Name: Tuesday, March 31st – Food Literacy for All Virtual Speaker Series
Start: 2026-03-31T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-31T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Virtual

In the News: The Benefits of Spicing Up a Breast-Feeding Mother’s Diet; Thousands Could Lose Food Stamps as States Restore Pre-Recession Requirements; NY State Approves $15 Minimum Wage

Posted on April 4, 2016

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The Benefits of Spicing Up a Breast-Feeding Mother’s Diet Conventionally, mothers have been told to avoid strong flavors while breast-feeding, as to not upset their babies. The diet of the mother transfers flavors and information into the amniotic fluid before … Read More

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #$15 minimum wage, #amniotic fluid, #birth, #breast milk, #breast-feeding, #diet, #economy, #food stamps, #Long Island, #minimum wage, #mothers, #new york, #picky eaters, #recession, #senate, #SNAP, #spicy flavors, #unemployment, #Westchester

Take Action: Stand Up for Offshore Wind Power on LI; Tell Congress We’re Ready for 100% Renewable Energy; Tell the Senate Not to Sell Our Forests to the Timber Industry

Posted on March 14, 2016

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Stand Up for Offshore Wind Power on Long Island Join renewable energy advocates on March 21st, to tell Governor Cuomo and the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) to move forward with offshore wind power for Long Island immediately. Using fossil … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #carbon-free, #congress, #energy, #fossil fuels, #Governor Cuomo, #LIPA, #Long Island, #offshore wind, #renewable energy, #senate, #timber industry, #wind power, #zero emissions

Take Action: Support Standards to Reduce Emissions from Oil and Gas Operations; Stop Monsanto’s Dream Bill in the Senate; Say Yes To Reduce Climate-Damaging Fracking Pollution; Sign Petition to Repeal the Mandated Flu Shot!

Posted on November 17, 2015

Support Standards to Reduce Emissions from Oil and Gas Operations Every year, the oil and gas industry leaks millions of metric tons of excess methane, emitting the heat-trapping equivalent of 160 coal-fired power plants! These practices make your oil significantly … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #climate, #dream bill, #EPA, #fracking, #GMO labeling, #methane, #Monsanto, #oil and gas, #petition, #pollution, #senate, #sign

In The News: Thank President Obama For Rejecting the Keystone Pipeline; M&M’s Candies Linked to Cancer And More; Yet Another Child Paralyzed From the Flu Shot; Elizabeth Warren Schools The Senate on The Keystone Pipeline

Posted on November 9, 2015

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Thank President Obama For Rejecting the Keystone Pipeline Victory! President Obama has done it! We knew he had it in him to reject this unsafe and unnecessary pipeline. The President’s historic decision is a huge step forward in our fight … Read More

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #artificial coloring, #blind, #child, #elizabeth warren, #flu shot, #GRAS, #keystone pipeline xl, #knowledge, #m&m's, #mercury, #paralyzed, #safe for human consumption, #senate, #senator, #TPP

Take Action: The TPP Is Out, And It’s Worse Than We Thought; Stand Strong Against Monsanto’s Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015; Keep Fracking Out of Any Climate Agreement

Posted on November 9, 2015

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The TPP Is Out, And It’s Worse Than We Thought If you haven’t heard of the TPP yet, it’s the Trans Pacific Partnership which is a trade agreement that is pro-corporations and anti-human rights. The 6,000+ page document was released … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #climate agreement, #Climate Change, #congress, #DARK act, #GMO labeling, #Monsanto, #obama, #paris, #petition, #Right to Know, #senate, #TPP

Take Action: Tell Obama to Reject the Keystone XL Pipeline; Let’s Make GMO Labeling Mandatory; Tell Your Governor to Create a Strong Plan to Limit Global Warming Emissions

Posted on October 26, 2015

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Tell Obama to Reject the Keystone XL Pipeline Rejecting the Keystone Pipeline would be monumental for the next coming President. By saying no to the pipeline now, we can shut down new fossil fuel infrastructure for good. He will be … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #canada, #energy, #Global Warming, #GMO, #GMO labeling, #keystone pipeline xl, #mandatory, #obama, #petition, #power plants, #reduce emissions, #senate

Take Action: Reject the Senate’s Bad Energy Bill; Pledge to Make a Call TODAY to Stop the DARK Act; Under One Sky New York: Climate Change Rally

Posted on September 15, 2015

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Reject the Senate’s Bad Energy Bill Instead of moving toward the truly clean, renewable energy that we need, this bill would push us back into the dark ages of energy policy. While virtually ignoring renewable’s like wind and solar, and … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #clean energy, #Climate Change, #DARK act, #dream bill, #energy bill, #Monsanto, #natural gas, #new york city, #phone call, #rally for change, #senate, #under one sky

iEat Green Celebrates the Rejection of the Fast Track for the TPP, and Interviews Ellen Gustafson, Co-Founder of Food Tank and Author of “We the Eaters”

Posted on May 12, 2015

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Hi Everybody, I hope you are enjoying the beautiful Spring, which has finally arrived. We’ve been busy planting our seeds in the garden for this summer’s Farm to Table Cooking Classes, and planting more wild flowers to keep our bees … Read More

Posted in Eating Green with Bhavani Tagged with: #ellen gustafson, #food system, #notpp, #obama, #PRN, #senate, #TPP, #voted, #we the eaters