Category: Take Action

Take Action: Tell Restaurants to Serve Healthier Meals to Our Children! Help Us Get PFAS Chemicals Out of Our Food Supply!

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is a wonderful non-profit,  consumer advocacy organization, working to improve our food system to support healthier eating. Right now they are taking on the poor quality of kids’ meals at restaurants, and … Read More

Take Action: Show Your Support for the Build Back Better Act. Urge Your Congressperson to Vote “YES”!!!

We already watered down the single largest climate bill in American history, and we can’t afford to water it down anymore. We need to transform our transportation, energy and manufacturing sectors for the better, if we want to avert the … Read More

Take Action: Arsenic is in Rice. Demand All Infant Cereals to Be Tested for High Arsenic Levels!

Over 10 years ago, I started becoming aware of studies that showed high levels of inorganic arsenic in rice. It turns out that rice absorbs arsenic from the soil and groundwater, and brown rice has more of it than white … Read More

Take Action: Help Us Get Lead Out of the Drinking Pipes in Schools!

Most of you know that lead is a dangerous neurotoxin and that it is especially dangerous to children, but did you know that most old school buildings still have their lead pipes intact? I remember bringing this up to my … Read More

Take Action: Sign the Petition in Support of the “Build Back Better “Plan

Here is your chance to let your voice be heard. Please sign the petition and tell Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act! This is bold legislation that needs to happen! It will help curb global warming, it will support … Read More

Take Action: Help to Stop the Use of Pesticides that Kill Our Pollinators! We know Pipelines Leak! Help Stop the Line 3 Pipeline and Don’t Let National Grid Put a Fracked Gas Vaporizer at the Apex of the North Brooklyn Pipeline!

URGENT: Bio-tech companies, like Bayer-Monsanto and Syngenta, are making MILLIONS of dollars promoting pesticides that kill bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. These companies spend millions of dollars lobbying Congress to allow them to continue, even though the research shows how … Read More

Take Action: Tell Your Representatives to Support the ‘Build Back Better Act’ and Give Our Kids Healthier Foods and Fight the Climate Crisis!

In the coming days, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Build Back Better Act. Urge your Representative to vote YES to ensure more kids have access to free, healthy school meals. Among many important investments, the Build … Read More

Take Action: Demand that Horizon Organics Re-Instates Contracts with NE Family Farmers!

You may have heard that Horizon Organics recently cancelled their milk contracts with 89 organic dairy farmers in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and New York.  Danone (which owns Horizon Organic Milk) is the global leader in fresh dairy products and … Read More