| Sep 17, 2013 | Food / Farming“I’m 98 percent confident we can make a tomato that tastes substantially better,” Professor Harry Klee recently exulted to The New York Times. Hmmm. Excuse me, professor, but “substantially better” than what? One of Momma Nature’s...
| Jul 17, 2013 | Food / FarmingRemember when the House rejected a trillion-dollar version of the Farm Bill nearly a month ago? I predicted the subsidy apologists would be back. Unfortunately, I was right. They struck with a stealth attack at about 8 p.m. one week after July Fourth. House Republican...
| Jul 3, 2013 | Food / FarmingMothers the world over have told their children a zillion times: “Stop playing with your food!” I now share their frustration. I’d like to yell at the conglomerate packagers of America’s victuals: “Stop playing with our food!”...
| May 8, 2013 | Food / FarmingMy new book is called Foodopoly. It’s about the corporate control of every aspect of our food system, from how what we eat is labeled to the pesticides we’re exposed to. We, the people, must reclaim our democracy. We must reestablish strong antitrust laws...
| May 7, 2013 | Food / FarmingAmy Meyer was curious. Then she was appalled. Then she was charged with the “crime” of using a cell phone to video what appalled her. Welcome to the Brave New World of “ag-gag” laws being pushed by agribusiness corporations to stop reporters,...
