The Value of Vani
Can she be an ally? I’ve been extremely critical of Vani Hari, aka “The Food Babe”. She freely demonstrates, without humility, her complete disregard for science and evidence when vilifying food, chemistry and farming. She has amassed a substantial group of venomous followers that subscribe to her leadership. As we attempt to illuminate products, technology and method to feed a growing population, Hari’s shameful resistance to reality needs to be met. We've done that, and I'm proud of the push back from Steven Novella, Kavin Senapathy, John Coupland, David Gorski, The Chow Babe and the Food Hunk. Well done. But when scientists take the time to show her errors, she lashes back with a string of lies and allegations that are truly curious. She’s stated in her recent writings that I’m just a pawn doing the bidding of corporate ag, which of course, is supported by zero evidence. It turns into two groups. One that manufactures the trash, and another that poin