SAN FRANCISCO, CA – May 24, 2011 – Today, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) was informed by Assemblymember Huffman’s office that they have decided to hold AB 88—the California bill which would require that all genetically engineered (GE) fish sold in California contain clear and prominent labeling—as a 2-year bill. This means it will [...]
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CA GE Fish Labeling Bill Held
Posted in Activism, Agroecology, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Petitions on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t Let Monsanto Buy Out Public Radio!
Posted in Activism, Genetic Engineering, Petitions on May 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If you listen to NPR, you might have been surprised to hear a story that ran last week on the program Marketplace that sounded as if it were written by Monsanto itself. The report, entitled “The Non-Organic Future,” claimed that the only way to feed the world is to give poor farmers fertilizers, pesticides and [...]
WHAT DOES THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAVE TO DO WITH CLIMATE CHANGE?The Chamber is controlled by Big Polluters, poisons politics with its dirty money and opposes every single effort to curb climate pollution.
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Petitions, Sustainable Agriculture on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From Bill McKibbon: Together we’ve accomplished an awful lot in the last two years—we’ve built the first mass movement around climate change, with thousands of rallies around the country and around the world. We’ve put the basic science out where it can’t be ignored, and built a coalition of poor and affluent people around the [...]
Urge Congress To Take A Stand Against GE Fish! Support the bipartisan legislation to ban GE fish, require labeling
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Petitions on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Despite nearly 400,000 comments in opposition, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to announce its approval of genetically engineered (GE) salmon any day now. To make matters worse, FDA argues that these GE salmon don’t even need to be labeled! In response to FDA’s imminent approval, Congress is taking action. Senator Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and [...]
Over 9,900 Upset Consumers Tell Fair Trade Certifier ‘No Thanks’ on Name Change
Posted in Agroecology, Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Petitions, Sustainable Agriculture on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
WASHINGTON, DC – North America’s largest consumer advocacy organization, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), which represents over 850,000 consumers, announced last month a new campaign to oppose the name change of the fair trade certifier TransFair USA to “Fair Trade USA”. TransFair has applied for the new name to be trademarked, along with the term [...]
If Obama’s FDA Approves GMO Salmon, Congress Must Act! Ask Your Rep to Cosponsor Young’s Bill to Stop Frankenfish!
Posted in Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Petitions on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Obama Administration’s FDA seems bent on letting the biotech industry get their genetically modified salmon into ocean factory farms that are already spreading filth and disease. The FDA knows that GMO salmon are less nutritious, more likely to cause cancer or trigger allergies, and have a higher rate of deformities than normal fish. Rep. [...]
Tell President Obama not to cave to Monsanto!
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Herbicides, Organic Foods, Petitions, Sustainable Agriculture on February 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Unbelievably, over the past 12 days the Obama administration has approved not one, but two of Monsanto’s Round Up Ready genetically modified (GMO) crops. On Thursday January 27th, the USDA made the decision, under the directive of the White House, to fully deregulate Roundup Ready alfalfa, followed by the partial deregulation of Roundup Ready sugar [...]
Stand up for Farmer and Citizen Rights – Tell Obama to Ban Monsanto’s GMO Alfalfa!
Posted in Agroecology, Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Organic Foods, Petitions, Sustainable Agriculture on January 31, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Last week President Obama and Secretary Vilsack approved Monsanto’s GMO alfalfa despite overwhelming public protest. This move fundamentally undermines the organic industry, especially organic meat and dairy. In approving GMO alfalfa the Obama administration has caved to Monsanto and made it harder for family farmers to make a living and for consumers wanting to eat [...]
EPA knowingly allowed bee-killing pesticide onto the market
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Pesticides, Petitions, Sustainable Agriculture on January 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A leaked document from the EPA shows that the agency has knowingly allowed a highly toxic pesticide for bees, to be sold and used nationwide by Bayer, the third-largest producer of pesticides in the world. Below is an except from Tom Philpott’s in-depth Grist.org article on the recent leak which came into the hands of a [...]
Tell President Obama and Sec. of Agriculture Vilsack to Adopt a Moratorium on the Planting of GE Alfalfa. USDA’s Environmental Impact Statement Does Not Justify Approval
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Herbicides, Petitions, Sustainable Agriculture on January 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In a precedent-setting final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the planting of Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) acknowledges for the first time that GE contamination of organic and conventionally grown crops presents a huge problem in the U.S. Yet, the document falls woefully short of proving that GE alfalfa [...]
