food

The Organic Watergate: Advocates Condemn USDA’s Relationship with Corporate Agribusiness

By EcoWatch / May 19, 2012

Cornucopia Institute The nation’s leading organic farming watchdog, The Cornucopia Institute, is challenging what it calls a “conspiracy” between corporate agribusiness interests and the U.S. Department of Agrciulture (USDA) that has increasingly facilitated the use of questionable synthetic additives and even dangerous chemicals in organic foods. In its new white paper, The Organic Watergate, Cornucopia […]

World’s Cheapest Food Is in the U.S.—But at What Cost?

By EcoWatch / April 18, 2012

Deadly Bacteria Found in Gulf Coast Tar Balls

By EcoWatch / March 30, 2012

Arsenic in Organic Foods Reveals a Wider Problem for All Food Production

By EcoWatch / February 22, 2012

Grainwashing—Organic Vs. Natural Cereal

By EcoWatch / December 12, 2011

The Ugly Truth about Kids’ Cereals

By EcoWatch / December 7, 2011

Environmental Working Group Parents have good reason to worry about the sugar content of children’s breakfast cereals, according to an Environmental Working Group (EWG) review of 84 popular brands. Kellogg’s Honey Smacks, at nearly 56 percent sugar by weight, leads the list of the 10 worst children’s cereals, according to EWG’s analysis. In fact, a […]