Corn is ubiquitous. Americans eat a lot of corn products. There’s the obvious…corn tortillas, corn flakes and corn chips just to name a few. Beyond that the manufactured food industry uses processed corn in a majority of foods served to the public. Sweeteners like high fructose corn syrup. Thickeners like corn starch. Additives like dextrose, […] The post A food battle royal is brewing appeared first on Investigate Midwest.| Investigate Midwest
Opinion: A new federal lawsuit aims to block Prop 12, threatening California’s landmark animal welfare law and raising stakes for farmers and consumers alike.| Investigate Midwest
The writing is on the wall. Should John Deere choose to defend itself in court rather than attempt to reach a settlement, it very much may be handed a massive spanking by the Justice Department, which alleges the company’s repair restrictions violate federal and state antitrust laws. See here, here and here. In a nutshell, […]| Investigate Midwest
It’s fair to say Big Ag in general, and in particular, pesticide producers — most notably those that manufacture chlorpyrifos and glyphosate — have been freaking out over a Making America Healthy Again Commission strategy report due out later this summer. On the surface, the concerns certainly seem justified. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary […]| Investigate Midwest
All across the nation, states are busy writing laws banning the sale and or manufacture of cultivated meat produced directly from animal cells grown in bioreactors. In 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration greenlighted two companies — UPSIDE Foods and GOOD Meat — to sell cultivated chicken. The following year, USDA’s Food and Inspection […]| Investigate Midwest
The April posting in the Federal Register by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was a bombshell. The feds are proposing to eliminate the regulatory Endangered Species Act’s definition of “harm.” Full stop. The ESA declares that it is illegal to “take” any member of a protected species […]| Investigate Midwest