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Food and BeverageRegulation and Legislation
Activists fight cartoons marketing fast food to kids
October 19, 2011Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality, sat down with the originators of an open letter to McDonalds, including a top food activist, author and professor who signed the letter, to get their take on the scope and magnitude of the issue.
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Dubious about handing out Halloween candy full of scary ingredients like HFCS and artificial colors? Be the most popular house on the block by offering any of these organic, delicious goodies for trick-or-treaters.
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After the prolonged negative media attention surrounding high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), the sweetener adopted a tarnished reputation. Now, the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) is referring to high fructose corn syrup as “corn sugar”, with a pending FDA relabeling request currently in the mix.
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Fun and festivities from Isabelle Farm Family Day, which benefited Growe Foundation, a non-profit that incorporates school gardens into Boulder, Colo., elementary school lesson plans.
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With innovative new technologies, shrimp is now being farmed with fully sustainable methods—and far closer to home.
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Seattle mom Corey Colwell-Lipson started a grassroots effort to make Halloween not only healthier, but greener and a lot more fun. She’s on to a sweet idea.
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Dozens of women in the natural products industry gathered to network, brainstorm and support one another at Natural Products Expo East 2011 in Baltimore.
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Find out which innovative manufacturers reigned supreme at Natural Products Expo East’s New Product Showcase Awards of 2011.
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Jonathan Bloom’s book American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food provides an in-depth exploration of both the reasons why Americans, who once valued frugality, are wasteful, and the consequences that come from this food loss.