By Brandon Turbeville Two days after it was revealed that a veteran leader within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was assisting Coca-Cola and International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) in influencing world health authorities on issues related to sugar and beverage policy, Dr. Barbara…
By Chris Veritas By now it should be no surprise to the readers of this website that glyphosate was found in Quaker Oats cereal, or that Quaker Oats claims this is no big deal, even though said oats are supposed to be all-natural. I guess…
By Andrea Germanos Victory for Monroe County, Penn. community comes on heels of another loss of bottled water giant in Ore. After facing community resistance, bottled beverage giant Nestlé Waters North America this week ditched its plans to extract water from a Monroe County, Penn. spring….
By Brianna Acuesta Michelle Obama helped to announce on Friday that the FDA approved a new set of requirements for food nutrition labels for the first time in decades. At a health summit in Washington, the FLOTUS said, “I am thrilled that the FDA has…
By Amanda Froelich Because the retail company can’t keep up with the demand for organics, it has launched a pilot program to help farmers buy land and grow chemical-free crops. Within the next few decades, the trend of eating wholesome, organic food is on the…
By SM Gibson Omaha, NE – On Saturday, 85-year-old billionaire Warren Buffett attributed his health and happiness in life to eating fudge, peanut brittle, and consuming a kidney-crushing amount of Coca-Cola. While speaking with reporters at the yearly shareholders’ meeting of his company, Berkshire Hathaway, Buffet said he gets a…
By Amanda Froelich The ‘365 Store’ is a budget-friendly version of Whole Foods that will be opening in May. Whole Foods is many things, but affordable for the majority of the population, it is not. Because the health-focused grocery store is often referred to as…
By Claire Bernish A small town in Pennsylvania is the latest to be targeted by Nestlé Waters North America, which, in typical fashion, is seeking to extract millions of gallons of freshwater to bottle and sell for an obscene profit — whether or not local…
By Brandon Turbeville When most major food corporations are forced to abandon toxic chemicals in their food products, the companies generally try to make as big a deal as possible out of the change so as to take full advantage of the positive public relations…
By John Vibes An 11-year-old girl recently landed a million dollar deal with Whole Foods for her family’s lemonade recipe. The young girl Mikaila began her business by adopting her family’s lemonade recipe for a lemonade stand, and eventually was able to expand her small operation…
By Brandon Turbeville As Easter approaches, one of the days for chocolate sales of the year, new concerns are emerging regarding levels of dangerous heavy metals and their presence in name brand chocolates. The news was brought out to the public as a result of…
By Brandon Turbeville Ever since its inception, the FDA’s influence has steadily grown over the products consumed by millions of Americans and over the choices the American people are able to make regarding those products. For many, the FDA stands as America’s gold standard and…
By Claire Bernish United States — General Mills’ announcement Friday that it would voluntarily label products containing genetically-modified ingredients means Vermont, one of the smallest states in the Union, might have just managed a coup for consumers. Vermont’s new law, which requires such labeling, goes into…
By Kristan T. Harris General Mills has decided to start labeling ingredients that are genetically modified (GMO) within their products nationwide, Star Tribune reports. “We can’t label our products for only one state without significantly driving up costs for our consumers, and we simply won’t do that,” Jeff Harmening,…
By Brandon Turbeville The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) was found guilty on Friday, March 11, of violating the “spirit and letter” of the state of Washington’s Campaign Finance Disclosure Laws by attempting to shield the identities of the corporations that dumped millions of dollars into a…
By Daisy Luther If you need another reason to avoid the processed foods that have taken over the American diet, here it is. A cell phone video from inside the Kellogg’s factory in Memphis, Tennessee was just released, and it showed a man urinating on…
By Brandon Turbeville DiGiorno pizzas, Stouffer’s and Lean Cuisine are all making the rounds in the news headlines as of late. But it is not because of a new product line or new marketing strategy – it is because of a massive recall due to…
By Claire Bernish United States — “Your parmesan cheese products do not contain any parmesan,” stated one of several FDA warnings to Castle Cheese Inc., in 2012. Another alarmingly rebuked, “your product labels declare that the products are parmesan cheese or romano cheese, but they are in fact…
By Heather Callaghan (Much of this article was originally published 2 years ago at Activist Post and is posted here with updates to provide context for current events) Big food companies enjoy greater sales and popularity using social media. Nestle takes it even further with its…
By Carey Wedler Though McDonald’s remains a powerful force in the global fast food marketplace, its recent PR disasters, from its ‘19 ingredients in the french fries’ fiasco to its use of abused poultry, have motivated the company to rebrand itself. McDonald’s has made not only…
