Big Food

Limbaugh: Liberals Want to Control Your Food!

Kristin Wartman | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Food Justice, Elites, Rush Limbaugh, Liberals, Corporations, The American Way of Eating, Tracie McMillan, Big Food, Food Industry, Food News

Limbaugh's a little late to the game on this one, the term food justice is hardly news and he joins an already long line of conservatives who criticize any attempt to reign in Big Food.

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On Display: The Health Effects Of Eating Too Much Sugar

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.05.2012

We need to know that we consume too much sugar and that it does us harm because, ostensibly, knowledge is power. In that spirit, we in public health have cause to welcome some important new allies to the mission of advancing health through better nutrition: museums.

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Why We Must Occupy Our Food Supply

Willie Nelson | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Big Food, Factory Farming, Jbs, Tyson Foods, Farmers, Cargill, Occupy BIg Food, Factory Farms, Small Farmers, Occupy Food, Monsanto, Food News

When our food is at risk we are all at risk. Over the last thirty years, we have witnessed a massive consolidation of our food system, leading to the loss of millions of family farmers, the destruction of soil fertility, the pollution of our water, and health epidemics.

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Paula Deen: From Big Food to Big Pharma

Kristin Wartman | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Big Pharma, Paula Deen, Big Food, Type 2 Diabetes, Paula Deen Diabetes, Food News

Personal responsibility and consumer choice are solutions heralded by conservatives and liberals alike--the idea being that ultimately good health comes down to what we choose to buy and eat. But it's not that simple.

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Paula Deen at the Crossroads: Punch Line or Role Model?

Nancy Huehnergarth | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Big Food, Type 2 Diabetes, Healthy Eating Habits, Paula Deen Diabetes, Pharmaceutical Industry, Food Network Star Diabetes, Food Network, Paula Deen, Victoza, Pharmaceuticals, Novo Nordisk, Food News

Could Deen's diabetes diagnosis act as a wake up call to those in denial about the relationship between what you eat and your health?

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Nestle Announces Big Layoffs

Chatsworth, CA Patch | Saul Daniels | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Layoffs, Big Food, Nestle Factory Layoffs, Nestle Lays Off Employees, Nestle Layoffs, Nestle Chatsworth, Nestle, Recession, Nestle Frozen Foods, Food News

Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. And Goodbye! Nestlé USA will lay off 103 Chatsworth employees on February 1, according to the San Fernando Valley...

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Top Six Food Politics Lessons Learned in 2011

Nancy Huehnergarth | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Let's Move, National School Lunch Program, Michelle Obama, Big Food, Nutrition, School Lunches, Food Politics, Food News

This hasn't been a banner year for improving America's food system, food environment or food policies. A look back demonstrates that not only have we failed to make any new progress in food and nutrition policy, but we actually appear to be moving backwards.

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WATCH: Big Food Ads Obsessed With Farmers, Freshness

Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: McDonald's Advertising, Big Food Ads, Food Commercial, Big Food, Video, Mcdonald's Ads, Food Ads, Food Commercials, Food News

McDonald's new ad campaign, set to debut January 2, focuses on the farmers that supply McDonald's with food. It's a different strategy than previous ...

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The Food Network Broke My Heart

Martha Burk | Posted 01.27.2012

Read More: Minimum Wage, Hunger, Food Network, Poverty, Chopped, Lunch Lady, Food Insecurity, School Lunches, Childhood Hunger, Low Wage Work, Big Food, Food News

The Food Network's popular reality series Chopped departed from its standard lineup of contestants this past week to feature an unusual group of chefs: lunch ladies.

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Does Capitalism Have to Promote Child Abuse?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: French Fries, Usda, Agribiz, Pizza, Herman Cain, Obesity, Mission Readiness, Family Values, School Lunch, Big Food, Food News

Republicans have torpedoed the USDA's attempts to reduce the amount of pizza, french fries and salt that our kids consume at school. Why? Because the frozen pizza companies, the salt industry and potato growers asked them to. Really. It's that simple.

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How Did Our Food Get So Crazy?

Christina Pirello | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Big Food, Food Marketing, Healthy Living Body, Food Company Profits, Nutrition, Unhealthy Diets, Junk Food Marketing, Unhealthy Food, Healthy Living News

Sandwiched between each program are ads for food, all kinds of food -- bizarre food, excessive food, greasy, salty, sugary food, diet food, fast food, convenient food -- but no food that supports human health.

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Kraft Foods To Split In Two

AP | SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Kraft Two Companies, Kraft Foods, Oreos, Kraft, Big Food, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, Kraft Splits in Two, Grocery Stores, Food News

PORTLAND, Ore. — Kraft Foods Inc. said Thursday it plans to split into two publicly traded companies, with one focusing on its international sna...

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Would This Video Make You Stop Eating Beef? Futures Traders Think So

Martha Rosenberg | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Mercy for Animals, e6 Cattle Company, Animal Cruelty, Kirt Espenson, Big Food, Animal Abuse, Green News

After this video broke, June delivery for live cattle at the Chicago Mercantile exchange fell to $1.15 per pound, down over one percent.

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Let's Ask Marion Nestle: How Did Junk Food and Obesity Become a Red State / Blue State Debate?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Marion Nestle, Food Fight, Culture War, Rush Limbaugh, Good Food Movement, David Frum, Glenn Beck, Obesity, Industrial Agriculture, Junk Food, Sarah Palin, Big Food, Food News

I cornered NYU Professor of Nutrition Marion Nestle to ask why the issues of junk food and obesity have become so incredibly politicized.

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We Can't Reform Health Care without Reforming Food

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

Without any real changes in how our food is produced, the health care system will continue to bloat and fall apart. Not unlike the insides of an average American body.

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Is It Time For The "Mommy Lobby" Or A "Time Out" For Lobbyists?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: New York Times, Big Food, Hamburger, E.Coli, Children, Lobbyists, Healthcare, Health, Robyn O'Brien, Healthy Living News

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, in 2009, the Agribusiness Industry has spent a total of 1,071 lobbyists who have spent $69,077,420 on lobbying efforts in 2009 to date.

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The World's Biggest Burger & 19 Other Record-Breaking Foods (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World's Largest Food, World's Biggest Food, Big Food, World's Biggest Tamale, World's Biggest Meatball, Word's Biggest Burger, Slidepoll, Food, Slideshow, World's Biggest Hamburger, Biggest Burger, Comedy Slideshows, Comedy News

This has been a big year for big food records. Since 2009 began we've seen folks set the world records for biggest burger, tamale, meatball, cheesecak...

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Stop Big Food From Using the Playbook of Big Tobacco

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Usda, Big Tobacco, Big Food, Food Inc., Fda, Lobbying, Health, Food Safety, Obesity, Health Care, Surgeon General, Campaign Finance Reform, Farm Subsidies, Green News

While millions still die of smoking related illness every year, it's not too late to lift the veil from Big Food, and in doing so, save lives and public health for years to come.

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