The Farm Bill for Billionaires
Farm subsidies are a menace, especially when they line the pockets of the wealthy.
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.
Maybe don't do both, though.
Federal legislation may be the only solution to overreaching state laws.
But the pizza place next door can have one.
The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Act is a bad law, and bad laws make good regulations nearly impossible
Q&A with journalist Nina Teicholz
After years of treating the city's richest cultural resource like contraband, L.A. flirts with sensible street food policy.
The U.S. Cattlemen's Association petitioned the USDA to declare that "meat" and "beef" exclude products not "slaughtered in the traditional manner."
Special interests want the government to protect them from competition.
A bill in the California senate could legalize street vending across the state.
The cattle industry would rather rent-seek than compete.
New "cottage food" reforms haven't yet increased freedom.
Whole Foods' John Mackey on why he's optimistic about American youth, his company's merger with Amazon, and the spread of 'conscious capitalism.'
Why the "conscious capitalist" thinks we are headed for "a consumer utopia."
Food and Agriculture Organization
"It seemed like every time we had a conversation with our county we had to spend thousands of more dollars to stay in compliance with their regulations."
If government will stay out of the way.
The attack on fatty foods, in favor of carbohydrates, contributed to rising rates of obesity and diabetes.
Lawyers look to cash in for the silliest of reasons.
Some cities have warmed to them, but protectionist policies still oppress.
"Meat is meat, not a science project."
A drug-free approach might be the best treatment we have for America's most ubiquitous lifestyle disease.
Poor people are likely to make better food choices for themselves than the government.
Nanny efforts in the U.S. and Chile to shape eating habits continue to accomplish little.
Josephine, in the Bay Area, linked aspiring food entrepreneurs with hungry neighbors.
FSMA will put many small farmers out of business.
Uncertainty over Brexit and meddlesome rules could harm the EU's leading exports and industry.
El Cajon is just the latest city to abuse "public safety" fears to control how people help each other.
A likely-fatal blow to to the state's censorious "ag gag" law
When it comes to the FDA and USDA, where's the scaling back of rules?
America's neighbor to the north also has a host of dumb regulations.
Fear of GMO foods is an example of the broader problem of political and scientific ignorance.
A judge suspends oppressive city regulations as too vague, but the fight's probably not over.
A dispute with neighbor spurred a measure to crack down on smaller properties. But the town's large agricultural community fought back.
Two states attempt to dictate how farmers outside their boundaries treat their animals.
The nanny state may force snortable cacao off the market.
Regulations that limit food truck operations are a protectionist scam.
Protectionism at play? Politicians say food trucks are "unfair competition" for restaurants.
Feed yourself in a public park. Feed the pigeons and the squirrels there, too. Whatever you do, though, don't share your food with a hungry person.
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