In the News: Scientists Found Eating Organic Food for One Week can Reduce Levels of Pesticides; The Impossible Burger is Full of GMO’s

Posted on May 28, 2019

Scientists Found Eating Organic Food for One Week can Reduce Levels of Pesticides This is amazing! A University of California study found that eating organically-grown food, even for just one week, can significantly reduce the levels of pesticides within the … Read More

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The #RISENY Climate March is This Week, Join the Movement!; Support the NDRC as they Fight for our Environment!; Help the Hudson River Stay Healthy and Natural!

Posted on September 5, 2018

The time is now! The #RISENY Climate Change March is this week! Join this movement and take a stand against climate change with thousands of other New Yorker’s this Thursday, September 6th at 5:30pm in Battery Park. If you haven’t … Read More

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Equity in the 2018 Farm Bill; Chemicals and Toxins in our Food Supply

Posted on April 10, 2018

Farm Bill 2018: Striving to Build Socio-economic Equity in our Food System As Congress moves forward with reauthorizing the farm bill, it is critical that the voices of farmers and food/farm advocates who are speaking up for racial equity and … Read More

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GMO Animals Should Be Regulated; Food Policy Action is Needed; Raise Your Voice to Say NO to Mega-Merger; Let’s Resist the Change and Boot Pruitt from the EPA

Posted on April 2, 2018

Genetically modified animals need to be thoroughly safety tested by the FDA! Since genetically modified salmon, biotech companies have been grotesquely working to create GMO animals. That is, bioengineering animals by way of making a change to their DNA such … Read More

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Call Your Representatives Today; Spread the Truth about Harmful Effects of Herbicides;

Posted on March 20, 2018

Trump’s Global Gag Rule is Impeding Progress for Equal Rights It’s critical that lawmakers from New York know the activists in their offices aren’t alone. Can you help us flood Congress with calls to show the power of this movement? … Read More

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Transition to Organics Around the World; Minimum Wage Hikes and the Job Market; Recent Report Shows Increases in Food Recalls

Posted on February 6, 2018

Tea Farmer In India Leads Charge For Organic, report by NPR “Tenzing transitioned to organic farming after an incident with pesticides on his own farm convinced him he needed to change. He would feel nauseous and have headaches after spraying … Read More

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River Fund Coat Drive; Call Cuomo Mondays: NO to Fracked Gas Infrastructure: Keep Organic Standards Strong; Tell Monsanto to Stop Using Toxic Pesticides; Harmful Household Items to Throw Away NOW

Posted on January 15, 2018

The River Fund Food Pantry is Having a Coat Drive: Donate To Help Others in Need. The River Fund Food Pantry is the non-profit organization I partner with for my Thanksgiving and Christmas cooking events and coat drives. Well… they … Read More

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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

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