Two Radically Different Views of Celery

Celery pesticide pounds

The Environmental Working Group (EWG, an activist organization) and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (a state agency) each have radically different views of the safety of eating celery.  EWG recently put celery on the top of their annual “dirty dozen” list – a ranking of fruits and vegetables by the “number” of pesticides that [...]

Sugar Wars

sugar

While a candidate for the Senate, Barak Obama famously and presciently described the invasion of Iraq as a “dumb war.”  That would also be a good descriptor for the five “Sugar Wars” that have been fought in the US sweetener industry over the past several decades.  The combatants include the US Sugar beet industry, the [...]