Keep Climate Denial at Bay; Protect our Food Safety; Moving Away From Roundup; Stop Organic Fraud

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

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Protect Tierra Madre & Tropical Palms; Improve Organic Standards; Boycott Orville’s Popcorn; Ban Glyphosate; Halloween Candy Tricks Without Treats

Posted on November 1, 2016

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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

Stop Pipeline Company Mega-Merger; Glyphosate Needs to be Banned; Say NO to GMOs 2.0; Stop the Nuclear Bailout in NYC

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

Take Action: Support FoodCorps Work in Maine Schools, Child Nutrition Re-authorization Bill, Support the Consumers Revolution, NRDC Fundraiser Fights Pthalates

Posted on September 6, 2016

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Farm to Institution in Maine Schools On October 14th, there will be a conference for presenters, sponsors, and attendees to network and share information about the three pillars of Farm to School programs and its implementation at state level. One example of this working is with … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #animal welfare, #Bangor, #Capitol Area Maine, #Child Nutrition Re-authorization Bill, #children's health, #Consumer Product Safety Commission, #education, #food labeling, #food packaging, #food policy, #foodcorps, #grassroots organization, #healthy communities, #ME, #NRDC, #OCA, #Office of Food Additive Safety, #Organic Consumers Association, #philanthropy fundraiser, #Pthalates, #toxic chemicals, #transparency

In the News: Acreage for GM Crops Declined in 2015; Keurig’s New K-Cup Coffee is Recyclable, but Hardly Green; Eating Fast Food Exposes Consumers to Toxic Chemical

Posted on April 18, 2016

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Acreage for GM Crops Declined in 2015 For the first time since their introduction, farmers planted less acreage of genetically modified (GM) crops in 2015. The drop was small, from 448.5 million acres in 2014 to 440 million in 2016. … Read More

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #canola, #coffee pods, #corn, #cotton, #fast food, #genetically modified, #GM Crops, #health issues, #hormone disrupting, #Keurig, #landfills, #non-gmo, #organic, #phthalates, #polypropylene, #single serve, #soy, #toxic chemicals, #waste

Take Action: Tell KFC to Stop Selling Antibiotic Filled Chicken; Demand the U.S. Reject the TTIP Proposals; Tell Grocery Stores to Say No to Bee Killing Pesticides

Posted on April 12, 2016

Tell KFC to Stop Selling Antibiotic Filled Chicken Many other fast food chains have committed to stop using antibiotic filled chicken, but unfortunately KFC is not one of them. They need to make the commitment since their main food … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #antibiotic free chicken, #antibiotic resistance, #bees, #chicken, #EU, #fast food, #federal government, #grocery stores, #KFC, #neonicotiniods, #organic, #President Obama, #regulations, #states rights, #toxic chemicals, #TTIP