The Book: "SALT, SUGAR, FAR: HOW THE FOOD GIANTS HOOKED US"
“A shocking, galvanizing manifesto against the corporations manipulating nutrition to fatten their bottom line."
Feb 26, 2013 NPR
From food scientists who study the human palate to maximize consumer bliss, to marketing campaigns that target teens to hook them for life on a brand, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Moss' new book goes inside the world of processed,... http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/26/172969363/how-the-food-industry-manipulates-taste-buds-with-salt-sugar-fat?ft=1&f=13
Feb 26, 2013 The Guardian
SALT, SUGAR, FAR: HOW THE FOOD GIANTS HOOKED US From a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter at The New York Times - Michael Moss
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/feb/24/salt-sugar-fat-moss-review
Feb 20, 2013 - New York Times
THE EXTRAORDINARY SCIENCE OF ADDICTIVE JUNK FOOD The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html?ref=michaelmoss&_r=0
HOW THE JUNK FOOD INDUSTRY HAS ENCOURAGED US TO EAT OURSELVES TO DEATH http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997370091/how-the-junk-food-industry-has-encouraged-us-to-eat-ourselves-to-death
CAN FOOD BE AS ADDICTIVE AS A DRUG? - New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE3DE123EF931A35753C1A9679D8B63&ref=michaelmoss
Feb 26, 2013 - TruthOut
OUR FOOD SYSTEM IS IN CRISIS DUE TO TECHNOLOGY RUN AMOK AND MONOPOLIZING CORPORATIONS http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14736-our-food-system-is-in-crisis-due-to-technology-run-amock-and-monopolizing-corporations
OXFARM: WORLD'S LARGEST FOOD COMPANIES CREATING LEGACY OF DESTRUCTION http://sco.lt/6sSzK5
AMERICANS EAT THE CHEAPEST FOOD IN THE WORLD, BUT WHAT IS IT COSTING US? TreeHugger http://www.treehugger.com/health/americans-eat-the-cheapest-food-in-the-world-but-what-is-it-really-costing-us.html?campaign=daily_nl
AMERICANS 'ARE SICKER AND DIE YOUNGER' THAN PEOPLE IN OTHER WEALTHY NATIONS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3994849221/americans-are-sicker-and-die-younger-than-people-in-other-wealthy-nations-obesity-plus
STARVING BY ACCIDENT: ARE AMERICANS EATING REAL FOOD? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1663997020/starving-by-accident-are-americans-eating-real-food
April 9, 2012 Christopher Cook, author of “Diet for a Dead Planet,” states that, “It is no longer news that a few powerful, multi-national for-profit-only corporations have literally occupied the vast majority of human sustenance. The situation is perilous…. This corporate occupation of our food isn’t just unfair and wrong; it’s impractical and destructive. It’s ruining farmers, the land and our future food supply.” http://veracityvoice.com/?p=14387
GO BEHIND THE BRANDS : Oxfam report shows multinational companies failing on CSR goals - INFOGRAPH | http://www.scoop.it/t/environmental-and-human-health/p/3997516761/go-behind-the-brands-oxfam-report-shows-multinational-companies-failing-on-csr-goals-infograph
WHY WE POISON OUR FOOD AND DR. SEUSS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997621310/why-we-poison-our-food-and-dr-seuss
CHEMICAL CREEP: HOW TOXIC CHEMICALS ARE SNEAKING INTO YOUR FOOD AND YOUR BODY - March 7, 2013 Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/toxic-chemicals-food-body_n_2829270.html
BEE-KILLING CHEMICALS LURK INSIDE YOUR FOOD: AGROCHEMICALS THREAT TO WILD BEES, FOOD SECURITY AND BIODIVERSITY http://sco.lt/8mGvg1
POISONED FOR PROFIT - HOW TOXINS ARE MAKING OUR CHILDREN CHRONICALLY ILL http://www.poisonedforprofit.net/
WHAT PESTICIDE EXPOSURE IS DOING TO YOUR BODY http://sco.lt/7IKHmD
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PBS VIDEO REPORT
IN EL SALVADOR, AMERICAN JUNK FOOD CREATING CHAOS WITH HEALTH, CHILDREN AND CULTURAL NORMS - VIDEO REPORT http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997415995/in-el-salvador-american-junk-food-creating-chaos-with-health-children-and-cultural-norms-video-report
VIDEO INTERVIEW Feb 28, 2013 - Democracy Now "SALT SUGAR FAT" NY TIMES REPORTER MICHAEL MOSS ON HOW THE FOOD GIANTS HOOKED AMERICA (AND THE WORLD) ON JUNK FOOD http://www.democracynow.org/seo/2013/3/1/salt_sugar_fat_ny_times_reporter
WATCH: March 1, 2013 TreeHugger
HIP HOP VIDEO COMPARES THE BIG FOOD INDUSTRY TO DRUG DEALERS - "Poor diets kill more brothers than pistols." http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/hip-hop-video-compares-food-industry-drug-dealers.html
NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO'S ROUNDUP - THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE http://sco.lt/8iHda5
WATCH:
A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTARY (1 hr)
"CONSUMING KIDS: THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF CHILDHOOD" - FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE http://sco.lt/6Qs0p7
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AND THE NEXT SCANDAL(S): -
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE GMOs - A MOTHER'S VOICE http://sco.lt/9Dv6VF
GMO IN CONSUMER PROCESSED AND RAW FOODS: TOP BREAKFAST CEREALS THAT CONTAIN MONSANTO'S GMO CORN http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/breakfast-cereals-monsanto-gmo-corn/
AFRICA: NAMBIA AGRONOMIC BOARD CONDEMNS GENETICALLY MODIFIED MAIZE FOUND IN CONSUMER FOOD PRODUCTS http://www.scoop.it/t/environmental-and-human-health/p/3997561898/nambia-agronomic-board-condemns-genetically-modified-maize-found-in-consumer-food-products
PATENT FOR A PIG: Scientists "improve" transgenic GMO 'Enviropigs' http://sco.lt/7hrnF3
THE DRUG STORE IN AMERICAN MEAT: Sustainable Farming vs. CAFOs Factory Farming http://sco.lt/5HajhZ
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I plan on using this article to show the reality of how many products are in the market. This will be included in my food subtopic. The article helps even me realize the large scale of chemical engineering involved in the food industry.