Frito-Lay sued for labeling its GMO-filled snacks as “All Natural”
By Rady Ananda Less than a year after Frito-Lay announced plans to make half their products without “any artificial or synthetic ingredients,” the $13 billion company was sued last week in federal court for fraudulently marketing the snacks that contain… more »
Santa Cruz adopts food freedom resolution supporting private herd shares
By Rady Ananda Food Freedom On Sept. 13, California’s Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a “Resolution Recognizing the Rights of Individuals to Grow and Consume Their Own Food and to Enter into Private Contracts with Other… more »
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Uncle Sam Food History Exhibit Promotes Food Control
By Rady Ananda Oh, gag me with a bowl of propaganda. The National Archives is hosting an historical exhibit on government say in what we eat and grow and how to cook it: “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam: The Government's Effect on the American Diet.” From the… more »
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Controversial ag spending bill defunds local food systems, promotes meat monopoly
By Rady Ananda Plutocrats aimed another weapon at the nation’s poor and at small and midsized farmers, this time thru the 2012 agriculture appropriations bill, H.R. 2112, which the House passed on June 16. The 82-page bill returns some federal spending… more »
Tags: antitrust rules, banksters, biotechnology, cftc, commodity futures, commodity futures trading commission, corpogov, dodd-frank act, economics, factory farms, farmers, farmers markets, fda, federal food aid, food legislation, food sovereignty, futures speculation, genetically engineered food, gipsa, hr 2112, local food system, meat industry concentration, monopolies, ranchers, usda, wall street, wic
Home Rule takes a beating as Maine defeats food freedom bills
By Rady Ananda Food Freedom In the state that made international news this year when three towns passed a food sovereignty ordinance, two bills that would have bolstered them at the state level met with defeat in Maine’s legislative Agriculture,… more »
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FDA claims power to seize food without evidence of contamination
By Rady Ananda A few hours ago, the Food and Drug Administration declared it no longer needs credible evidence to seize food that may be contaminated. Ignoring the Fourth Amendment entirely, the FDA claims that based on mere suspicion that a food… more »
So how’s the Food Patriot Act working out so far?
By Rady Ananda Another armed food raid – this time on a company that provides nutritional supplements primarily for autism spectrum disorders and Alzheimer's disease – another day under the Food Safety Modernization Act. As predicted, the FSMA is… more »
BREAKING: Senate votes cloture on S 510 - must now be voted on in 60 days
By Rady Ananda Food Freedom By a vote of 74 to 25, at noon today, the U.S. Senate voted for cloture on S 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, which means it must now be voted on in the full Senate within 60 days. All amendments to the controversial… more »
S 510: The Crisis, the Attack, the Kill
By Rady Ananda In this three-part series, Food Chain Radio host Michael Olson interviews key people in the food freedom movement. From gun-blazing bureaucrats who attack small food producers to legislation like S 510 which threatens to hyper-regulate… more »
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