Why Cesar Chavez Is Still as Relevant as Ever
By Steve Holt This article originally appeared on TakePart Modern-day wage struggles, slavery highlight the importance of the late labor...
Is The Dietitians’ Trade Group in Bed with the Junk Food Industry?
The largest trade group of nutrition professionals—the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics—has a serious credibility problem. The Academy represents 74,000...
In 2013, The GMO Food Fight Continues
A guest post by Food Revolution Summit Speaker Ronnie Cummins On November 6, in the wake of one of the most expensive...
How the Food Movement Is Gaining Strength
More and more people are realizing that our food chain is in crisis. Agribusiness has made profits more important than...
Greed, Cancer and Pink KFC Buckets
We live in a world of profound contradictions. Some things are just unbelievably strange. At times I feel like I’ve...
Can GMOs Like Golden Rice Help End World Hunger?
Biotech companies and GMO-advocates have touted golden rice and other GM foods as a solution to world hunger. But the reality is much more sobering.
Beyond the Polarized Debate: Why Does Healthcare Cost So Much?
The debate over healthcare can be intensely polarizing. But whatever role you believe government should play, one fact is indisputable....
Is McDonalds Betraying our Kids by Barraging them with Junk Food Ads?
We worry so much about the many dangers to our children, like drugs and pedophiles and violence. But we often...
Being Fat in America
We can, as a society, be astoundingly cruel to people who are obese. They might be creative, caring and hopeful...
Are So Called Eco Terrorists Falsely Prosecuted?
In early January 2011, the Pennsylvania Homeland Security office received a heavy dose of well-deserved scrutiny. It seems the office...
The Dark Side of Happy Cows
The California Milk Board extended their series of "Happy Cow" ads. But the true plight of factory farmed dairy cows keeps them anything but happy.
Did Monsanto Trick California Voters?
California could have been the first state in the nation to mandate the labeling of genetically engineered foods. We would...
