Snack Co. Blends Common, Alt Grains

Usually corn and quinoa are consumed by two different demographics. Corn is in almost everything, whether we realize it or not. Most animals are fed corn or soy, as food engineering allows farmers to produce crops faster. Quinoa, a cult food among the alternative crowd seeking gluten-free grains, is popular thanks to its many benefits [...]

Photoshop-Inspired Beauty: Cellulite Creams

The baby boomer generation of women don’t understand why generation X cares so much about cellulite. I guess that’s because they weren’t dating in the age of Photoshop. We are supposed to feel like men appreciate women with curves but everyone prefers firm to flabby. Genes do ultimately define our shape but how toned we [...]

Is GMO Broccoli Next?

An announcement from Monsanto and Apio (a unit of Landec Corp.) suggests that broccoli might be the next vegetable to be tweaked in the lab. Such products are labeled as enriched and at first seem positive additions to the grocery shelves, as they are marketed as multi-tasking products that are healthier than the original versions. [...]

New Product Review: Clif Mojo & Luna Bars

Every fall the Expo East wellness and health food convention brings retailers, writers and product developers together to showcase existing and new products. Just a few years ago I spoke to a man about chips that were made in an unconventional manner. Two years later Pop chips have a following across the nation, including in [...]

Apple: A Giant Underdog?

It seems no matter how big Apple grows, it always maintains underdog status. The U.S. government’s supposed antitrust investigations (WSJ) are insanely arbitrary and their regulation of food, media and technology equally random. In recent months, anyone that reads a major metropolitan newspaper would have learned that GMO alfalfa is OK, but Apple taking a hefty [...]

U.S. Gov’t Deregulates Genetically Modified Alfalfa

The Department of Agriculture has moved to deregulate genetically engineered alfalfa. The decision is a win for one of America’s biggest agricultural companies, publicly traded Monsanto, which developed a Roundup Ready alfalfa seed with Forage Genetics International (FGI). Genetically engineered seeds are usually touted by the makers as having three benefits: higher crop yield, weed [...]

Entrepreneur Profile: Little Duck Organics

A recovery from the worst recession in about seven decades may not seem like the ideal time to start a new food business, but Zak Normandin forged ahead. With a Just Do It kind of attitude, the New Hampshire-based professional and co-founder of design house Redwood Concepts started an organic dried fruits business called Little [...]

European Union Member States Debate GMO Crops

A few member states of the European Union are debating genetically modified organisms, specifically potatoes. A form of genetically engineered potato was approved by the European Commission in March 2010, for use to develop industrial starch. BASF’s approved GE potato, Amflora, received the OK from the EC in March and was to later receive formal [...]

An 11-Year-Old Takes On the Food “System”

This amazing 11 year old, Birke Baehr, spoke at a TED event about what is wrong with the food system in America and what we can do to change things. From pesticides and genetically modified seeds, to sugar-laden cereals and marketing to kids, this kid makes amazing points. Most important, though, is that he knows [...]

The Food Orgasm: Coconut Milk Frozen Dessert

Love is the only reason I can justify spending $7 on a pint of frozen dessert. Tonight, when I brought my basket to the register at Garden of Eden, the checkout girl was dumbfounded when I responded $6.99 after the scanner failed to assign a price to my treat: Luna & Larry’s Bare Naked Coconut [...]

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