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How Did Our Food Get So Crazy?

Christina Pirello | Posted 10.29.2011 | Healthy Living
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
Christina Pirello

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 | Home
Read More: Kraft Two Companies, Kraft Foods, Oreos, Kraft, Big Food, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, Kraft Splits in Two, Grocery Stores, Home 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 | Green
Read More: Mercy for Animals, e6 Cattle Company, Animal Cruelty, Kirt Espenson, Big Food, Animal Abuse, Green News
Martha Rosenberg

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 | Home
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, Home News
Kerry Trueman

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 | Green
Read More: Big Food, Issue 2, Animal Rights, Humane Society, Rick Berman, Agriculture, Ohio, Illegal Immigration, Center for Consumer Freedom, Human Trafficking, Farms, Corporations, Rachel Maddow, Health Care Reform, Agribusiness, Food, Politics and Food, Health Care, Food Politics, Green News
Bob Cesca

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

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 | Comedy
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 | Green
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
Paula Crossfield

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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