Dairy Lobby Sides with Florida in Orwellian Attempt to Redefine 'Skim Milk'
According to state regulators, skim milk = skim milk + mandated additives.
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Eating Away at State Roadkill Bans
Some states bar people from harvesting dead animals. But Montana has gotten good results from lifting its ban.
If Your Case Against Immigration Is 'You're Going To Have Taco Trucks on Every Corner,' You Lose, Amigo
Like his candidate, Latino Donald Trump spokesman just doesn't get America, food, or entrepreneurship.
Why the USDA Shouldn't Be Buying Up Surplus Cheese
The feds are bailing out dairy producers. Here's why that's a terrible and wasteful mistake.
Venezuela's Latest Response to Food Shortages: Ban Lines Outside Bakeries
Maduro's government claims the lines are a calculated political attempt to stir up "anxiety."
How Safe Is Our Food Supply?
Our food supply is safe, say 66 percent of Americans. And data backs them up.
Whole Foods' John Mackey on Veganism, Gary Johnson, and How Regulation Is Stunting Innovation
"We'll look back on the factory-farm era with the same kind of ethical revulsion that we look back on slavery."
Stop Government Promotion of Food Waste
Why do we put up with laws and regulations that contribute to the problem?
Good News! The Benevolent State of California Will Let You Have Proper Vietnamese Rice Cakes
Yes, it takes a bill to allow the food to be sold at the appropriate temperature.
Thank God Nobody Died From This Texas Woman's Illegal Tamales
Massive fines over a very common home-based business.
Dumped Cherries a Reminder of Awfulness of USDA Marketing Orders
Hurting farmers and consumers. Squeezing out competitors. Forcing production abroad. Causing food waste. What's not to love?
Monster Win Is Good For Energy Drink Makers and Consumers
Is the foolish campaign against energy drinks fizzling out?
You Can Get Chick-Fil-A at the DNC, But Good Luck Finding a Salad
Does Michelle Obama know the DNC is a "food desert"?
Massachusetts Voters Could Have Egg on Their Faces
Ballot measure will decide in November whether to impose unwise, harmful, costly, and unconstitutional standards for raising a host of livestock animals.
State Beer Laws Continue Slow Creep in Right Direction
A few new good laws go on the books, but many terrible ones remain.
Vermont GMO Labeling Hits Kosher Foods
The intended consequences of needlessly scaring consumers are bad enough, but now this too.
Does Classifying Food as 'Healthy' or 'Unhealthy' Miss the Point?
A handful of experts weigh in on a survey of nutritionist and consumer perceptions.
Senate Passes GMO Labeling Bill: Activists Are Apoplectic!
Preempts labeling requirements in Vermont and other states
Starved by Socialist Policies, Venezuelans Urged to Take Up Urban Farming
The Ministry of Urban Agriculture promotes home and community gardening in hunger-wrecked Venezuelan cities.
Philadelphia's Soda Tax Is a Bad Idea Other Cities Will Copy
Despite promises from activists and lawmakers, it won't help low-income consumers.
FDA: Never Eat Raw Cookie Dough Ever. (Except Ben & Jerry's, That's OK)
No dough. Cost benefit analysis be damned.
Unless a Federal Court Acts Fast, Vermont's GMO Labeling Law Will Wreak Havoc on the Nation's Food Supply Next Week
It's set to take effect next week and will cost food companies for no good reason.
Yes, Blue Moon Is Brewed by the Second-Biggest Beer Company In America. It Can Still Be a 'Craft Beer'
A federal court finds Belgian-style witbier Blue Moon is not deceptively advertised as a craft beer.
Five Years and $500 Million Later, USDA Admits That 'Food Deserts' Don't Matter
You can lead people to Whole Foods, but you can't make them buy organic kale.
Winery Fights Utah's Laughably Awful 'Zion Curtain' Rule
The law requires blocking the view of alcohol being mixed or poured.
Anthony Bourdain: "I support your inalienable right to say really stupid, offensive shit."
CNN host understands people have the right to hold incorrect politics and still do business in the U.S.
Why the FDA's Updated Nutrition Facts Label Is a Stinker
The mandatory 'added sugar' disclosure is a misleading loser.
Food Policy and the 2016 Presidential Election
Farm subsides, GMO responses, and regulatory overreach should prompt some discussion.
Chef Roy Choi Is Trying to Reinvent Fast Food
LocoL will open its second location in Oakland next week.
Cabbage 'Spills,' Hog-Hunting, and Farm Aid Vetoes: Three Food Policy Stories from the States
A trio of interesting stories aren't making national headlines.
Judge Won't Halt San Francisco's Forced Nanny State Soda Warnings
Did you know sugar helps make you fat? Of course you did.
Biotech Crop Safety Scientific Consensus Confirmed by National Academy of Sciences
"No substantiated evidence of a difference in risks to human health between current commercially available genetically engineered (GE) crops and conventionally bred crops"
The FDA's Push to Define 'Natural' Food is an Exercise in Futility
Let consumers, advocates, and courts decide.
Flying Dog Brewery Wins First Amendment Battle, Uses Proceeds to Promote Free Speech
The brewery will use damages from its case against the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to launch a 1st Amendment Society.
Are Facts Turning the Tide Against Soda Taxes?
New data out of Mexico pour cold water over heated rhetoric.
Without Herbicides, Food Itself Would Be Impossible*
Or at least about half of corn and soybeans would be impossible
Food Freedom Legislation Slowly Advancing in States
One big step forward; two temporary steps back.
Finding the Middle Ground in Debate Over GMO Regulation
Should government policy be to favor or oppose GMOs? No.
Runaway Farm Subsidies and Diet Guideline Fights: Federal Food Policy Is a Mess
Two recent examples illustrate deep and broad problems.
How Copycat Cronuts Keep Chefs Sharp
Ripoffs and remixes in the food industry drive talented creators to new heights.
Feds Shut Down Acid-Free LSD Ale Because Its Name Is Too Groovy
Don't tell the BATF that supermarkets sell a cereal called "Special K!"
