Take Action: How Does Your Diet Contribute to Climate Change? Protect Farmworker’s Protections! Tell the EPA to Not Weaken the Standards!!

Posted on September 3, 2019

Take this Short NY Time Quiz! We have all heard how our food choices can effect climate change. Depending on how the food is grown, where it is grown, if its in season, how far it has to travel, if … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #Climate Change, #Department of Labor, #environmental protection agency, #EPA, #farmworkers, #industrial meat, #methane, #reduced wages

In the News: Slow Food Nations is Coming to Denver, Colorado, from July 19 to 21.

Posted on July 9, 2019

The third edition of Slow Food Nations, Slow Food’s biggest event in the US, will take place in Denver, Colorado, from July 19 to 21. The event will transform downtown Denver’s Larimer Square into a 3-day free international food festival with … Read More

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #class, #clean, #diet-related health problems, #fair and good, #farmworkers, #fishers, #food apartheid, #freshwaters, #gender disparities, #lack of access to land, #oceans, #people of color, #poor or low-income people, #race, #seafood chain workers, #Slow Food Nations, #Slow Food USA, #women

iEat Green Welcomes Jay Feldman, Executive Director of Beyond Pesticides, as a Guest on the Progressive Radio Network!

Posted on March 26, 2019

Hi Everyone, I am very excited to have Jay Feldman join me on my show this week! Jay is the executive director of Beyond Pesticides, and is a co-founder of the organization. He has served as its director since 1981, … Read More

Posted in Eating Green with Bhavani Tagged with: #Beyond Pesticides, #Beyond Pesticides 37th National Pesticide Forum, #chemical effects, #farmworkers, #Jay Feldman, #National Organic Standards Board, #nosb, #NY Academy of Medicine, #pesticide law, #regulatory actions, #Rural America, #small farmers

iEat Green is Supporting an Emergency Toy Drive, Please Help!! Leonel Perez from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers Joins Bhavani on PRN!

Posted on December 5, 2018

Hi Everyone, As most of you know, I have been partnering with the River Fund NY food pantry for the past 24 years, bringing food to the people during the holidays. This season, as I plan our cooking event for … Read More

Posted in Eating Green with Bhavani Tagged with: #Christmas Carolers, #Coalition of Immokalee Workers, #coat drive, #Fair Food Program, #farmworkers, #Jewelry Drive, #Leonel Perez, #Progressive Radio Network, #River Fund, #River Fund Food Pantry, #Toy Drive, #volunteer

#BootPruitt; Call Cuomo-Demand NY OFF Fossil Fuels; Stand Up for Human Rights

Posted on June 19, 2018

Take action now: Call your Representative and Tell them to #BootPruitt then share with friends and family. Here is a sample script you can use: Scott Pruitt is corrupt, a climate denier, a friend to polluters and an enemy of … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #activists, #apple amazon, #fair labor practices, #farmworkers, #Keystone Pipeline, #new york, #North Carolina, #voting rights

An Interview with Margaret Gray, Author of “Labor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic”

Posted on May 7, 2015

Hi All, This morning I had the pleasure of talking with Maggie Gray, about her new book, Labor and the Locavore, which is a book about the farmworkers who grow much of our food, grown in the Hudson Valley. The … Read More

Posted in Radio Tagged with: #book, #farmworkers, #food system, #labor and the locavore, #maggie gray