Subsidies also go into agri environmental schemes: 67,000 out of 130,000 farmers in Ireland are in one, and both Ireland and the world are better places for it. (However this looks like it may be cut thanks to recession)

From GM to family farming on a smaller and more mixed scale, to more food enjoyment, rates of organic, there is a lot to be said for European food politics.

Europe is the birthplace of slow food afterall…

Or, as Marketing Magazine spins it: “Canadian consumers missing out on health benefit claims”

I’m all for it. since Omnivore’s Dilemma book advice states “avoid all food products with health claims on the label.” Hyped-health claims on food product labels is a fine system for letting educated consumers avoid unhealthy food products–as defined as food products with health claims on the label.

I always like to compare health claims on food products to the wizard of Oz… Ignore the man behind the curtain. If the processed chemical-laden food-corp product is so good for me, then just imagine how good the original unprocessed raw-ingredients would be for me!