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• Do tales of expensive tomatoes really protect the public interest?

  By Jane Dodd on August 4, 2011

  Media are required to walk a fine line between generating interest from their publics while ensuring they are not misrepresenting facts to do this.They also tend to target one aspect of an issue to illustrate a point with the effect… Read More ›

• Helping kids buy from the school cafeteria – will ‘Big Brother’ tactics work?

  By Jane Dodd on August 21, 2009 • ( 3 )

  A new computer system telling parents what their child has bought in the school cafeteria that day is being used in some American schools. The idea is that parents can make sure their children are making appropriate choices and spending… Read More ›

• Our nation’s health and wealth – whose responsibility is it anyway?

  By Jane Dodd on July 20, 2009

  Politics might be about people, but at the end of the day it is the fiscal health of our country and the impact an issue has on that health that is guaranteed to exercise the conscience and therefore policy direction… Read More ›

• Why should foodies participate in the on-line space?

  By Jane Dodd on April 29, 2009 • ( 1 )

  A blog is just one of the many forms of social media that is having a profound influence on consumers’ attitudes, knowledge and ultimately consumption habits.  The more traditional mediums remain just as relevant and important but you ignore the… Read More ›