Pruitt Rules To Degrade Farm-Workers Protections Act; Who Exactly Does Snap Feed? Cuomo Supports NY Farmers; iEat Green’s Radio Guest on CBS 60 Minutes; Victory for NY Renews Campaign

Posted on April 30, 2018

EarthJustice Workers Submit Freedom of Information Act, Putting Scott Pruitt Under Scrutiny From the fields of Florida, to the crops of California, farm workers across the country are directly impacted by federal regulatory laws which allow for use of pesticides … Read More

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Keep the Pressure on Single-Use Bags To Reduce Waste; Comment NOW to Stop OFF Shore Drilling; Say NO to Loopholes for Pollution; Show Your Support and Let’s Fix the Farm Bill 2018

Posted on February 22, 2018

Tell Your Representative: Don’t Break Your Promise on Plastic Bags We used billions of single-use plastic bags every year, and many of those end up in the streets and eventually, make their way into our waterways. The Riverkeeper cites a … Read More

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Tell the EPA We Need to Protect Clean Air; Help Resist Changes To SNAP Benefit Program; Call Cuomo and Say NO to GMO Moths

Posted on July 25, 2017

Tell the EPA to Stop Delaying Clean Air Protections Methane is a potent climate pollutant that traps over 80 times more heat on our planet than carbon dioxide, and the oil and gas industry is the largest producer of this … Read More

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Farm to Food Bank Tax Bill Approved; Google Helps Track Seafood for Sustainability; Bushwick Grows Mushrooms;

Posted on April 18, 2017

Farm to Food Bank Tax Bill Approved by Cuomo for Final State Budget Finally, the NY State Legislature and Governor Cuomo agreed to include the Farm to Food Bank Tax Credit in the “just-passed” 2017-2018 Final State Budget. The tax … Read More

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Expanding the Food Movement in Trump Era; Nutrition Planning 2017; Conflicts in Biotech is Pervasive; Cuomo Safeguarding Women’s Health and Continues Commitment to Off-Shore Wind; Groundbreaking Opportunities in Food System Overseas; SNAP is Right!

Posted on January 23, 2017

Expanding the Food Movement in the Trump Era by Civil Eats “The most important work we can do now is to resist the authoritarian assault on democracy, prevent global catastrophe, and nurture civil society (including the burgeoning alternative food economy), even … Read More

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Cuomo Vetoed Farmers; Child Nutrition is Front Page; Slow Food and Farm Raiser Special Offer

Posted on December 6, 2016

Cuomo Decides to Veto Farm to Food Bank Tax Credit Bill Which Would Give Farmers Break Last week, Cuomo actually vetoed the NY Farm to Food Bank Bill which would have given farmers the well deserved tax break for produce they donate … Read More

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Stop Pipeline Company Mega-Merger; Glyphosate Needs to be Banned; Say NO to GMOs 2.0; Stop the Nuclear Bailout in NYC

Posted on October 18, 2016

Stop Pipeline Company Mega-Merger Since ‘lower oil and natural gas prices have diminished the demand for shipments and building new projects becomes increasingly difficult because of local opposition’, there has been a recent trend of consolidation among pipeline companies to bulk up … Read More

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In The News: Fire At the Indian Point Nuclear Plant, Video: Making an Example of Andy Wakefield, EPA Criticized for Wanting Public Opinion on New Legislation

Posted on May 19, 2015

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Fire At the Indian Point Nuclear Plant At the beginning of this month, there was a fire at the Indian Point power plant, causing a shut down of one of the plant?s two reactors. Governor Cuomo has been trying to … Read More

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