Food

The History of Supersizing: How We've Become a Nation Hooked on Bigger Is Better

By Jill Richardson / AlterNet

NYC's recent ruling limiting the size of sugary drinks has spurred a lot of controversy. Is it stupid? Not if you know the history of supersizing.

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Why Are Twinkies Cheaper Than Carrots?

By John Robbins / Huffington Post

5 Grotesque Fast Food Products Americans Scarf Down in Their Cars

By Tom Philpott / Mother Jones

3 Reasons Your Diet Isn't Working and How to Do It Better

By Kathy Freston / AlterNet

Are Corporations and Big Banks Making a Windfall From Food Stamps?

By Christopher D. Cook, Michele Simon / AlterNet

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Food

Not for Sale: Why We Can't Save the Planet By Putting a Price on Nature

Tom B.K. Goldtooth / Global Exchange

Water Too Dangerous to Drink: What Life's Like in California's Farming Communities

Liza Gross / Environmental Health News

Better Than Sugar? The Truth About 6 Alternative Natural Sweeteners

Anneli Rufus / AlterNet

The Surprising Effect of Agriculture on Rising Sea Levels

Shiney Varghese / Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

What's Really in Your Expensive Steak? You'd Be Surprised

Jim Hightower / AlterNet

Monsanto Vs Nature: The Weeds Fight Back

Jim Hightower / Other Words

Health Dangers in Your Hose: Are You Watering Your Garden With Endocrine Disruptors and Toxic Chemicals?

Jill Richardson / AlterNet

8 Surprising Things That May Be Making Americans Fat

Martha Rosenberg / AlterNet

Meet the Corporate Front Groups Fighting to Make Sure You Can't Know What's in Your Food

Ronnie Cummins, Alexis Baden-Mayer / AlterNet

5 Reasons the 'Geezer Empire' of Billionaire Republicans Are Showering Romney With Cash

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

90 Percent of People Want Labeling on Engineered Food, But We Still Don't Have it: Why Is that?

Dave Murphy / AlterNet

Global CO2 Emissions Hit New Record in 2011, Keeping World on Track for 'Devastating' 11°F Warming

Joe Romm / Climate Progress

Eat, Pray, Kill: The Basic Brutality of Eating

Beatrice Marovich / Religion Dispatches

Working With Your Rapist as Your Supervisor? The Widespread Sexual Abuse of Women in Farm Work

Michelle Chen / AlterNet

The "POM" Pomegranate Scam: The Truth Behind the Company and Its Billionaire Owners

Lauren Kelley / AlterNet

How the US Sold Africa to Multinationals Like Monsanto, Cargill, DuPont, PepsiCo and Others

Jill Richardson / AlterNet

Goodbye Fish and Shellfish? Meet the Biggest Threat to Our Oceans

Brita Belli / E Magazine

Addiction and America's Fat Problem

Susan Cheever / The Fix

Big Beer Brewers Like Anheuser-Busch Are Drunk on Greed

Jim Hightower / AlterNet

Occupying Farmland for Organic Food and Fairness Exposes University Elitism

Diana Pei Wu / Race, Poverty & the Environment

5 Ways to Make America Less Fat

David Sirota / Salon

Hostess Brands Uses Bankruptcy Court to Screw Workers Out of Pensions, Benefits

Bruce Vail / In These Times

Over 100 Children a Year Die Working On Farms: Why Do Prominent Right-Wingers Fight Safety Regulations?

Mariya Strauss / AlterNet

The Terrifying Truth About America's Obesity Epidemic

Kerry Trueman / AlterNet

One in 5 Kids Is Obese, Yet Congress Is More Concerned With Protecting Profits Than Kids' Health

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

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