March on WA DC for Science; Tell USDA “NO” for Organic Checkoff; Indivisible Team Action Update; Ban Pesticides NOW

Posted on April 11, 2017

March on Washington DC for Science on April 22nd The ‘March for Science’ will be held in Washington, D.C., and satellite marches will be held in other cities, much like the Women’s March the day after the inauguration. The march stands for science … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #certified organic, #checkoff, #child health, #chlorpyrifos, #climate rally march, #community action, #ecowatch, #environmental, #EPA, #organic, #organic checkoff, #Pesticides, #Politics, #science, #scott pruitt, #usda, #wa dc, #Washington

Food Policy Keeps Up; Washington DC Food Tank Summit Inspires; NYC Bodegas Protest; EPA Reports Smudged; Biodiversity Improves Standards

Posted on February 13, 2017

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Civil Eats Describes Food Policy Today “With policy changes taking place at breakneck speed in Washington, there is no certainty with respect to laws that have made the U.S. food system safer, healthier, and more sustainable. The only certainty is that … Read More

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #agriculture, #beef meat production, #biodiversity, #bodega, #children's health, #chlorpyrifos, #Civil Eats, #Environmental Working Group, #food, #Food Tank Summit, #grass, #ken cook, #muslim ban, #npr the salt, #nyc new york, #pasture-raised cows, #Pesticides, #policy, #refugees, #tom vilsack, #toxic effects, #trump, #usda, #wa dc

In The News: Obama Expected to Sign GMO Bill; Major Food Companies Paying Farmers to Go Organic; Thousands of Venezuelans Have to Cross Borders for Food

Posted on July 18, 2016

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Obama Expected to Sign GMO Bill When Obama was campaigning for the presidency in 2007, he spoke a lot about GMOs and his stand on them. A direct quote from one of his speeches: “We’ll let folks know whether their … Read More

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #big food companies, #blackouts, #certified organic, #Columbia, #congress, #crop land, #farm land, #federal standard, #food industry, #food insecurity, #food scarcity, #food security, #GMO, #herbicides, #international humanitarian aid, #Kashi, #major food companies, #manual labor, #organic certification, #organic farmers, #organic farming, #Pesticides, #POTUS, #President Obama, #riots, #transitional period, #Venezuela, #Venezuelan food crisis

Take Action: Tell the EPA to Ban Nerve Damaging Pesticides; Make GMO Labeling the Law in NY; Forgive Young Farmer Student Loans

Posted on May 16, 2016

Tell the EPA to Ban Nerve Damaging Pesticides The EPA is accepting comments on the dangerous pesticides chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion for the next few weeks. Industrial farms have been spraying these harmful pesticides on soy, strawberries, kale, wheat, and … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #chlorpyrifos, #college graduates, #diazinon, #EPA, #family farms, #Genetically Engineered, #Governor Cuomo, #industrial farms, #kale, #malathion, #National Young Farmers Coalition, #nervous system, #new york, #organophosphates, #Pesticides, #Right to Know, #senate, #soy, #State House, #strawberries, #student loan forgiveness, #Student Loans, #wheat

iEat Green Brings Healthy Cooking Demo to Nassau Community College, Planting in Accordance to the Moon Cycles, and An Interview with Catherine Gill, Sr. VP of Root Capital

Posted on May 2, 2016

Hi Everyone, As Spring takes hold of the season, our calendar is quickly filling up! Last week, I did a presentation of “One Wok, Three Meals” for the students and faculty at NCC, to demonstrate the ease at which one … Read More

Posted in Eating Green with Bhavani Tagged with: #artificial flavors and colors, #Catherine Gill, #communications, #cooking, #Farm to Table, #farmers markets, #GMO's, #Greenwashing, #growing, #investor relations, #local, #marketing, #moon cycle, #organic, #organic certification, #Pesticides, #philanthropy fundraising, #Root Capital, #shopping, #sustainable, #Women in Agriculture Initiative

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

Posted in Radio Tagged with: #antibiotics, #biotech, #FOIA, #food additives, #food policy, #GMO's, #Monsanto, #nutrition, #organics, #Pesticides, #Tamar Haspel

In the News: Milk Industry is Turning to Small Batch Operations; Strawberries Now Top Dirty Dozen List; Ag Department Proposing Stricter Animal Welfare Standards for Organic Chicken and Meat

Posted on April 12, 2016

Milk Industry is Turning to Small Batch Operations More and more consumers are learning about the negative impacts of factory farming, the awful treatment of the animals, and the lower quality product that results. Many farmers are responding to this … Read More

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #Agriculture Department, #animal welfare, #california, #chemicals, #cows, #dairy industry, #dirty dozen, #factory farms, #local food, #microdairies, #milk, #non-homogenized, #organic, #organic meat, #Pesticides, #poultry, #regulations, #strawberries

Take Action: Help Bring to Light Research That Could Save the Bees; Stop the Native American Land Grab; Save The Wolves

Posted on January 18, 2016

Help Bring to Light Research That Could Save the Bees The USDA is supposed to protect our food system, not Big Ag’s profits. But instead, it’s working hard to suppress research that could hurt pesticide giants like Bayer and Syngenta. … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #american southwest, #bayer, #butterflies, #copper mining, #endangered, #mexican gray wolf, #native american land, #Neonicotinoids, #Pesticides, #petition, #Save the bees, #syngenta, #usda, #wolves