Last month we gave you a brief update on the latest chapter in anti-technology, “organic only” activism: the smear campaign against milk from cows supplemented with Recombinant Bovine Growth…
Unable to persuade the public that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is too unhealthy or too affordable, “all natural” food activists are launching another campaign against “the crack of…
Over the past decade, organic foods have soared in popularity. But it’s important to note that “popular” doesn’t mean “safer” or even “more healthful.” Researchers at Kings College London announced…
Unless you’re snacking on organic chocolate this Valentine’s Day, you may have missed some recent developments in the cause du jour of “organic-only” food activists: the campaign against dairy…
Last weekend, Golden Globes organizers canceled the popular awards ceremony, bowing to threats from the Writers Guild to picket the red carpet. Now, it looks as if the…
Many health officials criticize the modern American diet, suggesting that our grandparents’ nutrition was notably superior. In reality, most people in the ‘50s and ‘60s ate a high-fat, high-cholesterol and…
Today, the United States Congress bestows the country’s highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, on agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug. But the life-saving work Borlaug champions has long been…
We’ve told you plenty about celebrities here in the United States and their ill-informed food activism, but the problem isn’t confined to this side of the Atlantic. The United…
In July the usual gang of activists unleashed a vicious series of attacks on biotech foods, agricultural products which are doing more and more to feed the world,…
