Posted on Nov 6, 2015 | Comments Off on Would Shoppers Be Happy If They Know Organic Trade Groups Use Member Fees For Hate Speech?
Organic food has managed to wrap itself in both a health and ethical halo and a lot of the credit for that has to go to outstanding marketing and the work of trade groups that represent organic farmers. They have turned what was once a niche market focused on a different process into a $100 billion juggernaut where mothers chide other mothers as bad parents if they don't buy organic.That will be...
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Posted on Oct 22, 2015 | Comments Off on Science On Tap In Manhattan Starring…Me
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If you are in Manhattan or one of the five boroughs or New Jersey or Long Island and want a free beer and to talk about science communication, you are invited to join me as guest of honor at the Science On Tap event, October 28th from 6:30-9:30 PM. The location is Connolly's Pub&Restaurant at 121 West 45th Street.
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Posted on Oct 21, 2015 | Comments Off on It’s “Back To The Future” Day! Where’s my Reagan-Themed Restaurant?
The sci-fi comedy "Back To The Future" is a seminal piece of modern cinema. Like "Blade Runner" (and unlike most movies of any kind, much less science fiction, where special effects are important) from the same period, it holds up really well.
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Posted on Oct 8, 2015 | Comments Off on Mother Jones Hates Scientists – And Their Bias Shows
In an effort to keep the pressure on scientists who accept the overwhelming consensus on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the hard-left political magazine Mother Jones has written another article using emails provided to the organic lobbying organization US Right To Know(1) to undermine science it has chosen not to accept.
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Posted on Oct 5, 2015 | Comments Off on Process labels: Bridging the informational gap or confusing consumers?
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In the early days of food labeling and regulations, it was just about honesty. If you go to buy mayonnaise, you shouldn't have to wonder if it is mayonnaise (1), but then it became a marketing distinction. Better ingredients. Then it became self-identification with a world view.But at what point do these process labels - organic, kosher, natural, shade grown, do more harm for public understand of...
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Posted on Sep 29, 2015 | Comments Off on American Council On Science And Health Embraces Transparency: Will Others Follow?
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If you get money from a corporation, are you for sale?It’s obviously a silly question, since almost everyone in America signs the backs of checks ratherr than the front of them, yet much of the public tends to think that if a scientist gets funding from the government or a corporation, they are mandated to produce a specific, pre-chosen result, even though those same people would not agree that...
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