A Fight to Decriminalize Cookies (No, Really) Plays Out in Wisconsin
Home bakers sue for the right to sell their wares.
Food
Federal Dietary Policies Are an Unsteady Diet of Nothing
Follow the new guidelines at your own peril.
Germany's 500-Year-Old Beer Purity Law Needs to Go
A new study shows Germany's Reinheitsgebot is turning off younger drinkers and driving them to non-German beers.
Ringing Out What's Old—and Ringing In What's New—in Food Policy
Food policy cognoscenti discuss the top issues of 2015 and predict what might happen in 2016.
Biotech Company Terrorists Poison Chipotle's Food, Claims Natural News Nutjob Mike Adams
A raving anti-tech activist's conspiracy theory about Chipotle's recent E. coli outbreaks.
Making the Case for Food Freedom and Free Speech
A series of important food lawsuits are fighting unconstitutional restrictions on free speech.
Food Freedom Spreading Across States
Wyoming's groundbreaking direct-to-market law, adopted earlier this year, appears to have sparked a growing movement.
Restrictions on Adult Alcohol Access Don't Make Us Safer
Data show rules don't appear to reduce violent crime, binge drinking, or drunken driving.
Consumers Have a Right to Sue Over Fake Organic Food, Cali Court Rules
State and federal prosecutors aren't the only ones with the authority to question organic food labeling ruled the state Supreme Court.
The FDA's New Food Safety Rules Won't Accomplish Much
More regulation for very little return.
Glyphosate Herbicide Not Carcinogenic Rules European Food Safety Authority
Activists decry failure to adhere to technology-killing precautionary principle
Eat Food and Die
What happens when warnings about processed meat's cancer risk collides with California's absurd Prop 65 (over)warning law?
The Gloves Are On in Fight Over Misguided New York Restaurant Rules
Requiring chefs to wear gloves doesn't make food safer and generates mountains of waste.
Batman Wants Bacon!
Let's put the whole "don't eat cured meats" hoo-ha in perspective, please.
Right-to-Farm Debate Heats Up
Controversies over laws in all 50 states that protect the rights of farmers to actually farm.
Let the Beer Giants Merge, But Scrap the Mandatory Middleman
Allowing AB InBev to buy SABMiller won't hurt consumers. But the nation's government-mandated three-tier alcohol distribution system hurts them every day.
Feds Tell Kombucha Brewers to Pay Up After Tea Tests Above 0.5 Percent Alcohol
In August authorities issued fine letters to an untold number of kombucha manufacturers.
Expecting Scientifically Sound Nutritional Guidance from the Feds? Fat Chance.
Nina Teicholz, critic of a federal dietary guidance committee, talks about her work.
U.S. Government Nutrition Advice Is Stuck in 1980s
The Uncle Sam Diet mantra: Don't eat anything your ancestors wouldn't have while watching Cheers on network television.
Social Media Helps Food Vendors Dodge Regulators and Find Customers
When what you want is an illegal treat from a favorite underground source, Facebook may be the place to look
What's the Deal with Nanny Statists?
Jerry Seinfeld's lemonade stand meets the long arm of the law in the final edition of Nanny of the Month.
Mayonnaise Conspiracy? Emails Show Egg Board Tried to Thwart Vegan Mayo Before FDA Stepped In
American Egg Board paid for pro-egg press, advised Hellmann's Mayo to contact the FDA about its eggless competitor.
Plastic Bags Are Good for You
What prohibitionists get wrong about one of modernity's greatest inventions
Maryland Man Fined $50 for Picking Berries in Park
A Maryland man received a $50 ticket for picking raspberries. The ticket charged him with "destroying/interfering with plants to wit: berries."
The FDA Targets Vegan Mayonnaise
The presence of ingredients such as pea protein and beta-carotene violates federal mayonnaise law.
Reps. Massie, Polis Team Up for Food Freedom with Delicious Unapproved Steaks
Congressmen attempt to draw attention to oppressive USDA meddling.
Government Forces Natural Skim Milk Sellers to Label Their Milk "Imitation"
It isn't real unless you add to it what government demands you add, says Florida Ag Department
Next Time Government Gives You Dietary Advice, Consider Doing the Opposite
From scares over skipping breakfast to too much salt, the government's been wrong a lot.
Watch Katherine Mangu-Ward Get Heckled About "Industrial Food" on Vice News
The latest episode of The Business of Life on Vice News devolves into a feisty food fight over GMOs, obesity, farmers markets, and more.
Why Does Cadbury Chocolate Taste Worse In America?
An overzealous FDA and a bitter trademark battle keep British expats from enjoying their favorite sweets.
PRIME Act Would Steer Meat Processing in the Right Direction
A great new bi-partisan House bill would wrest control over intrastate meat slaughter from the USDA.
What's Behind the Jacked-Up Egg Prices and Shortages?
Avian flu is not the only explanation.
San Francisco Sued Over Unconstitutional Soda Speech Restrictions
Three groups sued San Francisco to overturn a new city law that restricts the free-speech rights of those who make and market sweetened drinks like soda.
Two Burritos for Breakfast
I don't need mandatory food labels to tell me McDonald's isn't health food. And neither do you.
Are Americans Eating Less Because of Government Intervention?
The timing of the decline makes that explanation highly improbable.
Chipotle Treats Customers Like Idiots
The burrito chain stokes bogus GMO fears and tries to profit from anti-biotech propaganda.
A New Life for Old Food
How technology reduces waste by getting excess edibles to those who can still use them.
