Christy Spackman. The Taste of Water: Sensory Perception and the Making of an Industrial Beverage. University of California Press, 2023. 289 pages. Food Studies scholar Christy Spackman prove...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2023/12/weekend-reading-the-taste-of-water/
I am happy to see that USDA’s Economic Research Service is back on the job and recovering somewhat from its forced move to Kansas City. I was especially interested to see this report: U.S. F...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2021/10/weekend-reading-the-food-system-and-water-use/
Food and Water Watch has a new report that is a must-read: The report documents how water—a public good that comes free and clean from the tap—has become a high-cost commodity. But the proble...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2018/03/weekend-reading-the-big-business-of-bottled-water/
I received this inquiry from a reporter wanting a comment: Hi, Marion, I’m doing a story about the trend of waters that claim to have extra health benefits because of their added “molecular o...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2017/07/water-with-added-hydrogen-oxygen-or-adjusted-acidity/
Here is another one of FoodNavigator-USA’s Special Editions, meaning collections of its articles on specific topics written mostly from the perspective of food beverage companies. This one is...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2017/03/food-navigator-usa-special-edition-on-beverages/
Living in New York as I do, I miss the fun in Washington, DC, of which there was much yesterday related to the First Lady’s “Drink Up” campaign with the Partnership for a Healthier America...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2014/07/the-white-house-says-drink-up-meaning-water/
Rumors are flying that Let’s Move! will announce significant accomplishments this week. From what I can piece together from ProPolitico and press conference announcements, they go on all week. ...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2014/02/a-big-week-for-lets-move/
Michele Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign to end childhood obesity within a generation has taken on a new angle: Drink Up. It issued a press release yesterday urging Americans to drink more wa...
Food corporations are pushing corporate social responsibility (CSR) as hard as they can. This seems like an oxymoron to me, but here’s what they say: CSR #1: Nestlé (no relation) says it is ...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2010/04/corporate-social-responsibility-real-or-oxymoron/
I greatly admire the work of Jared Diamond. His book, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies, is as clear an explanation as you will ever get of how the inequitable distribution of...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/12/saving-the-earth-coca-cola/