2018 is the Year to Rise and Regenerate; Trump Opens Up Our Shores to Oil Drilling

Posted on January 9, 2018

Local Consumers Can Support Our Rise to Regenerate Our Earth In response to the predominant support for industrial agriculture whether it be Big Ag and Food stakeholders or the politicians who cozy up in their back pocket, even consumers like … Read More

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California’s Win Against Glyphosate; Safer Sunscreen Starts This Summer; SNAP Cuts Could Worsen NY Lives; Arkansas Votes to Ban Weedkiller

Posted on July 10, 2017

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Win Against Glyphosate in California “Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s widely used herbicide Roundup, was added on July 7th to California’s list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer, according to a Reuters report Tuesday. This news comes after the company’s … Read More

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Food Security on the Rise; Healthy Food at Gas Stations; Transitioning in Organics and Food Politics; NorCal Might be the First to Mandate Food Dye Labeling

Posted on March 28, 2017

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Famine for 20 Million Yet Food Security On the Rise Food insecurity has been considered one of the most critical issues in our broken food system, and for years it has been a hot topic for food policy analysts and activists … Read More

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Take Action: Protect Our Food From Waste Oil Water; Ban BPA From Cans; Veto the DARK Act

Posted on July 25, 2016

Protect Our Food From Waste Oil Water California farmers produce about 50% of our nation’s produce, which means we all eat food from the state. California is still in a terrible drought and pretty desperate for irrigation water. Currently, two … Read More

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In the News: Agrarian Elders Alarmed by the Direction of Organic; Check Out the 2016 EWG’s Sunscreen Guide; How the Good Food Purchasing Policy is Changing LA Schools

Posted on June 27, 2016

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Agrarian Elders Alarmed by the Direction of Organic The Agrarian Elders, a group of farmers who were the pioneers of organic and sustainable farming, are voicing their concerns about the direction of the organic food movement. The Elders fear the … Read More

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In the News: Milk Industry is Turning to Small Batch Operations; Strawberries Now Top Dirty Dozen List; Ag Department Proposing Stricter Animal Welfare Standards for Organic Chicken and Meat

Posted on April 12, 2016

Milk Industry is Turning to Small Batch Operations More and more consumers are learning about the negative impacts of factory farming, the awful treatment of the animals, and the lower quality product that results. Many farmers are responding to this … Read More

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In The News: Tell Obama to Stop the Worst Methane Leak In History; Stop the TPP Once and For All; Ban Fracking and Extreme Oil Extraction in California;

Posted on January 11, 2016

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Tell Obama to Stop the Worst Methane Leak In History Right now, the worst environmental catastrophe since BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill is underway in Los Angeles, but President Obama hasn’t gotten involved. Since late October, an uncontrolled leak at SoCalGas’s … Read More

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Take Action: Tell the President to Prosecute ExxonMobil; Ban Fracking on Public Lands; Pass the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act

Posted on September 29, 2015

Tell the President to Prosecute ExxonMobil A game-changing investigation by InsideClimate News has revealed that Exxon’s own research as far back as 1978 confirmed the role of fossil fuels in climate change. This is a major revelation in light of … Read More

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