Donate To CSPI to Help Save Healthy School Food “The 2010 Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act has led to school breakfasts and lunches that are lower in salt, sugar, and refined grains—and soda in schools is a thing of the … Read More
Posts tagged: #GMO
Keep Climate Denial at Bay; Protect our Food Safety; Moving Away From Roundup; Stop Organic Fraud
‘Don’t Let a Climate Denier Run the EPA’ Sign the petition here to tell Trump not to appoint one of America’s top climate deniers, Myron Ebell, to run his Environmental Protection Agency transition team. What is even more scary, is he … Read More
In the News: Obama Signs GMO Bill Into Law; The Impossible Burger Comes to NYC; Ancient Grains for Biodiversity
Obama Signs GMO Bill Into Law Last week, President Obama signed the federal GMO labeling bill into law. As we’ve written the last few weeks, this federal law preempts state laws, meaning Vermont’s requirement of the words “produced with genetic … Read More
In the News: Maple Syrup May Be a Cancer Killer; 5 Most Common Fraud Foods; Clinton’s Stance on GMOs Changes With the Audience
Maple Syrup May Be a Cancer Killer New research shows that maple syrup may be a cancer killer! Japanese researchers have found that maple syrup inhibits colorectal cancer cell growth and invasion, while having zero known toxicity. Natural maple syrups … Read More
Take Action: Protect Our Food From Waste Oil Water; Ban BPA From Cans; Veto the DARK Act
Protect Our Food From Waste Oil Water California farmers produce about 50% of our nation’s produce, which means we all eat food from the state. California is still in a terrible drought and pretty desperate for irrigation water. Currently, two … Read More
In The News: Obama Expected to Sign GMO Bill; Major Food Companies Paying Farmers to Go Organic; Thousands of Venezuelans Have to Cross Borders for Food
Obama Expected to Sign GMO Bill When Obama was campaigning for the presidency in 2007, he spoke a lot about GMOs and his stand on them. A direct quote from one of his speeches: “We’ll let folks know whether their … Read More
Take Action: Sign on as a Supporter in the Monsanto Tribune; Tell Obama to Veto the GMO Bill; Sign to Ban Atrazine
Sign on as a Supporter in the Monsanto Tribune Monsanto has become the poster child of evil corporations worldwide, and has wreaked havoc on the environment and lives of people across the globe without a second thought. The Monsanto Tribunal … Read More
In the News: Senate Passes the Dreaded GMO Labeling Bill; Man Feeds Himself For Free All Year; Congress Passes the Global Food Security Act
Senate Passes the Dreaded GMO Labeling Bill The Senate has passed a GMO labeling bill that would allow food companies to print a QR scan code, phone number, or website that consumers can scan/call/look up to find GMO ingredient information, … Read More