Just Food Articles on Current Food Issues:

Ag Science Expo Promotes GM Foods

Not So COOL: Country of Origin Labeling Would Benefit Farmers and Consumers

Irradiated Lunch in NYC Schools?!

Recent News about Local Food and Sustainable Farming:

Mad Cow: Why Organic Beef is Safer than Conventional Beef in the U.S.
Q1. I am very concerned about recent reports of mad cow disease being found
in the United States. I'm thinking of feeding organic beef to my family. Are
there any differences between organic and non-organic beef production?
A1. There are significant differences between organic and non-organic meat
production. To begin with, there is an absolute ban on the feeding of
mammalian and poultry slaughter by-products to organic mammals and poultry.
This contrasts with non-organic regulations, which still allow the feeding
of cattle and other slaughter by-products to cattle and other livestock. (read more >)

After Olive Picking: Seeking Shelter from the Flood of Nameless, Placeless Food
The belief that you can taste the distinctiveness of a landscape, and its cultural history, contrasts with current trends toward the homogenization and globalization of our food system. (read more >)

Consumers Prefer Locally Grown Food over Organic in Leopold Center Study
AMES, Iowa, Dec. 8 - Consumers who participated in a recent marketing survey were enthusiastic about locally grown food and supportive of the farmers who grow it. The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University conducted the study. “The term locally grown, when combined with family farms, appears to be a powerful marketing message,” said Leopold Center Marketing and Food Systems coordinator Rich Pirog. “Consumers said that if price and appearance were equal, they would choose products with these features over organic options.” (read more >)