I’m also on the record of not supporting the leftists that push organic or are against genetic engineering in food, but in the one item you linked is a bit different from what I understand “green grocer liberalism” is, I have to go for what John Mace posted:
And while it is true that I have my doubts on the Bloomber plan on restricting some soda sizes it is clear that there is plenty of scientific support to report that sugary drinks are one big ingredient of the current obesity epidemic.
So in this case, once again I would not be surprised that it will be mostly republicans that will oppose any controls. Still, I’m not so high on the ban of the big gulps, in this case I think an extra fee with the proceeds going to programs that educates and keeps kids to be active to prevent obesity are the way to go.