The Earth Island Institute is a San Francisco-based nonprofit that used to confine its nannying to forestry and ocean issues. Lately, however, much of its work has been focused on…
The European Commission (EC) has delivered a well-deserved slap to the enviro-Nannies at Greenpeace, ruling that there is no scientific evidence that a particular brand of genetically improved soybeans poses…
Six months ago it was Percy Schmeiser, the Saskatchewan farmer-turned-activist, that the Nanny Culture tried to pass off as a simple, unbiased farmer whose livelihood was destroyed by…
Environmental Nutrition magazine isn’t exactly on our monthly reading list, but the Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review gave its August issue a short mention. Complaining that the organic-foods industry has been transformed…
As organic-only food marketers gain ground in England by disparaging conventionally-produced foods, no one should be surprised that supermarkets are taking it on the chin. A new survey in the…
London’s Sunday Times has been paying considerable attention to the politics of food lately, and the latest salvo comes from Edinburgh University’s Professor Anthony Trewavas. Convinced that Great Britain has…
If you read the Houston Chronicle or the Ventura County (CA) Star, you’ve probably seen a Q-and-A column called “Dear Green Living.” It’s essentially a “Dear Abby” for environmentalists. The…
England’s chief “third-party organic certifier” (a nonprofit called the Soil Association) has released a new report claiming that organic foods confer health benefits and safety beyond what is…
Sales of organic and “natural” food products have increased by 20% in each of the last seven years, according to Maria Rodale, editor of Organic Style magazine. And if you…
John Robbins, one-time heir to the Baskin-Robbins ice cream fortune, made waves in 1987 with his book Diet for a New America. Blending misinformation with activist rhetoric and junk science,…
