Business Week Scott Simplot, son of industrial potato pioneer JR Simplot, is following in his father’s footsteps, and then some. Simplot Sr. made factory farm history when he patented frozen french fries back in the 1950s and became the largest potato supplier to McDonald’s. He priced out competitors by industrializing his farm and [...]

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The Washington Post recently took a spanking from the FDA over a story they broke Sunday about the controversial antibiotic cefquinome, which scientists fear could weaken the effectiveness of its human counterpart cefepime, a powerful antibiotic that has been described as the “only effective treatment for serious infections in cancer patients and a reliable lifesaver [...]

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Organic Consumers Association Although the lawsuit that Cornucopia brought against the USDA requesting previously withheld documents through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was dismissed last week, it’s being labeled a victory by Cornucopia codirector Mark Kastel, because the USDA National Organic Program handed over about 2,500 pages worth of documents while the [...]

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Today’s column is about motivation. I mean, why should we care about sustainable food? Why should we care about keeping small farms and small businesses alive? There are so many problems in the world, why should I care about this one? I care partly because it’s “good” for me, but I [...]

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Scientific American In a study released Tuesday, researchers at Harvard University say that women who drink low-fat milk may have lower fertility rates than those who indulge in whole milk. In fact, women who ate one serving of full-fat dairy a day were 27 percent less likely to suffer from anovulatory infertility than [...]

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