Congress Focuses on Our Nation’s Food Supply
Following the lead of the U.S. Senate, yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Food Safety Modernization Act – commonly referred to as the Food Safety Bill. Our industry is committed to...
View ArticleFirst Lady Lunches with Local Elementary School Students
Earlier today First Lady Michelle Obama joined U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., to announce the first major changes to the school...
View ArticleHow Would You Spend $1.5 Billion?
If a politician in Washington, D.C. asked you how to spend $1.5 billion, what would you recommend? Keep in mind, it’s taxpayer money, so you can’t use it to fly you and your sweetie to Paris for a...
View ArticleHome is where the Diners, Drive-ins and Dives are…
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives has become a cable phenomenon, attracting celebrities like Kid Rock, who took the Food Network host, Guy Fieri, to a church-turned-restaurant for classic comfort food,...
View ArticleBugs Bunny: Bargain Shopper?
A recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture offers goods news to health conscious, price-savvy grocery shoppers: fruits and vegetables (by weight) cost less than so-called “junk food.”...
View ArticleBaby Boomers and the Nanny State
There’s a perplexing dichotomy in America right now between a population that is getting increasingly older and lawmakers who are increasingly trying to tell people what to eat and drink. According to...
View ArticleA Food Code the Size of the Tax Code
Barclays Center is a long-awaited new entertainment and sports arena that just opened in Brooklyn, N.Y., where Jay Z has been performing all week to sold-out audiences. According to the New York Times,...
View ArticleBad Science, Even Worse Public Policy
Last week, the Center for Science in the Public Interest renewed its call for a soda tax to be part of the fiscal cliff deal. This is a misguided approach for several reasons. As we’ve mentioned...
View ArticleSome People Just Can’t Take “No” For An Answer
A 2008 Gallup Poll asked married couples which of them was most likely to handle different household chores – the husband or the wife. While a majority of husbands were more likely to keep the car in...
View ArticleEnough. Science By Press Release Needs to Stop
Too often, PR shops play the role of the wizard behind the curtain, spinning and shaping scientific abstracts and studies without offering context or perspective. And just as often as those releases...
View ArticleWorth A Read: Why SNAP Restrictions Don’t Work
“Heavy-handed,” “unduly intrusive” and “reeks of overreach.” The Washington Times must have read our minds this morning when they took on the issue of SNAP benefit restrictions. Recently the...
View ArticleGrocer to Government: SNAP Out Of It!
In recent months, SNAP benefits – better known as food stamps – have come under fire from politicians, and most recently, a group of mayors called for soda to be disqualified for purchase by SNAP...
View ArticleProposed Warning Labels Fall Flat With Consumers
A proposed bill that would require warning labels on sugar-sweetened beverages failed in the California Assembly Health Committee last year and again in the Senate Health Committee in April. Now, San...
View Article2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Failed To Remain In Their...
We’ve been saying that the panel charged with making dietary recommendations for Americans went way beyond its mandate into the realm of ideology instead of nutritional science. Thankfully, members of...
View ArticleHere We Go Again…
The federal nutrition panel that is under fire for using personal opinions rather than science in its dietary recommendations is now being accused of going after energy drinks without basis. Glenn...
View ArticleDoes Some Dietary Advice Hurt Us More Than It Helps Us?
A University of California professor is questioning whether the federal government’s dietary advice has hurt Americans more than it’s helped them. The U.S. Dietary Guidelines have given erroneous...
View ArticleBarking Up the Wrong Tree
A Rochester Institute of Technology economics professor says that a recent study from Cornell University proves that policies aimed at restricting certain foods and beverages “are likely to be both...
View ArticleDavis Businesses Voice Their Concerns About a Soda Tax
Small businesspeople in the California town of Davis are just finding out about an attempt by food police to tax beverages in the city and are warning fellow citizens about what it means. “How can you...
View ArticleWhy is Nutrition Advice Always Changing?
Health activists are constantly touting the newest study as the basis for claims against the latest food, beverage or ingredient they have targeted. So it was nice to see one of the most vocal...
View ArticleKeeping the Government Out of Our Grocery Carts
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway says that the government should not be in the business of telling Americans what to eat and drink. Conaway has expressed concern about discriminatory...
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