Posts tagged: #Monsanto
Posted on March 28, 2017
Keep the Soil in Organics Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Congressman Peter Welch, have called for a moratorium on new hydroponic organic certification. A letter signed by 45 organizations representing over two million members also called for a … Read More
Posted in Take Action
Tagged with: #carbon emissions, #certified organic, #community activism, #environmental protection, #extraction, #fight back, #fossil fuels, #Keystone XL, #land stewardship, #Monsanto, #national standard, #oil tarsands, #protect ecosystems, #public safety, #Tar Sands, #toxic chemicals
Posted on March 28, 2017
Famine for 20 Million Yet Food Security On the Rise Food insecurity has been considered one of the most critical issues in our broken food system, and for years it has been a hot topic for food policy analysts and activists … Read More
Posted in In The News
Tagged with: #bill usda, #california, #children, #Community Solidarity, #food dye, #Food Not Bombs, #food security, #food stamps, #glyphosate, #health public, #healthy, #hydroponic, #insecurity, #long island cares, #Monsanto, #organic, #Vegan
Posted on December 10, 2016
Donate To CSPI to Help Save Healthy School Food “The 2010 Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act has led to school breakfasts and lunches that are lower in salt, sugar, and refined grains—and soda in schools is a thing of the … Read More
Posted in Take Action
Tagged with: #children's health, #consumers right to know, #DARK act, #donate, #donation, #GMO, #healthy school food, #Just Label It, #Monsanto, #Organic Trade Association, #philanthropy, #protect, #tax break
Posted on November 29, 2016
‘Don’t Let a Climate Denier Run the EPA’ Sign the petition here to tell Trump not to appoint one of America’s top climate deniers, Myron Ebell, to run his Environmental Protection Agency transition team. What is even more scary, is he … Read More
Posted in Take Action
Tagged with: #acrylamide, #association, #ban, #climate denial, #commissioner, #compound, #environmental protection agency, #EPA, #glyphosate, #GMO, #Monsanto, #OCA, #organic, #organic consumers assocaition, #protect food safety, #roundup, #toxic chemicals, #trump, #WHO
Posted on November 29, 2016
Food Tank’s Summit Inspires Solutions For Foodies Everywhere Many diverse groups of people from both public and private sectors attended the Food Tank conference in Chicago almost two weeks ago. There were three main panel discussions; including transparency in the food system (YES!) … Read More
Posted in In The News
Tagged with: #capitalist, #chicago, #conference, #exxon mobil, #food justice, #Food Tank, #fossil fuel, #gas, #hollywood film, #john roulac, #leonardo dicaprio, #Monsanto, #NY Times, #public private, #rockefeller, #summit, #superfood company nutiva
Posted on November 1, 2016
Help Protect Mother Earth and Tropical Palm Forests Palm Oil consumption has always been popular for its higher yield of crops and when some people declared Palm Oil ‘healthier’ than other vegetable oils, the demand went even higher. Regardless that there has … Read More
Posted in Take Action
Tagged with: #ban glyphosate, #bayer, #bee killing pesticides, #big food production, #biomass, #Climate Change, #deforestation, #ecological destruction, #EPA, #forest fires, #gina mccarthy, #greenhouse gases, #halloween candy, #Jonathan Lundgren, #losing ozone layer, #Mars, #modern day slavery, #Monsanto, #nanomaterials, #neonic insecticides, #OCA, #Organic Consumers Association, #organic consumers fund, #palm oil is evil, #peer, #pollinators, #protecting employees that protect the environment, #regeneration, #scientific research, #social justice issues, #sugar is killing us, #tax-deductible, #toxic chemicals, #tropical palm forests, #usda, #yoga mat chemical in food
Posted on October 18, 2016
Stop Pipeline Company Mega-Merger Since ‘lower oil and natural gas prices have diminished the demand for shipments and building new projects becomes increasingly difficult because of local opposition’, there has been a recent trend of consolidation among pipeline companies to bulk up … Read More
Posted in Take Action
Tagged with: #bayer, #carbon emissions, #clean energy standard, #clean renewables, #consumers right to know, #consumers union, #crimes against humanity, #cuomo, #direct action, #energy, #FDA, #food and drug administration, #Genetically Engineered, #genetically modified food, #glyphosate, #gmo ge, #megamerger, #Monsanto, #monsanto tribunal, #new york state, #nuclear, #Organic Consumer Association, #public health, #roundup, #solar power, #take action, #toxic chemicals, #wind power
Posted on October 12, 2016
EPA Assisting Rural Communities to Participate in ‘Rural Advantage’ Programs The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has invited rural communities to apply for planning assistance of subsidized programs that will improve economic and environmental conditions, per the ‘Rural Advantage’ initiative enacted by the Obama Administration. This opportunity is meant … Read More
Posted in In The News
Tagged with: #cornell, #environment, #farm to school, #farmers, #fishermen, #food access, #food economy, #food processors, #healthcare facilities, #local food, #Monoculture, #Monsanto, #National Farm to School Month, #nutrition, #public health, #ranchers, #revitalize the downtown, #Ties to Monsanto, #U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, #United States Department of Agriculture
