In Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (2002), Marion Nestle, a leading nutritionist and then-chair of the NYU department of nutrition, food science, and public health, shows that calling ketchup a vegetable is just the tip of the regulatory iceberg. The book is a thorough and often shocking review of the historically cozy relationship between the food industry and the US government, and how that relationship has affected the food regulations (and deregulation) that determine the quality and the marketing of the food we eat.
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The Paradox of Plenty: Marion Nestle’s “Food Politicsâ€
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Submitted by therealpotato on Sun, 2007-10-07 16:44. | Tags: food | Book Reviews | corporations | deregulation | food | food politics | government | health | lobbying | public relations
Video: Consumer Reaction To Rising Electricity Rates
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Sonny Popowsky, PA Consumer Advocate, describes consumer anxiety to rising electric rates in deregulated markets in which rates were supposed to fall
-- not rise.
Submitted by EPTV on Mon, 2007-09-24 14:52. | Tags: business | coal | deregulation | electric | energy | fuel | grid | pennsylvania | power | rates | transmission | utilities