- A creative way to illustrate perceived risks
- A UK official proposes mandatory limits on sugar, salt, and fat in foods
- At least one person doesn't like the new FDA food safety rules
- Do readers of the New England Journal of Medicine favor regulation of sugar-sweetened beverages?
- Several interesting articles on effects of the Pink Slime controversy
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Assorted Links
- Farmer Style (Gangnam Style Parody) (it's a bit corny, but I suspect if more of this sort of thing out there, production ag wouldn't get as much of the bad rap that it does).
- Country Fried Bacon. That's gotta be good.
- Somehow I missed this op-ed in the NYTs on local foods from a couple years ago. It hits many of the same points I've made on the topic in other writings.
- In his Forbes column, Henry Miller takes on Mark Bittman and his NYT column
- The D.C. zoning fight over fast food restaurants (video)
- A cowboy (and girl) give veganism a try
Assorted Links
Assorted Links
- A great pod cast on Econ Talk between Russ Roberts and an organic farmer, Lisa Turner. My favorite lines by Lisa toward the end: "They talk about sustainable agriculture; and we say the first rule of sustainability is I've got to make enough money this year to do it again next year, or game over. And nobody wants to hear that part of 'sustainable.'"
- What is probably only a parody, this idea is only slightly worse than Bloomberg's previous one to ban sodas.
- The Salt Wars. The fight between those who want to regulate salt and those who question the evidence that salt has much impact on our health.
Obesity Links
- The Economist on obesity (they offer a good summary of the ineffectiveness of most public policies to combat obesity, but they seem to uncritically accept the premise that obesity is an externality)
