Voters say ‘no’ to tax on sugary drinks, labels on genetically engineered food
FoodPolitik: Food Day and 'first world problems' - TheDC Opinion
Americans apparently come in first place for taking our prosperity — and our food — for granted
FoodPolitik: Do we really need a 'Food Day'? - TheDC
Holiday that nearly died in 1970s is back with a vengeance
FoodPolitik: A fat tax for an obese bureaucracy - TheDC Opinion
Mayor Bloomberg encourages UN to adopt strict, NYC-style food regulations to make healthy foods the ‘default’ option
World food prices nearing new record - Bloomberg
After falling for several months following their all-time record in February, food prices are surging again, stoking inflation fears
Chinese watermelon explosion - AP
Fields of exploding watermelons in China prompt questions about famers’ use, and misuse, of chemicals
Representatives of 12 nations compete for the title of top embassy chef - TheDC
Diplomacy took a backseat to head-to-head cooking competition Tuesday night
Al Gore is half right on ethanol
Gore has come out against corn ethanol, but he continues to support cellulosic ethanol. There’s a reason for that.
Vino Veritas: Americans drink more wine than the French - TIME
A new study ranks the U.S. as the top wine-consuming nation in the world
Farm subsidies face $30B hit under Ryan's budget plan - AP
Paul Ryan has proposed cutting agriculture subsidies by $30 billion over the next 10 years
Happy Meal critical lawmaker sneaks Big Macs - NYP
‘I’m a fast-food aficionado. My typical lunch is getting something from Popeye’s or McDonald’s.’
Caffeine junkie? Blame it on your DNA - TheDC
A new study shows caffeine addiction is a genetic trait
FoodPolitik: Mark Bittman's food snobbery - TheDC Opinion
The Bittman-inspired foodie movement’s goal is to encourage us all to roll back the clock on farming and food production, to a practically pre-Industrial Revolution framework
Food coloring linked to ADHD? - NYT
The Food and Drug Administration meets this week to see whether artificial food dyes cause hyperactivity in children
Self-control can make you angry - TIME
Psychological research suggests exercising self-control leads to irritability and aggression
USDA spends $60 mil in climate change crop research - AP
One study will focus on Midwestern corn, another on wheat in the Northwest and a third on Southern pine forests
FoodPolitik: Trim the budget by cutting radical activism - TheDC Opinion
PBS to showcase 90-minute special designed to push an anti-meat agenda under the guise of mainstream health advice
FoodPolitik: Chewing on 40 years of food policing - TheDC Opinion
What did you have for lunch today? It doesn’t really matter. Whatever it was, it’s probably going to cause heart disease, cancer, or hypertension
Breast milk ice cream anyone? - Reuters
A London shop will soon serve a breast milk ice cream mixture which creators have named, ‘Baby Gaga’
