Posts tagged: #Farm Bill 2013
SNAP Nationwide Call-In Day (TODAY, Wednesday December 4th) Lawmakers in Congress are negotiating the final version of a farm bill that is likely to include additional reductions to SNAP. Both the House and the Senate have passed farm bills that … Read More
House Passes Farm Bill with Huge SNAP Cuts It took five long years to finally arrive at a new Farm Bill and the end results are not pretty. The House voted?217 to 210?to cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (better … Read More
Draw the Line on the Keystone XL This Saturday, September 21st, ?in over 200 places around the country, thousands will rally and march in the?largest day of action against the tar sands yet. This will be a call to??Draw the … Read More
Stop the USDA’s Plan for Unsafe Chicken Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack has a plan to change the way safety inspections are conducted on poultry, and his plan would make our food less safe and put workers in danger. Vilsack’s plan … Read More
Berries Over Bugs! Tell Dannon to Get Insect-Extract Out of Yogurt Instead of relying entirely on strawberries, raspberries, cherries, or other healthy wholesome fruit, Dannon sometimes uses an extract made from the pulverized, dead bodies of cochineal insects to give … Read More
Fukushima Nuclear Plant Continues to Leak Radioactive Water Last week, Japan?s chief nuclear regulator announced that the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which had been damaged by an earthquake and tsunami 2 years ago, has been leaking contaminated water into the … Read More
