I’ve been hearing from organic food producers, especially dairy farmers, who say that after years of soaring growth and markets for all they can produce, the reality of dealing with rough economic times is painfully hitting home.

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They say that sales they could always count on, are falling off.
But many shopper are [...]

Two of President Obama’s cabinet officers today launched a government website as a step in improving the nation’s food safety system or, at least, giving the public a way to see whether the White House is making any progress with a problem that each year sickens tens of thousands and kills hundreds.
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack [...]

Federal investigators from various agencies in Seattle and Chicago chased illegally labeled Chinese honey from the slums of the Philippines through dilapidated Thai warehouses and into ports up and down the west coast of the U.S.
The paper trail showed that some of the illegal honey was bought by a huge Midwest food distributor, which [...]

Of course we all know that chicken soup – “Grandma’s Penicillin” – is good for curing much of what ails you. Some of us have passed the secret of this liquid medical wonder on for generations without really knowing from where its medicinal value comes.
My great grandmother would add several cloves of garlic to boost [...]

<![CDATA[Sometimes frivolous topics can be serious.
Let's talk about the "Food Porn Alert" issued today which either warns us off or entices us toward a Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie offered by Chili's restaurant chain.
The "pie" is made from chocolate chips, walnuts and coconut with vanilla ice cream, hot fudge and caramel toppings piled on top.

The alert [...]

<![CDATA[Yes, I wrote yet another story on honey laundering.
Given the multiple crises we face, the fact that money-grubbing business people here and in China are shipping and importing honey that's erroneously labeled and may contain illegal antibiotics probably isn't at the top of your must-do list for our new president.
I agree.
The banned drugs that the [...]

Poisoned pet food is killing Chinese dogs. Is it really made in the U.S. or is it counterfeit?

Coco Cola Company alleging deceptive and unsubstantiated claims on its VitaminWater line of beverages.

The bees may be in their winter sleep period but their beekeepers are meeting in Reno and the honey packers association was evaluating its piece of the sweet industry in Fresno last week. New leadership and new ideas buzzing all over the place.
Meanwhile, back here in Seattle, I’’m still receiving dozens of e-mails and phone [...]

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