Articles in Food Police
First it was baby bottles, infant formula can liners and baby toys that started going BPA-free to protect the most vulnerable members of our society from the potentially harmful effects of Bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical component of a …
Today is National Food Day, and events are taking place across the country to support six goals:
Reduce diet-related disease by promoting safe, healthy foods
Support sustainable farms & limit subsidies to big agribusiness
Expand access to food …
Once upon a time, food was food. It didn’t require too much thinking about, and what you saw was pretty much what you got.
Not so today.
Our industrial food system has complicated food beyond reason, and …
Few few foods evoke as much controversy as does soy. Depending on who you are and what expression of soy you’re eating, it can be either a healthy source of high-quality protein that may have …
One of the most common questions people as me is whether paying more for organic is “worth it.”
The answer, of course, depends on a whole number of factors, and, like most questions, is best answered …
I first encountered Alegria–which means ‘happiness’– when I was visiting Puebla, Mexico. It sort of looks like a thick rice cake, only it’s much denser and sweeter. The fact that it’s mostly sold in confectionary …
