FDA- Approved “Buttery” Food Flavoring Makes People Sick
A chemical flavoring used to create that delicious, buttery flavor in microwave popcorn, when heated, can cause a life-threatening, irreversible obstructive lung disease called bronchiolitis...
View ArticleSubway Finds Size Really Does Matter
Subway stores are in big PR trouble. It all started when earlier this month an Australian man posted a photo on Subway Australia’s Facebook page of a Footlong™ sandwich he had just bought, and asked...
View ArticleKroger-Owned City Market’s Fake “Your Health Matters” Ad Campaign
Recently City Market grocery stores, a chain owned by Kroger Company, started running billboards in Grand Junction, Colorado that say “Your health matters to us.” The ads boast that City Markets have...
View ArticleSomething Really Good in Grand Junction!
One of the best-kept secrets in Grand Junction, Colorado right now is a new doughnut shop that opened up just off Patterson Road by Mesa Mall called Raise ‘n’ Glaze. Now, now… don’t yawn. This is not...
View ArticleA Freethinker Halloween
With the rates of obesity and diabetes skyrocketing nationally and the number of kids going hungry in Mesa County at an all time high, it was difficult to think of spending money on candy this...
View ArticleSeven Year Old Fights GMOs in Girl Scout Cookies
Seven year old Alicia Serratos of Orange County, California has been a Girl Scout for almost three years, so when Girl Scout cookie season rolled around, Alicia got excited about the prospect of...
View ArticleColorado GMO Labeling Law Heading for Signature-Gathering Phase
Colorado Ballot Initiative #48, the “Colorado Right to Know Act,” would require food manufacturers to include the words “Produced with Genetic Engineering” on the packaging of any products that contain...
View ArticleUnlike the G.J. Chamber, Bin 707 Walks the “Local” Talk
Bin 707 Foodbar in downtown Grand Junction is serious about supporting local food products and organic food producers. “We’re local first, Colorado second,” says Bin’s new website. “Locally purchased...
View ArticleWCAF Says “Help Hungry Kids this Halloween”
How much money will you spend on Halloween candy this year? And how much good does that really do? Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers thinks some of that money can do a lot more good if applied...
View ArticleBeware of Tricks at Local Grocery Stores
Last summer I picked up two raw chickens on sale at City Market, put one in the freezer and the other on the smoker for dinner. When it was done and I cut into it, the chicken oozed a...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong with Jimmy John’s Sandwich Shops? Plenty.
Under pressure from a family member, I tried a Jimmy John’s sub shop last week. I had never eaten at one before. I tried their “Vito” Italian sub with few hot peppers on it. It turned out to be...
View ArticleOnline Videos Reveal John L. Casey to be a Fearmonger and Racist
Online videos of talks by John L. Casey, the 2015 Energy Forum and Expo’s keynote speaker, reveal him stimulating fear and racism by telling audiences that in the coming cold era that will occur on...
View ArticleColorado Mountain College on Energy Expo: “We are not hosts of the event”
Rachel Pokrandt, Dean of the Rifle Campus of Colorado Mountain College (CMC), says she didn’t know anything about the Energy Expo’s speaker program and the school is not a host of the event, despite...
View ArticleG.J. Dining Review: Citrola’s Italian Grill ♦♦1/2
Citrola’s Italian Grill at 624 Rae Lynn St, Grand Junction, 81505, is located due west of the 24 Road City Market, next to the Cherry Berry frozen yogurt shop and the free-standing Starbucks on 24...
View ArticleWonderful Indian, Tibetan and Nepalese Restaurant on Orchard Mesa
Calling all local food lovers: If you haven’t tried this place yet, you should: Namaste Nepal is a new Indian, Tibetan and Nepalese cuisine place on Orchard Mesa, in the strip mall just west of the...
View ArticlePope Toaster Marketed to Celebrate Pope Francis’ Upcoming U.S. Visit
A Pennsylvania company called Fireworks is celebrating Pope Francis’ upcoming U.S. visit by marketing a specially-designed toaster that burns the image of Pope Francis onto your sliced bread. The...
View ArticleWhen is Food Not Food?
Answer: When the package tells you exactly what portion of the contents isn’t food. Chicken is a prime example. Virtually all packaged grocery store chicken says the poultry “retains up to” three,...
View Article“Citrus Gypsies” are Back in G.J.!
They’re BACK! They’re the Citrus Gypsies, and they have the best citrus fruit around! (When I asked them if they had a name, Ana at the First and Patterson booth told me they don’t really have a name...
View ArticleCity Market Wastes Huge Amounts of Food While Thousands go Hungry in Mesa County
“I’ll give you six pieces of chicken for the price of four,” sighed an unnamed City Market deli clerk to a customer one evening around 8:30 p.m. “It’s all going in the trash in a few minutes, anyway,”...
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