February 2nd, 2009 By Robyn O'Brien
We are a nation of 300 million eaters.
And anyone that eats can attest to the utter confusion that our food supply has become. As headlines swirl about beef recalls large enough to feed every American two hamburgers, baby formula laced with melamine, and controversial additives used to preserve processed foods, eaters can’t help but yearn for the days when all we had to worry about was contaminated spinach. Read More
October 20th, 2008 By Paula Crossfield
In fifteen days, Americans will make an important decision: who will take the reigns and get us out of this mess. One topic the candidates have mostly left out of their speeches on the campaign trail thus far is food. Whether they realize it or not, when either John McCain or Barack Obama sit down next January to begin the task of fixing our economy, to promote green energy in order to produce the jobs they’ve both promised, and to deal with the climate crisis and health care, food will be the unavoidable issue that keeps cropping up. Read More