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Aiming for the Heart and the Stomach: Food Reform

"I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach," said Upton Sinclair about his book The Jungle a story of workers' rights set in the filthy stockyards of the early 20th century. At the time, readers focused more on the tainted sausages and less on the men, women, and chil...

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Tags: Factory, Food, Food safety, Health, Processing, Worker
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Can Organic Peanut Butter Still Have Salmonella?

Organic products are safer because they're better for the land and better for the people that consume them, right? Well, yes and no. The "USDA Organic" label doesn't necessarily mean that the foods have been inspected for pathogens or their carriers. After all, the Texas and George processing pla...

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Tags: Contaminant, Health, Organic, Peanut, Processing, Salmonella
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