By Carey Wedler For the first time in over four decades, McDonald’s is shrinking. The fast food giant is currently closing more restaurants in the United States than it is opening, signifying a period of contraction for the global corporation. McDonald’s announced in April that…
By Daisy Luther A red flag sign of an emotionally abusive relationship is when the abuser goes to great lengths to make the abused party seem “crazy” or “ridiculous.” This is actually just an attempt to maintain power in the relationship and the behavior worsens when…
By Sydney Barakat Recently, a multitude of fast food chains and other food companies have announced their transition toward healthier ingredients. However, it is immensely disturbing to learn about the ingredients being removed before making a switch to cleaner food. Food giants such as Chipotle,…
By Joshua Krause By now, I think we all know that fast food is incredibly unhealthy, and eating it on a regular basis is a surefire way to wreck your body and mind. The purveyors of these foods (if you can call what they serve…
By Simple Organic Life Last week, McDonald’s Japan apologized to a customer after they found bits of blue plastic in an order of their Chicken McNuggets. As a result, McDonald’s has pulled a million McNuggets from the factory. Another customer found a piece of vinyl…
By John Vibes, True Activist After spending over a year in Iceland’s National Museum, the last McDonalds meal sold in the country will now be going on display at the Bus Hostel in Reykjavik. The world-famous fast food chain shut down its Iceland locations in…
By Heather Callaghan It appears that the EU is both vulnerable and sought after – economically and geopolitically. Russia is making no bones about an open proposal to the EU. Essentially, dump the U.S. – don’t join the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), but join…
Image Credit: Flickr / Katy Warner Provided by True Activist and Real Farmacy It would be fair to assume that there are three ingredients in McDonald’s French fries: potatoes, oil, and salt. But if you assumed that you’d be far from correct McDonald’s began a…
By Amanda Froelich, True Activist McDonalds is one of the largest fast food franchises in the world, the average distance from any one point (in the US) being about 115 miles away. While the price tag on any menu option or meal is relatively cheap, its…
By Heather Callaghan Just in time for Halloween – if you hop on a plane to London, you can experience the scrum-didily-umptious taste of human flesh! Get your true-blue zombie fix and actually know what your friends must taste like… A London restaurant-caterer team-up is…
By Heather Callaghan But what will you do about it? The movie documentary FED UP may not have played at theaters near you – but very recently, it was made available on DVD and online. The tagline is: “It’s time to get real about food.”…
By Heather Callaghan One of the latest food scares has rocked Shanghai, China and the restaurant chains serving patrons there. Recent revelations have also rocked trust in the processed food system. A TV report on Sunday showed workers at a branch of Shanghai Husi Food…
Heather Callaghan What A McDonald’s Commercial SHOULD Look Like This is a segment from Russia Today’s (RT America) show called Redacted Tonight, airing Friday nights at 8pm ET. It is a new show hosted by social activist comedian, Lee Camp (not in video). And this…
by Jefferey Jaxen It is clear that we have just witnessed the largest single worldwide protest against a company and their products. What is also clear is the major public disgust for anything bearing the words ‘GMO’. Monsanto’s only refuge lies in massively funded mouthpieces…
By Brad Jordan Beef packing company sues ABC News for defamation Beef Products Inc. is suing ABC News for defamation after the news channel ran a series exposing its sale of “pink slime” filler in ground beef sold to most major retailers and the federal…
by Stephanie Relfe 100,000 people in a town called Tecoma, in Victoria, Australia, are fighting a battle to keep McDonald’s away from their town, where McDonald’s wants one of its junkstores to be built near the school, naturally, because when you push food that addicts…
By Brad Jordan Young people are waking up to real food; junk food companies are scrambling to get us back Bah dah, dah, dah, dah, dah… I’m not loving it, and trends show neither do other 18 to 36-year-old adults. According to market research, McDonald’s…
By Natural Blaze What could be more important than what we put into our bodies? Yeah, yeah that’s how all these preachy “health” posts begin. But really, stop and think about what you eat and absorb, and ask yourself on the most basic level if…
