All of a sudden, it’s the holidays! I don’t know about you, but I’m surprised. They seem to come earlier each year. But there’s no getting around it; it’s time for thanksgiving, and Christmas is just around the corner. With all the great food on Thanksgiving, we need to remember that our pets can’t …
Category: Food Safety
And Now, Fake Science Journals
Fake news became a real problem in the last year. It’s amazingly easy to set up an online publication that looks legit. Websites can be created in minutes and the cost of publishing on the Internet is so low, anyone can afford to do it. However, as big a problem as ‘fake news’ has …
Fake Craft Beer?
We’ve been hearing a lot about fake news lately. Our president has been accusing some major media outlets of using false sources, but I don’t know about that; I do know there’s a lot of websites out there that put up fake news stories to draw people in. They are atrocious, the source of …
Arsenic in rice
In 2012 the consumer group Consumer Reports released a study that shows that rice contains arsenic. They recently updated their report and as it turns out, yes, there is arsenic in rice, but it may not be as serious as one might think. I’m particularly interested in this issue because, Before a mid-life career …
Country of origin labeling NOW, dammit!
Country Of Origin Labeling - or COOL for short - shouldn’t be controversial. Any farmer can tell you that the United States tightly regulates pesticide use, and other countries do not. This makes our food safer, but gives food from other countries at a competitive advantage because they can use more powerful chemicals to …
The Real Western View 