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    Cheap Food does not Equal Higher Quality of Life

    Posted on January 28th . View Comments
    For decades, the federal government has watched idly while a few gigantic companies grabbed ever-greater control of the food industry. As big players gobble smaller ones, they concentrate power at ...
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    Fake organic food proliferate from China

    Posted on November 6th . View Comments
    The organic label is meant to signify that a food is relatively environmentally friendly: Organic producers are forbidden from using many synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. When that organic food comes ...
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    High Fructose Corn Syrup

    Posted on September 30th . View Comments
    High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has, over the past few decades, gradually displaced cane and beet sugar as the sweetener of choice for soft drinks, candy and prepared foods. In ...
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    Aisle be Damned

    Posted on March 5th . View Comments
    If a 'natural and organic' supermarket such as Whole Foods sells the same junk as everyone else, then what's the point? Not long ago I made one of my periodic forays ...
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    Organic Cigarettes

    Posted on January 20th . View Comments
    Oxymoronic as it may sound, I can imagine plans are seriously being drawn by a major cigarette company to introduce a new line of 'organic' cigarettes brand in order to ...
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    The Illusionary Promises of Organic Food

    Posted on September 16th . View Comments
    I'm sure at least you have once purchased something that had the label organic on it. Did you remember why? What did you think of it when you brought it ...
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    The Organic Certification Process is a Monopoly

    Posted on September 7th . View Comments
    Say you are a small farmer with a descent sized plot of about 11 football fields, just under 20 acres. With that, you and your family are ...