Vanessa Barrington, EcoSalon. October 17, 2009. Thousands are dying every year from food-borne illness and we have a confusing morass of regulations and agencies charged with enforcing them. How to sort out the mess?
Tom Laskawy, Grist.org. October 12, 2009. This year almost half a million pounds of E. coli infected beef have been recalled and sadly the government is far more concerned with protecting companies than public health.
Paula Crossfield, Civil Eats. October 8, 2009. Rachel Maddow continues her work pulling back the layers of American politics to expose underhanded and manipulative lobbying tactics to the public.
Jim Hightower, AlterNet. May 28, 2009. Contamination has become so widespread that major frozen food purveyors admit they can no longer ensure the safety of their products.
Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. April 6, 2009. There's been a lot of hype about a few new food bills. And while most of it is conspiracy theory there are some reasons to be alarmed.
Tim Kingston, AlterNet. March 19, 2009. Use your phone to access Goodguide.com and check product information on a free, socially conscious, ethical-shopping Web site.
Jim Harkness, TomPaine.com. June 4, 2007. The recent discovery of an industrial chemical in animal feed and pet food imported from China exposes the inherent weakness of an industrial global food system designed to benefit multinational agribusiness companies.
