We’ve been listening to Putumayo’s Christmas Around the World and Barenaked Ladies Barenaked for the Holidays CDs in our car lately. The kids have their favourite songs (and Julian went off to school this morning singing “Happy Birthday dear Jesus” even though he says he knows the Lord Jesus is just make believe), but my [...]

If you could dream up a sickening, disgusting and criminal how-to book, what would it be about? How to build weapons of mass destruction? How to kill and bury your family without getting caught? A college student’s guide to rape? Torture 101? Well yes, those would all be pretty horrendous. But would you ever, in [...]

Almost exactly one year after the Nestle Family bloggers, we now have the high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) bloggers, otherwise known as the “Corn Sugar” bloggers (note: HFCS is known as glucose/fructose in Canada). Like Nestle a year ago, the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) invited a bunch of bloggers to listen to their one-sided version of [...]

I am an outspoken critic of Nestlé’s unethical business practices. Although I have been aware of some of the issues with Nestlé for years, I have become more aware of the depth and breadth of the issues since my interaction with both Nestlé and the Nestlé Family Bloggers starting last September. This post provides an [...]

I’m pretty sure evidence says the gold standard in infant nutrition is breast milk. Even Nestlé pretends to agree with that.  But for some reason Nestlé is telling health care workers in Dubai that its formula is the new “Gold Standard” in infant nutrition. I’m confused. Aren’t you? More info: See “updates” section of Baby [...]

No analogies today. I’m just going to tell it like it is. The number of brand ambassadors, twitter parties and blogger trips is growing exponentially. As it does, I’m starting to pull my hair out. I hate seeing people that I like, whose company I enjoy, whose judgment I usually respect, put their ethics and [...]

This is the last in a series of posts that features Nestle’s answers to my questions that came out of the Nestle Family event. To access the other questions and answers, go to follow-up questions for Nestle and click on the questions you are interested in. Answers will be posted as they are received and [...]

This is one of a series of posts that features Nestle’s answers to my questions that came out of the Nestle Family event. To access the other questions and answers, go to follow-up questions for Nestle and click on the questions you are interested in. Answers will be posted as they are received and analyzed. [...]

This is one of a series of posts that features Nestle’s answers to my questions that came out of the Nestle Family event. To access the other questions and answers, go to follow-up questions for Nestle and click on the questions you are interested in. Answers will be posted as they are received and analyzed. [...]