| Oct 10, 2012 | Food / FarmingNational brand-name conglomerates are in a bind over California’s Right to Know Genetically Modified Food Act, a measure known as Proposition 37. Actually, it’s a double bind. First, these gigantic food companies are frantically scrambling to defeat this...
| Jun 11, 2012 | Food / FarmingIf you’re one who enjoys a steak dinner now and again, let me ask this question: do you prefer it with a nice sauce, a side of garlicky spinach — or maybe some transglutaminase? Trans-what-did-he-say? Transglutaminase is an enzyme made by the fermentation...
| Feb 13, 2012 | Food / FarmingHere’s a case of good news oozing out of bad news, and vice versa. The bad news is that Hostess Brands has sunk into bankruptcy. It couldn’t stay afloat with the $860-million debt piled onto it after a group of Wall Street speculators took over the...
| Dec 26, 2011 | Food / Farming‘Tis the season to reflect on the past year and hold high expectations for the blank slate that awaits in January. Here’s one resolution for all you consumers hoping to improve your health and the environment: Starting in 2012, avoid genetically engineered...
| Aug 23, 2010 | Food / FarmingOK, children, homework time. Let’s see if we can handle this little lesson in logic. One, America has a rather huge child obesity problem. Two, major food corporations constantly pitch ads to children for such stuff as sugar-saturated breakfast cereals and...
