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Michelle Obama Prompts Food Giants to Get Healthy
FarmPlate Mar 23, 2010 bluefin tuna 0 comments
Last week, First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the Grocery Manufacturers Association to emphasize the importance of producing healthy, affordable foods to reduce childhood obesity. Mrs. Obama asked that the major food manufacturers take responsibility for improving their offerings in grocery stores by improving food labels and reducing salt and fat in the products they sell. With the national consciousness trending more and more toward healthy food consumption, big businesses are taking note. Several major food companies including PepsiCo, Kraft Foods and ConAgra have since announced that significant and voluntary improvements will be made in the nutritional value of their products in...
Wyoming's Food Freedom Act Gains Momentum
FarmPlate Feb 23, 2010 bluefin tuna 2 comments
Wyoming's proposed House Bill 54 known as the Wyoming Food Freedom Act could exempt food producers selling "cottage foods," or foods prepared in home kitchens, from state licenses, certifications and inspections when selling directly to consumers. Sue Wallis, a Republican member of the Wyoming State House of Representatives is sponsoring the bill. Last year, Wallis worked to pass state legislation that made it legal to sell non-hazardous home-produced foods like jams, cookies and bread at farmers’ markets and stands in Wyoming without regulation. The bill was enacted on July 1, 2009. Prior to that date, homemade foods made in a non-licensed kitchen could only be sold at church or charity...