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battle royal

Is Michelle Obama about to take on Big Food? 40
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago While the First Lady has been exercising what diplomats would call her "soft power" for a while, i.e. planting a garden, making speeches on healthy eating, and so on, indications are that she's quietly developing a set of policy recommendations to reform the food system.
Paging Dr. Pepper

Pollan says health-care reform will fail unless we change the way we eat 11
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
First in The New York Times last week and then on NPR this weekend, Michael Pollan made that point that if we want to fix our health-care system, we have to fix our food system.
A Label Too Far

Big Food’s ‘Smart Choices’ label raises eyebrows at the FDA 4
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
You don't need to be a nutritionist with an advanced degree to know that Froot Loops only qualifies as a "Smart Choice" on Planet Kelloggs. Even the FDA can see the bowlful of holes in this logic.
Crunchy, but not granola

Lay’s: the locavore’s junk food? 3
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
You can come out of the closet about your chip habit -- turns out, Lay's is local!
Pot calling the kettle green

Smithfield brings home McDonald’s corporate responsibility prize 2
Posted 7 months ago
Smithfield Foods CEO announces that the pork giant has been recognized for social responsibility -- by McDonald's.
Big Tobacco, reheated

Researchers: Food industry looks to tobacco for inspiration 5
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Apparently, Big Oil isn't the only industry that has cast an admiring gaze at Big Tobacco's track record of avoiding regulation and accountability for decades.