Posts tagged: #trump
Posted on May 23, 2017
USDA Seeks Comment on Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Final Rule USDA is asking the public to comment on the possible actions USDA should take in regards to the disposition of the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Final Rule (FR). … Read More
Posted in Take Action
Tagged with: #anti hunger groups, #anti-drillin, #Anti-Fracking, #child health, #city council, #community, #drilling, #EPA, #food and water watch, #food containers, #friends of the earth, #monsanto evil, #organic regulation, #public, #recycle, #remove pesticides, #school policy, #standard, #stryofoam, #sustainability, #trump
Posted on May 9, 2017
Stop Cutbacks to USDA and Help Protect Food Safety “President Trump’s most recent budget proposal contained significant cuts to the USDA budget – $4.7 billion. That’s a 21% cut to the agency already struggling to protect our food supply and … Read More
Posted in Take Action
Tagged with: #bee-killing, #Center for Food Safety, #congress, #environment, #EPA, #friends of the earth, #neonicotiniods, #nuclear war, #Pesticides, #trump, #usda
Posted on May 9, 2017
Perdue Moves to Make School Meals Great Again In 2010, Congress passed the bipartisan Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (part of what some might describe as part of the Obamas’ legacy). The law included ‘new school meal guidelines, supported by the Institute … Read More
Posted in In The News
Tagged with: #clean water, #Climate Change, #healthy eating, #NY Times, #protection, #salt, #salt epa, #scott pruitt, #trump, #weight loss
Posted on May 2, 2017
Stop the Filthy Food Act “Dirty food, dirty air, dirty water—that’s what we’ll get if we don’t stop Congress from passing the Big Business Protection Act. (Okay, the real, but deceptive, name of the bill is the Regulatory Accountability Act.) … Read More
Posted in Take Action
Tagged with: #chemicals, #EPA, #food and health safety, #good food revolution, #impulse, #Monsanto, #protect public safety, #supermarket junk food, #supermarkets remove junk food, #trump
Posted on February 13, 2017
Reject Andy Puzder for ‘Anti-Labor’ Secretary “Puzder opposes meaningful minimum-wage increases, and attacked the expansion of paid-sick-day and overtime legislation. And while he rakes in millions as the CEO of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Hardy’s and Carl’s Jr., … Read More
Posted in Take Action
Tagged with: #andy puzder, #anti-labor, #block resist, #cheap labor, #immigrants rights, #npr the salt, #planned parenthood, #protectpp, #secretary of labor, #trump, #women's rights
Posted on February 13, 2017
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
Posted on January 31, 2017
Trump’s Pick for Secretary of Ag, Sonny Perdue, is Frightening If confirmed, Perdue will oversee a budget of more than $140 billion and a staff of more than 100,000 people in an office that, as Civil Eats points out, executes “policy … Read More
Posted in In The News
Tagged with: #environmental protection agency, #farm bill, #FDA, #healthy food, #npr, #secretary of agriculture, #SNAP, #sonny perdue, #the salt, #trump, #vegan ice cream
Posted on January 31, 2017
100 Day Action Plan After Women’s March The Associated Press reported that over 500,000 people marched in DC alone (twice the original estimate)—that is incredible! With millions more standing together throughout the country and the world, this event was a truly historic … Read More
Posted in Take Action
Tagged with: #army corps of engineers, #climate denial, #climate march, #dakota, #EPA, #food empowerment project, #healthy food, #keystone, #public comment, #Safeway, #scott pruitt, #Sierra Club, #standing rock, #trump, #union of concerned scientists, #yes! magazine
100 Day Action Plan After Women’s March; Advocacy Training Opportunity; Tell Your Democratic Leadership to Speak Out and Sign the Dissent Memo; Tell Senate NO to Pruitt; RSVP to Climate March; Tweet to Trump; Support Increased Access to Fresh Food to Low Income
Posted on January 31, 2017
100 Day Action Plan After Women’s March The Associated Press reported that over 500,000 people marched in DC alone (twice the original estimate)—that is incredible! With millions more standing together throughout the country and the world, this event was a truly historic … Read More
Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #army corps of engineers, #climate denial, #climate march, #dakota, #EPA, #food empowerment project, #healthy food, #keystone, #public comment, #Safeway, #scott pruitt, #Sierra Club, #standing rock, #trump, #union of concerned scientists, #yes! magazine