By Sally Kuzemchak, MS, RD – Do you look for a “GMO-free” label when you’re grocery shopping? Turns out, that claim may not be as helpful as you think. According to Peel Back The Label, a campaign...
Read MoreThe Hill: FDA and FTC Need to End Anti-GMO Deception in Organic Food Advertising
By C. Dean McGrath Jr.: For a long time, American consumers had it pretty good. They could read a food label or product advertisement and trust that the information it contained was reasonably truthful. That’s because...
Read MoreWall Street Journal: The Organic Industry is Lying to You
By: Henry I. Miller – In the mold of “Mad Men’s” Don Draper, clever ad execs know a thing or two about manipulating consumer ignorance, confusion and even fear to sell a product. Nowhere is this...
Read MoreAg Week: A Sad Day for Our Society When Salt is Labeled Non-GMO
By Jonathan Knutson – There it was on the salt container label, the proud proclamation that the product inside was “non-GMO.” I looked at the label a second time and then a third time, not quite...
Read MoreDairy Herd Management: Farmers Taking a Stand Against Deceptive Advertising
By Taylor Leach – Buzzwords, scare tactics and misguided advertising are just a few techniques food marketers use to get consumers to buy their products. Farmers, however, have had enough and are fighting back to end...
Read MoreThe Bismarck Tribune: Dairy Farmers Fight Back Against Deceptive Advertising
By Jonathan Knutson – American dairy farmers say their product often is misunderstood, in many cases because of what they claim is deceptive advertising. Now they’ve launched a “tongue-in-cheek” video as the newest installment in their...
Read MoreCornell Alliance for Science: Comedy Video Nails the Absurdity of “GMO-Free” Labels
Science allies and supporters of agricultural biotechnology are clearly not the only people who have grown frustrated with misleading food labels. The comedy website Funny Or Die has also taken a swipe at food marketers who...
Read MoreDairy Herd Management: Comedy Video Pokes Fun at Misleading Non-GMO, Natural Food Labels
By Wyatt Bechtel – If you’ve walked through the grocery store you’ve probably seen the marketing spin of food labels. “Non-GMO,” “gluten free,” “natural,” “organic” and “vegan” are just a few of the buzz words found...
Read MoreFunny Or Die: All-Natural, Non-GMO, 100% Gluten Free Internet Video!
All-Natural, Non-GMO, 100% Gluten-Free Internet Video! from Funny Or Die
Read MoreHoard’s Dairyman: Three Dairy Companies Using Scare Tactics
By: Patti Hurtgen – A typical stroll down the grocery store aisle exposes the shopper to almost 40,000 different products. While most have labels to aid in the shopping process, it can still be hard to...
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