The Canadian government wants to scrap the food-labeling approval process. Seriously.

Here’s an ad for Estonian ground meat that you’ll really like.

Salon asks: As foodservice giants jump on the eat-local bandwagon, will they dilute the movement’s potential benefits to the environment, family farmers, and food lovers?

Officials petition the federal government to declare the Chesapeake Bay blue crab fishery a disaster.

Maryland considers becoming the next state to allow raw milk sales.

Should a locavore diet involve some sort of sacrifice?

Small Polish farmers are crushed by the EU’s modernize-or-else bureaucracy.

There’s a crisis in the UK curry industry.

Despite the fact that fewer people than ever are dieting, fast-food joints keep forcing healthy options down our throats, reports Nation’s Restaurant News. Have “premium entree salads” overstayed their welcome?

Alaska Airlines will be serving the quirky soda on its flights.

Grist Magazine asks if the real achievements of the organics movement are only psychological.

Cats pose a greater threat to seafood than people, a new study says.

The real reason egg prices are so high.

Red Herring reports on a new site that hopes to set the pace for restaurant industry social networking.

A herd of New Zealand cows produce pre-skimmed milk, and cream lovers everywhere weep into their coffee.