Italian law requires schools in Italy to serve only organic foods. Many don't comply. But one article estimates that about one quarter of the school children in Italy eat only organic food, and most other schools serve some organic foods.

The Parappana Agrahara prison in Bangalore is becoming dangerously overcrowded. The reason is that the food is so good, inmates are refusing to apply for bail and arrested juveniles are lying about their age to get in. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness won a contract to provide food for the inmates, and they serve three delicious vegetarian meals per day.

After a seven-year battle involving organic farmers, consumers and the USDA, a huge, 10,000-cow dairy in Central California called the Case Vander Eyk Jr. Dairy had its organic certification suspended. The organic industry watchdog Cornucopia Institute filed a series of legal complaints against the dairy starting in 2005, saying that the dairy kept cows in pens and sheds instead of grazing them, as is required for organic milk. The dairy was also accused of shady recording keeping relating to food quality, drugs and and other factors affecting certification.

A dramatic increase in childhood food allergies in the U.S. may be linked to genetically modified foods. Since 1996, food scientists have been inserting bacteria, virus and other genes into to the DNA of soy, corn, cottonseed and canola plants, and allergies have risen dramatically since then.

The image of the America food and beverage industry is declining rapidly as consumers increasingly make the link between unhealthy foods and the industry that knowingly makes it unhealthy in order to boost revenue. A recent I-Rep, Ipsos’ biannual survey on perceptions of leading industries and large companies found that "trans-fats, obesity and poor nutritional value" are increasingly associated with the industry that sells it all to us.