Labor Protection Laws on the Chopping Block
Considering the safety and health issues in the food industry, the opposition to a small step in the better working conditions direction is unsettling.
Organic Animal Welfare Standards Move from Green Light to Yellow Light
Most consumers who buy organic assume that animals were pasture-raised with plentiful access to the outdoors. Not true.
The Latest on Artificial Sweeteners
Artificial sweetener is used in approximately 6,000 products consumed by 200 million people around the world.
DARK May Have Died, But Its Proponents Are Alive and Kicking
A coalition of consumer, food safety, farm, environmental and religious groups, along with several food corporations, can all agree.
Our Global Food System Requires Worldwide Cooperation
More than two-thirds of the crops that underpin regional diets originated somewhere else.
Will the New Nutrition Labels Make a Difference?
Efforts to improve nutritional labeling were unveiled last week. This change is being met with applause and concern.