
While @bittman is right that we should tax bad ...
In The New York Times , Mark Bittman offers us this thought: "Bad Food? Tax It and Subsidize Vegetables ." The idea is to ...

Should Taxes be Imposed on Junk Food?
Last August, the UK proposed introducing a ‘fat tax’ to combat the increase in obesity. Researchers at Oxford University a...

Say no to GMO with True Food Shopper's Guide | ...
In 2009, a team of French scientists published a study in the International Journal of Biological Sciences that raised red...
Whole Paycheck and Organic Food Deserts: The Ch...
After decades of grassroots public education, battles to safeguard standards, and hard work, organic food and farming has ...
Study: A single dollar can purchase 1,200 calor...
In 2004, University of Washington obesity researcher Adam Drewnowski discovered that consumers on a fixed budget can buy a...
Record 1 in 5 Americans Now Needs Food Stamps |...
It is funny they say 1 in 5 because I never meet anyone else who is on them =-unless they don't want to say it. And of cou...

Sustainable Food: Eating on a Budget
Cooking at home will also help you portion meals and control the type of food you feed your family. And the savings can be...

Old and Healthy? Thank Your Genes | Care2 Causes
At 98, Harold Laufman plays the violin, prepares dinner for relatives and throws a joint birthday party with his 31-year-o...

Monsanto Corn at Farm Markets? | Care2 Causes
Sweet corn is ripe at the farmers’ market. I can’t get enough of it. Only one vendor had it this week, from a farm in the ...
Hungary Introduces National Tax On Fatty Foods ...
People always complain about too much government control, but gladly give away tax bene's to billionaires. I don't get it....

Eating Disorders Rising in Younger & Younger Ch...
In the US, where 17 percent of children aged 2 – 19 are overweight (according to statistics from the Center for Disease an...
At @ClimateProgress Romm wonders if a carbon ta...
Photo: thewritingzone , Flickr /CC BY-SA So, the Senate has just passed a plan that allows the government to raise the deb...

Clean Air is Possible! But You Gotta Act! | Car...
I was reminded of this last week as I viewed Oprah Winfreys celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides . Yo...

Could a carbon tax help solve our budget woes?
With unemployment remaining above 9 percent, Congress and the president continue to be locked in a stalemate over increasi...