| Apr 20, 2016 | Food / FarmingScenario: You’re at the store, trying to make healthy yet frugal choices. You see several products labeled “organic” and others labeled “natural.” You’re trying to buy good food and household products for less, and those organic...
| Apr 6, 2016 | Food / FarmingAs Americans prepare to meet this year’s April 18 deadline to file our taxes, there’s talk of taxes across the Pond, too. Great Britain just passed a tax on sugary drinks. Unlike similar measures in Mexico and Berkeley, California, the British version may lead...
| Mar 23, 2016 | Economy / BusinessIf you take the word “free” and rip the “r” out of it, what do you get? Two things, actually: You get a “fee” — and then you get mad. This is happening to millions of airline passengers who are discovering that the advertised price...
| Mar 16, 2016 | Environment / HealthDo you cross the street to put your soda can in the recycling bin or avidly pluck plastics and paper from your neighbor’s trash cans? The current state of recycling in the United States may surprise you. It’s in trouble for many reasons, including two...
| | Food / FarmingI’m sick of writing about labeling genetically engineered foods. I’m sick of it because there’s really one thing to say, and I’ve said it before: Americans have a right to know how their food is produced. Period. The fact is that most processed...
