The FDA's latest misguided crackdown targets caffeine. It's déjà vu all over again.
A new FDA report could mean more of your favorite cheeses will be unavailable in the United States.
In what may show the coalescence of a movement, academia finally appears to embrace the idea that people want more control over their food choices.
How awful is a new GMO law amendment you've probably heard about?
As the annual Craft Beer Conference converged this year in Washington, DC, changing regulations are both helping and hampering the growing industry.
The justices consider an "outdated" New Deal-era farm control law.
Bloomberg has vowed to appeal, but the ban appears to be finished.
The backlash against prohibitions on feeding the homeless and less fortunate is underway.
Take responsibility before blaming corporations and seeking government interference.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest asks the government to go after soda and juice. What happened to the group's recent nod to empowered consumers?
The contradictions of U.S. farm policy are well represented in the hit Super Bowl commercial.
From the legalization of cottage foods to the rise of right-to-farm laws, the future of food freedom is looking brighter at the state level.
Powerful Chicago Alderman Edward Burke has pushed for the city to ban trans fats, foie gras, and Four Loko. His latest target? Red Bull.
Federal regulators want to impose costly new rules that won't make our food any safer.
A new poll finds Americans oppose food bans by a 5-1 margin and food taxes by a 2-1 margin. Supporters of food freedom should take note-and maybe even a victory lap.
Complying with a proposed FDA menu-labeling rule would be somewhere between costly and impossible for tens of thousands of U.S. pizza and grocery chains.
This year had its share of good news for supporters of food freedom.
Congress should neither revert to the 1949 Farm Bill nor pass a new five-year Farm Bill. What's the alternative?
San Francisco's famed Forage Underground Market will shut down later this month. But the tracks laid by its founder Iso Rabins--and others around the country--mean that the choice to make and sell many foods locally is increasingly returning to small entrepreneurs.
PETA's lawsuit against a small California restaurant comes out of frustration that the state's foie gras ban isn't being enforced. But that's because the ban is unenforceable.
New government research appears likely to help activists impose more restrictions on alcohol.
Much has been made of late of a "food movement" that would restrict our right to make our own food choices. But victories for food freedom in Denmark, California, and (hopefully) New York City show the true food movement is something else altogether.
Unnecessary regulations force a popular food entrepreneur to close its doors.
Bad research. Bad reporting on bad research. What's the deal with food-related public-health research and reporting?
10 experts weigh in on federal food policies Obama and Romney should address.
Here are 10 important federal food-policy issues the presidential candidates should be discussing but have ignored until now.
A new anti-soda video offers a welcome case for personal responsibility.
A new study trumpets a dubious link between obese youngsters and the logos of food companies.
Wheat, soy, dairy, and seafood make some people sick. Should we tax or ban those foods as a result?
First Lady Michelle Obama and a host of "experts" were wrong about the USDA's new school lunch rules. Is there another way?
How Prop 37 restricts speech and needlessly meddles in consumer choice.
A new study challenges the conventional wisdom on organic food.
Why states are banning farm photography.
The Keystone State's boom in farmers markets might have gone bust.
An interview with Jayson Lusk, whose new report indicates most Americans want more food police
Advocates for the right to choose raw milk still face an uphill battle.
The Windy City's treatment of mobile food vendors is a case study in how to stifle entrepreneurship and innovation in the name of protecting powerful, entrenched interests.
New York City's proposed ban on sodas greater than 16 ounces rests on shaky premises. But proponents think those trump "trivial issues of personal freedom".
The government has no business interfering with our food choices.
Foie gras producers and sellers fight back against an unconstitutional state law.
Food-safety regulations don't always mean safer food.
Why does it seem like local government officials are competing with each other to see who can implement the most obnoxious rules against people in their respective communities growing food?
Changes could make D.C. a seven-day-sprit city
In parks around the world, people are free to feed themselves, pigeons, squirrels, and even rats. So why are local governments increasingly preventing them from feeding other people?
Why is New York's busybody mayor regulating city residents within an inch of their lives?
A new study examines the connection between organic food marketing and anti-social behavior.
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