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Radical activists opposed to genetically engineered (GE) foods and the consumption of meat have declared today “A National Day of Action Against State Repression” and are planning to stage…

For the second time in a week, a radical environmental group has come up with a scheme to use government funds to subsidize a tectonic shift in U.S. agriculture, from…

A series of articles in the San Francisco Chronicle sets the stage for a major public policy debate over the goals of USDA’s upcoming National Nutrition Summit on May 30-31.

An eminently debunkable report from British food nannies claims that new "miracle" crops produced by the "Green Revolution" of the 60s and 70s could lead to future brain damage. Their flimsy "evidence" says there is a lack of minerals and vitamin A in the world's food supply. But their hypothesis ignores recent breakthroughs by biotech researchers who have produced "golden rice" with rich levels of vitamin A, intended to vastly improve the diet of many Third World nations.

Florida governor Jeb Bush is the latest to unnecessarily elevate multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) from a dubious concept to an ersatz "cause" by declaring May 7-13 MCS Week. Bush's action comes despite the American Medical Association's rejection of MCS as a genuine, symptomatic illness.

Reacting to the University of Michigan's plans to divest its tobacco stock holdings, columnist George Bullard warns, "But don't be surprised if the next U of M probe looks at sugar, bacon and butter. Those industries fail to warn about the hazards of obesity. And fatty foods contribute to the deaths of near 1 million Americans a year… Do bakers make cherry turnovers especially sweet to hook children?"

In London, Greenpeace protesters who took "direct action" to destroy field-trial crops of genetically engineered produce were cleared of wrongdoing by a British jury, who made the unfathomable decision to ignore the rule of law that protects private property.

Suspected terrorists from the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) have declared a "national day of action" on April 26 to protest a grand jury investigation of their spokesman Craig Rosebaugh's connection to recent terrorist actions including bombings and arson. Rosebraugh and the ELF/ALF tell supporters "to hold militant demonstrations targeting U.S. federal buildings, embassies, etc."

From the BBC: "A leading conservative candidate to succeed Pope John Paul II has warned that the Antichrist foreseen in the Book of Revelations is already among us. Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, 71, said that the modern Antichrist, identified in the Book of Revelation as a seven-headed beast, was most likely now disguised as a philanthropist supporting creeds like vegetarianism, animal rights or pacifism..."

Yet another editorial argues against personal responsibility, unfairly pinning obesity on "the cynical forces of corporate advertising and marketing" who employ "pester power" to sell "junk and processed food." ("Healthy eating priorities point children towards benefits of balance," The Herald, 4/17/00.)