Food Terrorism – Killer Cantaloupes
Image via Wikipedia This morning in the grocery store I noticed that cantaloupes were labeled “grown in California” as opposed to the killer cantaloupes grown in Colorado. While I was actually craving...
View ArticleUrgent Food Democracy Alert: Label GMOs
Stop! Genetically modified organism(s) - GMO. (Photo credit: Miran Rijavec) The M-word – consumers rights – food labeling – GMOs – food safety An estimated 80% of processed foods contain genetically...
View ArticleFood safety: Dog food makes people sick
centre (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As tempting as that bowl of kibble is — don’t eat it. People who handle contaminated dog food or touch an infected dog, especially if they don’t wash their hands...
View ArticleTop Five Things to Watch Out For When Buying Organic Foods
As food dangers multiply, organic food is becoming more popular. After all, who doesn’t want to eat food that is free of dangerous pesticides, herbicides and antibiotics? Many people also want to avoid...
View ArticleUndercover video, inhumane treatment of cows, hamburger horrors
Ban on downer cows In a nutshell: According to this ABC article, the animal rights group, Compassion Over Killing, filmed an undercover video showing electrically prodded cows and downer animals going...
View ArticlePeanut butter executives charged with fraud
Peanut butter is a semi-solid and can therefore hold peaks. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Remember the catastrophic peanut butter recall a few years ago where people died and were sickened with salmonella?...
View ArticleFED UP, the Movie – 10 Day Ban Sugar Challenge
Brown Sugar Whipped cream (Photo credit: QuintanaRoo) Yesterday I saw the movie FED UP, a well done documentary about childhood obesity and why kids (and adults) cannot lose weight and keep it off....
View ArticleFood Monopoly, High Prices, Less Choices
Food & Water Watch (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Choices. Choices. Why does the supermarket have so many choices? How many kinds of mustard, margarine and mayo do we really want need? The problem is...
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