Congress Votes To Repeal Mandated Labeling Of Meat Products, Blocking Consumers’ Ability To Make Healthy Food Choices May 2015— It took more than a decade to pass and include in the 2008 Farm Bill the … Read More
Short Takes
Kids’ Health Cheated For Kraft’s Profits When Kraft’s so-called “Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product” gets a seal of approval from the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics, along with permission to use its education program’s Kids Eat … Read More
Healthy Food Activists Join Forces To Bring Their Claims And Concerns To Washington, D.C.
December, 2014— Wellness Warrior Deborah Székely braved icy weather as she dragged her luggage through the Washington, D.C. slush to attend the meetings of Building Power: From Kitchen Tables to Capitol Hill. As one of … Read More
On The Road
Tasty, Portable Foods that Keep Travelers Alert and Energized By Dina Eliash Robinson If you have ever wondered why we need rest and recovery after even the least active vacation, consider how mentally and … Read More
Short Takes
Australian Scientists Breed Non-GM Durum Wheat In Salty Soil Leading the world from Down Under, scientists at the University of Adelaide’s Waite Research Institute in New South Wales responded to the encroaching salinity caused by … Read More
SHORT TAKES: Grapefruit Alert
A bewildered e-mail from the owner of a prolific grapefruit tree asking us for recipes and other uses for his overabundant crop, is prompting this reminder of the potential health hazards posed by this otherwise … Read More
SHORT TAKES: Toxic Pine Nuts From China
Consider yourself lucky if a nasty taste is all that you have suffered after eating pesto, salad or other foods containing pine nuts. At least you’re not alone. Thousands of consumers in the U.S., Europe and … Read More
SHORT TAKES: Clean Eggs Before Storing to Prevent Salmonella
Eggs have been lately the most feared carriers of misery, illness and even death by salmonella—although sadly, they are not the only contaminated food that pops up with alarming frequency on the Government’s list of … Read More
SHORT TAKES: Sustainable Aquaculture
In Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Mass., nurturing the ocean is on a par with feeding one’s family. In fact, the two are interconnected in this area, where communities depend upon sustainable fishing practices for both the … Read More
SHORT TAKES: Deadly Mega-Meals
Although the new law requiring chains with 20 or more restaurants to post the number of calories in their servings has not yet kicked in, consumers interested in protecting their health—not to mention girth—can easily … Read More