Remove Carageenan From Organics; Give Kids Responsibly Raised Chicken; Help Protect Hudson River Sturgeon; Stop Modern Day Native American Land Grab

Posted on October 25, 2016

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Remove Carcinogenic Carrageenan From Organics To all my vegan friends who are not drinking dairy, yet resort to other types of milk, I encourage you to read closely the list of ingredients in those boxed alternatives. Among them is (sometimes) carrageenan, a common food-additive that is harvested from specific … Read More

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Take Action: Stop the Assault on Healthy Meals for Kids; Tell the FDA to Get Rid of “Natural” Labels; Pull the Plug on Monsanto’s RoundUp

Posted on May 9, 2016

Stop the Assault on Healthy Meals for Kids Republicans have introduced the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill, which would break down current school nutrition guidelines and allow more junk food in schools. This bill is backed by the food industry, no … Read More

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iEat Green’s Bhavani Jaroff and Tamar Haspel from the Washington Post, Share a Spirited Conversation on the Safety of GMO’s

Posted on April 14, 2016

Hi Everyone, This morning, my guest on the Progressive Radio Network was Tamar Haspel, the award winning journalist who writes a monthly column for the Washington Post called Unearthed. Her writing focuses on food policy issues, such as GMO’s, biotech, … Read More

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Take Action: Tell the USDA to Require Antibiotic Labeling; Tell Big Food Companies to Support GMO Labeling; Tell Whole Foods and Walmart to Reduce Food Waste

Posted on March 7, 2016

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Sign the Petition to Encourage the USDA to Require Labeling for Meat Grown with Antibiotics Although some companies label their meat as “antibiotic free”, the USDA does not actually regulate that term. This means a company can label their product … Read More

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In The News: World’s Largest Spice Company to Go Organic and Non-GMO by 2016; Scientists Want To See Microbeads Banned; Chinese Companies are Mass Producing Plastic Rice; How Top Restaurants Rate on Reducing Use of Antibiotics in Their Meat Supply

Posted on September 21, 2015

World’s Largest Spice Company to Go Organic and Non-GMO by 2016 If you are familiar to cooking at home, then you have to be familiar with the leading spice company, McCormick, who pledges that most of their products with be … Read More

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In The News: The Future Of Food Is On The Table; Your “Organic” Strawberries Aren’t Really Organic; Wide Use of Antibiotics Allows C. Diff to Flourish; Scientists Warn to Expect More Weather Extremes

Posted on June 2, 2015

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The Future Of Food Is On The Table The event, called Expo Milano 2015, is the latest World’s Fair. This year’s theme is “feeding the planet, energy for life.” The global population is projected to pass 9 billion by 2050, and Expo … Read More

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In the News: Fukushima Radiation: Is It Still Safe To Eat Fish?, Wal-Mart Pays Penny-per-Pound More for Florida Tomatoes, N.Y. Communities Use Fracking Waste to De-Ice Roads, Previously Undisclosed Documents Show Antibiotic Feed Additives Don?t Meet FDA’s Own Safety Standards

Posted on January 28, 2014

Fukushima Radiation: Is It Still Safe To Eat Fish? Since the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami crippled Japan?s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, concerns about the flow of radioactive material into the ocean continue to raise questions. While … Read More

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