wealthy.
Anthony Bourdain, Lover of Food and Enemy to All Tyrants, Has Died
America's realest celebrity chef is gone, and the world is less interesting for his absence.
Bureaucrats Shut Down Your Kids' Lemonade Stands? Country Time Will Pay the Fines.
A summer promotion will cover fines and fees when your local code enforcers come calling.
Why a Small New York Town Is Banning New Restaurants
Protectionism takes many forms, but it always leads to the same end: fewer choices for consumers
The Rise of the Food-Related Lawsuit
Here's how to tell a productive food-related lawsuit from a frivolous one.
Arizonans Get More Freedom to Operate Food Trucks, Grow Hemp
Maybe don't do both, though.
Vegetarians and Meat Eaters Are Trying to Stifle Interstate Commerce
Federal legislation may be the only solution to overreaching state laws.
This Taco Bell Can't Get a Liquor License Because City Officials Don't Like Taco Bell
But the pizza place next door can have one.
