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What the Obamacare Ruling Means for Food Politics Reuters

What the Obamacare Ruling Means for Food Politics

The Affordable Care Act promises to bring better nutritional labeling to restaurant menus.

Can Where Your Calories Come From Tell How Much Weight You'll Lose? Shutterstock

Can Where Your Calories Come From Tell How Much Weight You'll Lose?

A lab-controlled study finds high-fat, low-carb diets to be effective in staving off weight loss. But how about in the real world?

How Junk Food and Sodas Ruin Kids' Teeth in Developing Countries Karen Sokal-Gutierrez

How Junk Food and Sodas Ruin Kids' Teeth in Developing Countries

Good dental care helps insulate Americans from junk food-related tooth decay. But in a country like El Salvador, where access to care is limited, it's a different story.

The AMA's Strange Position on GM Foods: Test but Don't Label Shutterstock

The AMA's Strange Position on GM Foods: Test but Don't Label

The American Medical Association's position on genetically modified foods doesn't make sense.

A Farm Bill Postmortem: The End of Food Politics as Usual dbaron/Flickr

A Farm Bill Postmortem: The End of Food Politics as Usual

The Senate's passed its version of the thousand-page bill. So, now what?

Food Stamps: The Latest Casualty in Interest-Group Politics George M. Groutas/Flickr

Food Stamps: The Latest Casualty in Interest-Group Politics

Why the Senate voted down an amendment to protect SNAP, the federal food assistance program

Farm Bill Scorecard: How Did the Senate Vote Yesterday? khawkins04/Flickr

Farm Bill Scorecard: How Did the Senate Vote Yesterday?

Which amendments to the farm bill passed, and which ones failed? Here's a list to help you keep track.

Start the Countdown: The Senate's About to Tackle 73 Amendments to the Farm Bill Gerry Dincher/Flickr

Start the Countdown: The Senate's About to Tackle 73 Amendments to the Farm Bill

A series of important votes will soon determine which stakeholders benefit the most from this year's agriculture bill.

Debunking the Health Claims of Genetically Modified Foods Shutterstock

Debunking the Health Claims of Genetically Modified Foods

In a new book, critics of crop modification take a science-based approach to advocacy.

Guns, God, and Broccoli: How One Vegetable Became a Political Football rhwalker22/Flickr

Guns, God, and Broccoli: How One Vegetable Became a Political Football

Despite its health benefits -- or perhaps because of them -- broccoli has become one of Washington's favorite political metaphors.

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