The Feds 'Modernize' Food Safety Without Making Food Safer
Proposed FDA food-safety rules under the FSMA show the expensive campaign to modernize food safety shouldn't be confused with one that improves food safety.
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Minneapolis Is Micromanaging the Food Supply
The city is finding out that more rules don't equal healthier eating.
Taking Exception to Vermont's Proposed GMO Labeling Rules
Defending an unconstitutional law may prove as costly as it is foolhardy.
SCOTUS Declines Challenge to California Foie Gras Ban
Opponents argued the law violated the Commerce Clause
What's Inside a Washington, DC Food Desert?
Baylen Linnekin looks inside a Washington, DC food desert-which features a Starbucks and a campus dining hall. And pomegranates.
Raise a Glass: The Bill of Rights Was About Food Freedom
Congress passed the Bill of Rights 225 years ago today. Why the struggle for food freedom is at the heart of those amendments.
Farmer Joel Salatin: 'We Would Be a Much Healthier Culture if the Government Had Never Told Us How to Eat'
"One of the most rebellious things we can do in our culture now is to spend time in our kitchen," says Salatin.
The Slow Creep Toward Saner Alcohol Policies
Success stories, deregulation, and voter-led changes spell (mostly) good news.
First Annual Food Freedom Fest Offers Reasons for Optimism
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund's first annual Food Freedom Fest, which took place last weekend, was a fantastic event.
Michelle Obama Does Funny or Die, Because Junk Food is Killing Us All
And it's not funny. At all.
Portuguese Food Co-op Fights Back Against EU-Mandated Waste
Baylen Linnekin speaks with Maria Canelhas from Fruta Feia, which has saved literally tons of great food from the garbage.
There's Nothing SWEET About the National Soda Tax
Rep. Rosa DeLauro's SWEET Act would implement an excise tax on soda and other sweetened drinks. Supporters of the measure are difficult to find.
The FDA's Idiotic Attack on 'Added' Ingredients
The FDA's growing crackdown on added food ingredients just doesn't add up.
Find Mama's Borscht Recipe: Russia to Ban Food Imports from US, EU
Tit continues to meet Tat.
Government Menu Mandates Are Not Curing Obesity
Obesity rates may be leveling off or even falling.
Raw Milk Vending Machines May Hit U.K.
The U.K. Food Standards Agency says vending machines are the best way to make raw milk more widely available to consumers in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
France's Absurd New 'Homemade' Law Handcuffs Restaurants
France's restaurants and French cooking are under attack. The enemy comes from within-and wears a white hat.
Lawsuit Against USDA Says Authoritarian Cherry Board Is the Pits
A lawsuit shines a light on a USDA-created board that controls supply, says you can't sell tart cherries without board permission.
