Organic Activists (page 15)

We come across a lot of silly proposals around here (see also: PETA ads), but sometimes we find something that just takes the cake. Today, it’s a sign at…

TIME reporter Bryan Walsh took a cue from his friends behind Food, Inc. and hyped an impending food crisis in this week’s magazine cover story. But if you’re looking…

Worshippers at the organic-only food altar have been claiming for years, despite bushels of evidence to the contrary, that their precious “natural” fruits, veggies, and meat are healthier than “normal” crops. (You know, inorganic food.) But …

Earlier this month, we remarked that it’s difficult to see how labeling everything on our menus and in our grocery aisles will make anyone safer or healthier. But as recent …

This May, bestselling author Mark Kurlansky published a collection of recipes and food writings from the Great Depression Era called The Food of a Younger Land. More than one reviewer…

Gourmet activists are still buzzing about this summer’s food industry “exposé,” Food, Inc. But although most Americans agree that we should all learn about where our food comes…

As two Washington Post reporters explained on Friday, there was a campaign a few years ago to ban omega-3 supplements from organic baby food because the fatty acids weren’t…

  At the New York premiere of the new documentary Food Inc. last night, a panel of celebrity activists agreed: “We’re in a moment.” After years of taking culinary…

“I think people are concerned with what they’re eating,” declared activist chef Alice Waters at a recent Connecticut Forum. “And a lot has to do with celebrity chefs who…

Yesterday’s Chicago Tribune included a highly unusual food column. It was an ode, of sorts, to the tofu-and-organic-veggie set of restaurants in the Greater Chicago area. But its distinguishing characteristic wasn’t…