Articles tagged “Food Safety”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

The Cafeteria Food Revolution By Lauren Howland IN Food & Health Aug 18 2011 Learn what food advocates are doing to help change cafeteria food in public schools. + READ MORE

Computer Program Forecasts Salmonella in Pork By Sara Novak IN Food & Health May 8 2011 If you can't stop it, head it off with computer software. + READ MORE

47 Percent of Supermarket Meat Contaminated with Staph By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Apr 22 2011 Gross but true. How to protect yourself from drug resistent contaminated meat. + READ MORE

How to Avoid Factory-Farmed Food: The Quick Version By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Dec 1 2010 With news that factory farms have been increasing in size at an unprecedented rate, it's more important than ever to make sure you know where your food comes from, and that it's not coming from a source that's largely unregulated and massively polluting. + READ MORE

BPA in Canned Foods: The Best and Worst Brands Out There By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Nov 27 2010 Congress recently failed to act on BPA. Canada and the EU now have a ban on the chemical in baby products. Here's a quick overview of some of the best and worst major food companies in the U.S. when it comes to BPA exposure. + READ MORE

6 Tricks Used to Sell Junk Food By Care2.com IN Food & Health Nov 3 2010 While many of the large-scale food production companies are leaning toward wellness initiatives, is the food industry really moving in the right direction, or are those just marketing ruses? Watch out for these six tricks used to try to sneak junk food onto your table. + READ MORE

Is "Humanely-Killed" Chicken Really Any Better? By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Oct 26 2010 There's something to be said for inflicting less pain on an animal, but two larger questions still loom: does the change make the killing truly humane, and is the method any better on the environment? + READ MORE

Everything You Think You Know About "Natural Food" is Wrong By Care2.com IN Food & Health Oct 6 2010 Once all of their cartons read “All Natural” but those days are numbered. The argument against the ice cream makers is that if products contain alkalized cocoa, corn syrup, hydrogenated oil or other ingredients that are anything but natural, they should use those words on the carton. But what does "all natural" really mean? + READ MORE

Why the Plan for England's Newest, Largest-Ever Dairy Farm Is Trouble By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Sep 28 2010 Dairy production in England might soon take on U.S. practices, where if you don't know how your milk is produced, chances are it is coming from a factory farm with conditions similar to those that led to the egg recall. + READ MORE

Stephen Colbert, Labor Activist, to Speak in Congress By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Sep 22 2010 Colbert will testify in Congress on the AgJOBS bill, which would help illegal immigrants find a path to legalization if they work on American farms. + READ MORE

Can We Get Antibiotics Out of the Meat Industry? By Care2.com IN Food & Health Sep 22 2010 Using antibiotics on animals in the meat industry has become the status quo, but does it have to be that way? Can we get antibiotics out of the meat industry? + READ MORE

FDA and USDA Employees Admit: Corporate Interests Reduce Food Safety By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Sep 15 2010 One in four of government food scientists and inspectors have witnessed food industry interests force their agencies to withdraw or change policies that were supposed to protect consumers. + READ MORE

Why Is the Gates Foundation So Close to Monsanto? By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Sep 13 2010 The suspicious relationship between the Gates Foundation and biotech giant Monsanto seems to be growing tighter, despite the company's massive seed failure in South Africa only last year, when local farmers lost millions of dollars. + READ MORE

Farming Helps Iraq and Afghanistan Vets Heal By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Food & Health Sep 12 2010 Nature has an immense power to heal, and an interesting trend is building among veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: some are turning to the land to heal the emotional damage wrought by war. + READ MORE

Cooking, Eating, and the Gulf Oil Spill: Restauranteur Joe Bastianich (Interview) By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Sep 3 2010 Joe Bastianich’s life charts a culinary adventure that ends with this nice Italian boy becoming one of America’s premier restaurateurs — as well as a noted winemaker, bon vivant, street-level philosopher, and eventually, a marathon runner. He sat down (with a glass of wine, of course) to talk about how he sees the Gulf Oil Spill affecting the country and food world at large. + READ MORE

Cooking, Eating, and the Gulf Oil Spill: Chef Sam Talbot (Interview) By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Sep 1 2010 At the forefront of the 'integrative kitchen' movement, Sam is one of America’s most original chefs. Diagnosed at a young age with juvenile diabetes, Sam lives every hour with a profound understanding of the impact of food on life and life on food. That understanding has become a uniquely creative driving force for his cooking style and recipes. He chatted with Planet Green about how his point of view and approach has been affected by the oil spill. + READ MORE

Cooking, Eating, and the Gulf Oil Spill: Chef David Burke By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Aug 28 2010 Chef David Burke is a busy guy. Between being a chef, entrepreneur, and food inventor, he sometimes scarcely has time to take a breath in between activities. He took time away from writing menus (and inventing new flavors of his ready-to-serve cocktail lollipops) to chat about his thoughts on the Gulf oil spill. + READ MORE

Cooking, Eating, and the Gulf Oil Spill: Chef Cesare Casella By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Aug 27 2010 Chef Cesare Casella grew up among the pots and pans of Vipore, the small trattoria his parents owned outside of Lucca, Italy. Since then, he's become a renowned Tuscan-style chef and the first Dean of Italian Studies at the French Culinary Institute. Though he grew up closer to the Mediterranean, we were pleased to chat with him about his reflections on the Gulf oil spill. + READ MORE

No, The Egg Recall Does Not Mean We Need Genetically Engineered Chickens By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Aug 24 2010 An argument some are using to push the FDA to be less picky about technology-enhanced animals. + READ MORE

EPA Bans Use of A Pesticide That's Been in Use Since 1970 By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Aug 18 2010 The EPA has changed its mind on the safety a widely-used pesticide, and Bayer has agreed stop producing it. Eventually. + READ MORE