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iEat Green Joins the March For Science; LIU is Expanding Their Sustainability Program; Jessie Breslau from Foodshed.io Joins Bhavani on PRN

Posted on April 10, 2018

Hi Everybody, I can’t believe it has already been one year since the 2017 March for Science! The current administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency, have spent the past year trying to denounce and prevent science based information from … Read More

Posted in Eating Green with Bhavani Tagged with: #access to local food, #andrew wheeler, #coal lobbyist, #environmental protection agency, #EPA, #Foodshed.io, #good food movement, #LIU, #local economy, #march for science, #NYC AgTech Collective, #PRN, #Progressive Radio Network, #scientific experts, #scott pruitt, #Sustainability Degree Programs, #Tom Suozzi

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

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #bonamici, #chile, #congress, #congress woman, #environmental protection agency, #EPA, #food labeling, #iarc, #industrialized agriculture, #international agency of research cancer, #laws consumer protection, #major damage, #planet, #public health, #Round up, #science, #scientific report, #soda tx, #sustainable food news, #suzanne, #tax, #WHO

Keep School Food Healthy; Protect Pebble Mine; Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Rising Ocean Temperatures

Posted on January 30, 2018

Keep School Food Healthy and Nutritious for Children Everywhere and support the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Farm to School Movement Help CSPI protect the progress we’ve all fought so hard for—less salt, more fruits, vegetables, … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #bristol bay, #center for science in the public interest, #Climate Change, #cspi, #environmental protection agency, #EPA, #friends of the earth, #healthy school food, #nutrition, #Pebble MIne, #protect environment, #rising ocean temperatures, #save our planet, #trump administration

Combat Diabetes, Say No to Junk Food; EPA Drops Bans Against Harmful Chemicals

Posted on December 26, 2017

The Fight Against Junk Food As Diabetes Rises in India India is “sitting on a volcano” of diabetes, as NY Times reports more people in India are likely to develop diabetes from weight gain than people in other regions due … Read More

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #environmental protection agency, #EPA Drops Bans Against Toxic Chemicals, #healthy, #healthy school food, #india, #junk food diet, #kichidi, #Monsanto, #ny time

iEat Green Wonders…What is Happening? Are We Living in a Military State? Is This My Country? I Don’t Recognize It!! Serving Up Some Holiday Cheer in Rufus King Park; Lorrie Clevenger, Founding Member of Rise and Root Farm, Joins Bhavani on PRN!

Posted on December 19, 2017

Hi All, Banned words? One day we read that the Center for Disease Control is not allowed to use words like fetus or transgender, and the next day we read that the Environmental Protection Agency is spying on their employees … Read More

Posted in Eating Green with Bhavani Tagged with: #Banned Words, #Black Urban Growers, #cdc, #Center for Disease Control, #Congressmen, #environmental protection agency, #EPA, #Farm School NYC, #food pantry, #Governors, #just food, #Lorrie Clevenger, #people power, #PRN, #Progressive Radio Network, #Rise and Root Farm, #River Fund NY, #Rufus King Park, #Senators, #Town Supervisors

Ban Chlorpyrifos; Keep the Soil in Organics; Clovis Investigation Creates Pressure for USDA

Posted on October 31, 2017

Organic Consumers Association Reminds Us of What is at Stake With Chemicals Like Chlorpyrifos In November 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finally took steps to ban chlorpyrifos, an agricultural pesticide known to be especially harmful to people having regular, consistent contact, … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #chlorpyrifos, #dow chemical, #environmental protection agency, #EPA, #food labeling, #keep the soil in organic, #nutrition, #organics, #pesticide, #sam clovis, #take action, #usda

GMO Food Labeling Laws NOW; Reject Sam Clovis for USDA Chief Scientist; Stay Informed and Protect Clean Water; Fight Big Oil

Posted on August 28, 2017

Tell the Administration to Label GMOs Now “Last year, after several states passed laws requiring labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods, the federal government finally passed a GE food labeling law. But the devil is in the details, now … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #agriculture, #clean drinking water, #climate science, #detoxify cosmetic products, #environmental protection agency, #EPA, #food labeling, #friends of the earth, #GE foods, #genetically modified engineered, #nafta, #sam clovis, #Sierra Club, #take action, #trump, #usda

EPA Documents Reveal Truth About Plans for Pesticides; Powerful Victory for Waterkeeper Alliance; The EPA and GMOs Still Need Our Attention; Trump’s Renegotiations of NAFTA; Juniper Ash Provides More Calcium than Milk

Posted on August 22, 2017

EPA Documents Reveal Appointees Plans to Reject Ban of Chlorpyrifos “Chlorpyrifos is still widely used in agriculture — on apples, oranges, strawberries, almonds and many other fruits — though it was barred from residential use in 2000. The E.P.A.’s scientists have recommended it … Read More

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #chlorpyrifos, #constitution pipeline rejected, #environmental protection agency, #EPA, #food farm land, #genetically modified food, #genetically modified genes, #GMO, #nafta, #Neonicotinoids, #pesticides ban, #pruitt, #trump