Food issues

Superfoods is a buzzword now part of mainstream food and health language, often touted as miracle foods that cure all ills, stave off ageing and disease, or aid weight loss.

Foot-powered irrigation pumps are useful but limited. Diesel pumps are expensive. Solar-powered pumps could be an answer.

Overseen by a former chemical industry lobbyist, Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection resists regulations on substances that may be harmful to children and fetuses.

A new initiative to bypass the corporate media blackout on GMO foods and bring the issue to world attention has been launched.

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The road to mandatory labels is still long, with a 5-state trigger before the requirement goes into effect.

Whilst we all advance in life, leaving behind childhood friends and education; one thing remains consistent – the ever present lunchbox – only; this time, mum’s at her place, and we’re left with the tedious task of packing!

Recent anthropological research raises questions about whether our sedentary lifestyle contributes significantly to the obesity epidemic. Commentator Barbara J. King looks at the data and has thoughts on what it means for the Paleo diet.

Ben & Jerry’s has jumped into the movement against genetically modified food.

Dust storms are increasing in number in the U.S. What does having more dust in the air actually mean?

NEW YORK (AP) — A state appeals court panel had few sweet words Tuesday for a city health regulation that would fight diabetes and obesity by setting a size limit on sugary beverages sold in restaurants.

A Mid-Atlantic council imposes limits on shad and herring catches to help the fishery recover.

Sen. Bernie Sanders called out Monsanto for killing his amendment that would have given states the power require GMOs to be labeled on our food.

Municipal-run kitchens provide subsidised meals to the poor that are an appetising alternative to the abysmal quality and rampant corruption that plagues India's vast subsidised food distribution system.

The intervention from the Prime Minister that he wants to see a GM free-for-all across the UK will alarm those who deride genetic modification as ‘Frankenscience’.

On any weight loss plan you are generally encouraged to eat less and exercise on the most basic level but there is a way you can still fell full even if you are eating less than you normally do and that is by eating little and often.

The gulf between the growing peasant movement and the solutions advanced by the corporate food regime is not only vast, it separates actors and institutions that are diametrically opposed regarding who should control the world's food system.

The point of the inspection was to ensure that no employee had become infected by the Organic Antioxidant Blend or, in turn, passed the virus to friends or family.

To the alarm of France’s gastronomes, a growing number of restaurants now offer pre-prepared meals. Now some want to change the law to limit the word “restaurant” to those that serve the real thing.