David Freedman argues that the most efficient way to solve the obesity crisis, especially among the poor, is to improve the quality of fast food. Is he right?
This campaign is shaping up to be more about the place of money in politics and the power of television marketing—not to mention the advantages of breaking federal law—than the value of GMO labels.
Processed meats like hot dogs, baloney and chicken nuggets seem, on the surface, no less icky than pink slime. And here's why they could be even worse.
An opinion piece in the journal Nature suggests ways the government could regulate added sugar, including a sugar tax, distribution controls and age limits.
In addition to labor issues, chocolate plantations can be responsible for deforestation. But it can also be empowering to farmers and relatively healthy for the environment.
An estimated 60 to 70 percent of processed foods contains genetically modified organisms, but unlike 50 other countries, the US doesn't require labeling.
The government is powerless over corporate criminals like Cargill, but is instead cracking down on small businesses selling healthy food to willing consumers.
While there's some good news when it comes to fruit and vegetables, the new guidelines seem tailored to encourage maximum dairy industry profitability.
Anybody who's ever "listened to their gut" when making important decisions might be satisfied to learn of the biochemical evidence for the mind/belly connection.
A recent poll showed that most people thought the top three food stories of the year were all about food safety -- but there are many more that made our list.
Urbane Development works to bring fresh produce and other healthy foods to small stores in underserved communities like Detroit, Newark, and South Philadelphia.
It may seem out of character for Walmart to act as an agent for positive change, but the only thing really out of character would be to knowingly undermine its bottom line.
The owner of the Heart Attack Grill considers himself a leader in the healthy eating rebellion and the development of shameless cholesterol bombs like KFC's Double Down.
In the focus on E. coli and salmonella, meat contaminated by heavy metals, veterinary drugs and pesticides has been slipping through the bureaucratic cracks.
The more a meal's story is known, the more meaning it has, and being able to mentally picture where something came from enriches the experience of eating it.
