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December 31, 2008
Ringing Out 2008: A Look Back
As we prepare to chronicle (and resist) a 2009 full of assaults on our food freedoms, we’re also reflecting on the year that’s drawing to a close. Here are some of the stories that made 2008 “The Year of the Food Activist”:
- Michael Pollan sneered at practically everything you cook
- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s snacking habits were a bit cheesy
- The New York Times completely botched the science of seafood
- Mississippi legislators thought some people were too fat to eat
- The Humane Society of the United States lied, and animals died
- Fat nut MeMe Roth boycotted Girl Scout cookies (again)
- Organic food worshipers misled the public about milk
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals renewed its big-bad-wolf routine with your children
- The Big Apple officially put guilt on the menu
- Obesity warrior David Ludwig went off the deep end
- Trial lawyers leveraged mandatory menu-labeling for a lawsuit cash grab
- California’s warning-label culture prepared to attack coffee
- HSUS and PETA jockeyed for Leona Helmsley’s billions
- The phony animal-rights “Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine” attacked the late Tony Snow
- PETA showed its interns aren’t very good at math, or showering
- Center for Science in the Public Interest food scold Michael Jacobson didn’t fare well in a head-to-head matchup with Olympian Michael Phelps
- Anti-seafood activists officially began hurting poor children
- Consumer Reports continued its idiotic love affair with an all-organic world
- Activists pegging vegetarianism to climate change took a few well-deserved hits
- Greenpeace proved that it can’t read a fishery report
- HSUS ensured that most of California’s eggs will soon come from south of the border
- Britain’s Prince Charles left us wondering exactly what’s between those enormous ears
Are we ready for a new onslaught of lunacy in 2009? You bet.
Stick with us as we bring you the best of the worst in food activism. And here’s hoping you have a joyous (and freedom-filled) new year!
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