Jill Richardson

Today and tomorrow, the FDA is meeting to decide whether to allow the first genetically engineered animal – a fast-growing salmon – into the U.S. food supply. And the science “proving” its safety ain’t so good.

It may not be long before you start finding genetically engineered animals on your dinner plate. But let’s at least use solid science to prove their safety before allowing them into the food supply. And, alarmingly, that is NOT what the FDA is doing right now.

What should we REALLY learn from the egg recall. Well, I’ll tell ya…

What does it take to ban a toxic pesticide (like arsenic)? A lot, it turns out.

The Senate passed a child nutrition bill. What now?

I just got back from a trip to rural Mexico to see how subsistence farmers live and to learn what might be done to help promote food security. Here’s what I saw.

Those who want them brown people to go back to Mexico would have more luck achieving their goal by re-negotiating NAFTA than they ever will with border fences or deportations. Here’s why (and why it has to do with food)…

Some call on us to eat Gulf seafood to help the struggling fishing communities there. I say no. At a time when the ocean ecosystem is more stressed than ever, the last thing we should do is kill the fish.

Hey kids, are you hungry now that school’s out and you can’t get any school lunches over the summer? Well, Rush Limbaugh has the solution: Dumpster diving!

Shockingly, our legislators WANT to hear from us, and lobbying is very easy if you’re an average concerned citizen. Here’s how I lobbied Congress about food policy, and why you should too.