McDonald’s recently announced it would no longer list soda on the kids’ meal section of its menu board.? Subway, Chipotle, Arby’s, and Panera also have taken soda off their children’s menus.? But still, most of the top chains, including Wendy’s, Burger King, and Chili’s, still promote sugary beverages as a part of their children’s menus.??Will you help us change that? While taking soda off the menu is not the only improvement needed to make restaurant children’s meals healthier, soda and other sugar drinks uniquely promote obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. ?Sugar-sweetened beverages are the largest source of calories in children’s diets and provide nearly half of their added sugars intake.??Drinking just one sugary drink each day increases a child’s odds of becoming obese by 60 percent. Please take a minute to ask the top restaurant chains to take soda off their kids’ menus.?If McDonald’s can do it, so can they. Click here to sign the petition.

Starbucks. Easily one of the world?s most popular and widespread coffeehouse brands, Starbucks has paved the way for the modern mass coffeehouse industry with its promotion of its corporate social responsibility and consistently strong branding. One area of improvement? Starbucks dairy milk. While not genetically modified themselves, dairy products are not immune to the insidious impacts of GMOs. Cows living in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are fed a grain diet comprised almost entirely of genetically modified corn, soy, alfalfa, and cotton seed. These crops degrade the quality of our land and water, perpetuate corporate-controlled agriculture, and have potentially negative health impacts on livestock. Additionally, the overuse of antibiotics in industrialized farming is contributing to the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, putting us all at risk. With biotech giants Monsanto, Dow Chemical, and Syngenta lending power to industrialized agriculture, the future of our food system rests in the hands of profit-driven corporations, while people and the planet come last on the list of priorities. Starbucks boasts nearly 20,000 retail stores in over 60 countries. With its global presence, Starbucks must prove its true dedication to sustainability and provide organic dairy milk at all of its locations to support a sustainable future for all. Starbucks is already a leader in the coffee shop industry by serving rBGH-free dairy and using only USDA-certified organic soy milk. By setting the same organic standard for dairy milk, Starbucks can demonstrate a serious commitment to providing environmentally and socially conscious products. Ask Starbucks to step up to the plate and commit to serving organic dairy milk at all of its locations.