Category: Food

Published March 1, 2011

A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet

The Corn Refiners’ Association wants to pull the old switcheroo on the American public by changing the name of high-fructose corn syrup to “corn sugar.” In doing so, it even claims that Marion Nestle is in favor of the change.

Published February 25, 2011

Miscellaneous Food Policy Links

Here are some miscellaneous food policy links for Friday, February 25:

From USAID: What Do Rising Food Prices Mean?
From The Economist, part 1: The Nine-Billion People Question
From The Economist, part 2: How Much Is Enough?
From The Economist, part 3: A Prospect of Plenty
From Oxfam: What’s Happening in Local Currencies, and How Are Governments Responding?

Published February 25, 2011

Samuelsson on the Global Impacts of US Farm Policy

Earlier this week, Marcus Samuelsson, chef and author of New American Table, had a post on his HuffPo blog about the global impacts of US agricultural policy. Samuelsson begins by implying a dubious causal link from food prices to political unrest in Egypt, noting along the way how