Farm Bill Updates; Public Health Advocates Suing FDA; Hawaii Bans Chlorpyrifos; Virginia Treesitters Protest Pipeline;

Posted on May 29, 2018

Latest Farm Bill 2018 Updates and News Roundup New York Times reports that a proposed sugar amendment to the farm bill was defeated in a 278-to-137 vote on Thursday by the U.S. House of Representatives. The amendment to the $867 billion … Read More

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #congress, #FDA, #Hawaii Bans Chlorpyrifos Statewide, #Take Action to Revoke the Use of Food Additives that Cause Cancer, #What Must You Know about Chlorpyrifos? The toxic pesticide now harming our children and environment

Frozen Food Might Be As Healthy As Healthy Gets For Some; Warming Climate Means Fish Population Changing; USDA Releases Proposed GMO Label, Disappointing;

Posted on May 22, 2018

Though the trend of ‘eating healthy’ has caught on for many and is increasingly pervasive among households and individuals considering the rising rate of chronic illness and disease, still, people just aren’t chopping fresh vegetables… As reported by NPR, “two-thirds … Read More

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #apeel sciences, #bioengineer, #Climate Change, #congress, #fish and marine life, #food labeling, #food waste, #frozen food, #GMO, #habitats, #product packaging, #reduce carbon, #usda

GMO Animals Should Be Regulated; Food Policy Action is Needed; Raise Your Voice to Say NO to Mega-Merger; Let’s Resist the Change and Boot Pruitt from the EPA

Posted on April 2, 2018

Genetically modified animals need to be thoroughly safety tested by the FDA! Since genetically modified salmon, biotech companies have been grotesquely working to create GMO animals. That is, bioengineering animals by way of making a change to their DNA such … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #bayer, #congress, #environment, #farm bill, #food policy action, #friends of the earth, #gilibrand, #mega-merger, #Monsanto, #representative

Chile Soda Tax Highest in the World; Industrial Agribusiness Not Sustainable; Monsanto’s Congressional Hearing Over

Posted on February 12, 2018

NY Times Reports How Chile is Changing the Food Market “The Chilean government, facing skyrocketing rates of obesity, is waging war on unhealthy foods with a phalanx of marketing restrictions, mandatory packaging redesigns and labeling rules aimed at transforming the … Read More

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Tell Congress NOT to Cut the EPA; Help Save the Bees; Resist the Construction of NY Pipeline;

Posted on September 19, 2017

Tell Congress NOT to Cut the EPA! Help fight back by collecting petition signatures in your community. “Even in the tragic aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the Trump administration has proposed devastating cuts to the EPA and many other … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #Clean Water Act, #congress, #Environmental Conservation, #EPA, #friends of the earth, #hurricanes harvey, #irma, #local resistance group, #NRDC, #petition, #pipeline awareness, #protect water, #take actin

Let’s Save the EPA; Defend Against Big Oil and Gas; Fight for Clean Water

Posted on August 22, 2017

Stop Trump & Congress from Terminating the EPA — write to your Representative NOW! The EPA is vital for the protection of our planet. Eliminating it could mean the end of clean air and no safeguards for clean water. Together we … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #alliance for green economy, #andrew cuomo, #awake, #clean water action, #congress, #environmental protection agency, #EPA, #renewable energy, #standing rock, #trump, #water protectors, #waterkeeper alliance

Help Protect Food Safety; Limit Trump’s Power to Start Nuclear War; Organize a March Against Monsanto; Take Bee-killing Pesticides Off the Shelves

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

Safegaurd Drinking Water; Act Now for Affordable Healthcare; Resist Biotech Mergers

Posted on March 7, 2017

Help Safegaurd Drinking Water by Standing Strong Against Pollutants and Fracking Those of us from New York already know that we have “the finest tap water in the world” due to three upstate reservoir systems which provide most of our … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #affordable care act, #antifracking, #congress, #drinking water, #epa environmental protection agency, #glyphosate, #GMO, #healthcare, #Organic Consumers Association, #repeal, #safegaurd natural resources