October 20th, 2009 Bill Gates, Smart Choices, Soda Tax, ADA Seat at the Table A seat at the breakfast table goes out to Bill Gates for his address on agriculture made during the annual World Food Prize forum, in which he defended biotech solutions to the problem of worldwide hunger. "Some people insist on an ideal vision of the environment ... They have tried to restrict the spread of biotechnology into sub-Saharan Africa without regard to how much hunger and poverty might be reduced by it." Misdirected Anger ACSH staffers were pleased to see an op-ed in the online Wall Street Journal that highlights the hypocrisy of people like Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Dr. Marion Nestle of NYU who publicly denounce the Smart Choices food-labeling program despite the fact that its standards are based on USDA dietary guidelines. Full Article at American Council on Science and Health