Vani Hari (Food Babe)
Food Babe conundrum: Responding to scare mongering while addressing legitimate fears
We live in an age where lots of people have become suspicious of many things tagged by activists–and the media–as ...
Science Babe vs. Food Babe: Debunking Vani Hari’s overuse of word ‘toxin’
Vani Hari, AKA the Food Babe, has amassed a loyal following in her Food Babe Army. The recent subject of ...
Watch scientist challenge the scare-promoting Food Babe
Food Babe has built her career on denigrating scientists, farmers and food experts. Then she encountered Alison Bernstein, aka Mommy ...
Funny Pages: Santa Monica restaurant serves only foods approved by Food Babe–Nothing!
A new Southern California restaurant will only be serving foods approved by Vani Hari. But the Food Babe has said, ...
Food Babe complains NYT article doesn’t include scientists who agree with her
Note: This is a response to the New York Times' piece, "Taking On the Food Industry, One Blog Post at ...
Investigative food journalism should go for more than the yuck factor
Recent articles in the UK news media have 'lifted the lid' on the production of convenience food. While on the ...
Food Babe’s shocking news: Food has chemicals in it!
“I couldn’t believe there was beaver’s ass in my vanilla ice cream, coal tar in my mac and cheese, yoga ...
Orthorexia: Food Babe’s eating disorder
“There is just no acceptable level of any chemical to ingest, ever.” – Vani Hari A.K.A. Food Babe Everything is ...
Food Babe plays race, sexist shill cards from “Deck of Deflection”
Vani Hari's new book attacking chemicals and GMOs in food is a roaring sales success. But that hasn't stopped critics ...
Young food scientists on why they stood up to Food Babe
In late January, a group of students pursuing graduate degrees in food science published an open letter to Vani Hari, ...
How Food Babe mobilized an army against GMOs and chemicals
Over the past three years, Vani Hari has rapidly become one of the most popular voices on nutrition in mainstream ...
Toxic warning alert: Food Babe’s new book full of chemicals
Vani Hari, aka the Food Babe Babe, is launching her new book The Food Babe Way, in just a few short ...
Food Babe gets science lesson from University of Florida’s Kevin Folta
In January, a group of food science graduate students wrote an open letter to Vani Hari, aka Food Babe, on ...
Top 6 stories on the GLP, February 2, 2015
This past week, here are the #TOP6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world. Please ...
Possible dialogue? Food Babe rebuffs criticism in science students “open letter”
On January 22nd, 2015, a group of science students from the IFT Student Association wrote me a letter. Here is my ...
Kevin Folta deconstructs Food Babe’s response to students in scathing fashion
Last week, a group of food science students from the IFT Student Association (IFTSA) wrote a letter to the "Food Babe", Vani ...
Ex Food Babe staffer exposé? Does Vani Hari admit to spinning science for money and fame?
An interesting and revealing exchange with Vani Hari, the self-proclaimed Food Babe, began with an open letter published last week ...
Mother’s science-based view: Organics and Whole Foods are ‘scam of the decade’
"USDA Certified Organic." These words may conjure notions of wholesomeness, healthiness, freshness and responsible consumer habits. So why is this ...
Evolution of Food Babe: From misguided consumer advocate to crude bully
It's been a rough week for the Food Babe. After her takedown by NPR, Vani Hari has begun lashing out ...
GMO opponent Vani Hari, Food Babe, lashes out at critics
We are close to winning. Over the last three years, the coalition we have built, the Food Babe Army, has had ...
Food Babe: Calling food “natural” can fool consumers
A litany of class-action lawsuits have been waged against products marketed as "natural" that contain G.M.O.'s — including Goldfish crackers, ...
Food Babe flops on BRCA mutations: Understand genetics or go home
Charlatans like Food Babe, Dr. Oz, Joseph Mercola, and Vandana Shiva represent everything disgraceful about unscientific propaganda. Cancer misinformation is ...
Understanding the war against GMOs
I recently finished Robert Greene's marvelous book, The 33 Strategies of War--a 33 stage journey in destroying your enemies. As ...
Big ag boom – organic food soon to double in revenue
In 2010, organic food was a $57 billion a year business. Certainly not the quaint, non-corporate boutique operation portrayed in ...
Will Starbucks bump latte prices to placate anti-GMO protestors?
Anti-GMO organic activists are again fanning fears about genetic modification as part of a campaign to pressure Starbucks to dump ...
Food Hunk challenges Foodbabe and other anti-GMO activists
Early this September I attended the National Heirloom Expo in Santa Rosa. It’s an event that’s centered around the pure ...