Submit your comments about the proposed label for Genetically-engineered organisms in processed foods here, before July 3rd. Let them know your concerns regarding product labeling, and demand that foods which have been genetically-modified be required to bear a disclosure indicating that the food is bioengineered or may be bioengineered.

Their most recent proposal and draft of labels is just not good enough! The green and yellow (happy face!) icon is misleading and undercuts our main goal for consumers to clearly understand the potential threat and have access to important information regarding the risks of GMOs.

Despite Ben and Jerry’s  Statement From CEO, Jostein Solheim, “Change is a wonderful thing,” The Company Still Has Not Transitioned to Organics

According to Organic Consumers Association, ten of 11 samples of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream tested positive for glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. It’s the latest in a long line of complaints against the ice cream brand that claims its social mission, “seeks to meet human needs and eliminate the injustices in our local, national and international communities,” and that its focus is “on children and families, the environment and sustainable agriculture on family farms.”

TAKE ACTION: Tell Ben & Jerry’s CEO, Jostein Solheim, (aka Scooper Man): Roundup-Ready Ice Cream is neither ‘natural’ nor ‘socially responsible.’ Go 100% Organic! Fill in the form on this page or text ‘dirtydairy’ to 97779 to sign.

After you sign the petition, call Ben & Jerry’s (802-846-1500) and ask the company to stop greenwashing and go organic. Then post on Ben & Jerry’s Facebook page and tweet this.

Stone Barns Makes A Good Catch: Brooklyn-and-Alaskan-based Fishing Family Invites You to Support Sustainable Fishing Meanwhile Eating Fresh Sockeye Salmon

According to the FDA and EPA, wild-caught salmon has consistently had a low risk of mercury contamination (yet their story about women eating tuna has changed throughout the years and Consumer Reports has publicly criticized their assessments), meanwhile swordfish has been very high. Moreover, your choice in fish not only impacts individual health, but also impacts the environment.  So, consider where you might source your fish this Spring and Summer. If not local, then use this source guide provided by the Seafood Watch for more information.

TAKE ACTION: Join the Bee-Protective Campaign

“Neonicotinoids are an insecticide – by their very nature, they were created to kill insects. And because neonicotinoids are systemic, extremely persistent, and water soluble, there are a variety of ways in which insects, like bees, are exposed to the chemical and harmed, even when label instructions are followed.” -Center for Food Safety

“There is a wealth of independent, peer-reviewed scientific literature linking exposure to neonicotinoids to bee deaths and poor bee health. These include studies that show harm at neonic levels that are often found in the agricultural environment, not just lab studies. Neonicotinoids are highly toxic to bees and other pollinators, and exposure to these systemic insecticides can have both acute, lethal effects, or sub-lethal, chronic effects (such as impaired navigation, learning and memory, in addition to weakened immunity and reproductive capacities).” – Center for Food Safety

• Download Center for Food Safety fact sheet on Pollinators & Pesticides and learn the facts. You can make copies and pass them out to your friends and co-workers, at your local farmer’s market, gardening or beekeeping club.

Hold Responsible the Corporate Shareholders and Companies Like Wendy’s to Fair, Clean Standards in our Food System

Fast food restaurants like McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway, Taco Bell, KFC, and Chipotle, have all signed on to the FFP, (Fair Food Program) which means they only purchase their vegetables from farms with these protections. But Wendy’s refuses to participate. Keep the Pressure on, leading up to June 5th, when the Coalition of Immolakee Workers (CIW) will descend on Wendy’s annual shareholder meeting. 

Earlier this month, Silvia Perez hailed from Immokalee, Florida, along with NYC supporters, to the Manhattan office of Nelson Peltz, the board chair and largest shareholder of Wendy’s, where she and many others protested with a five-day fast. As many others do in Immokalee, FL, she made her living picking tomatoes. She came to share her story and tell the truth about what happens in the fields. You can help simply by sharing her story and, of course, by boycotting Wendy’s now! Sign the petititon here.

“The FFP creates a partnership between farm workers, Florida tomato growers, and participating retail buyers to enforce fair wages, worker safety, and other basic protections for farm workers through a three-pronged model: it includes worker-to-worker education sessions about worker rights that are held on the farm and on the clock, it adds a premium to the price of tomatoes that becomes a direct bonus for the tomato pickers, and it enlists the help of the third-party Fair Food Standards Council, which conducts regular audits and carries out ongoing complaint investigation and resolution.” – Think Progress