Farm Bill Updates 2018; Women’s Health a Primary Issue; Pruitt Rolls Back Our Clean Water Protections; Scorecards for Farm to Fork Standard

Posted on June 18, 2018

A few weeks ago, the House voted down the proposal for the Farm Bill (HR2) in a 213 to 198 vote; not only did it slash funding for small, mid-size farmers, but it protected wealthy corporations and mega-farms and factories … Read More

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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

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EPA Prioritizes Big Industries First; Puerto Rico’s Agricultural Sector Impacted by Maria, Melania Trump Says NO to GMO, Say What?

Posted on October 3, 2017

Scott Pruitt Putting Industry First… Let’s Not Turn a Blind Eye! “In the four months since he took office as the Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator, Scott Pruitt has moved to undo, delay or otherwise block more than 30 environmental rules, … Read More

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Protect Public Health From Toxic Pesticides; Stop the Bayer-Monsanto Merger

Posted on September 5, 2017

Stand Up to Corporate Greed & Protect Public Health: Call Your Senator to Increase Transparency and Fight for Pesticide Regulation “In a stunning blow to science, democracy and human health, the Trump administration has overruled the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #ADHD, #childs health, #chlorpyrifos, #development, #EPA, #pesticides harmful toxics chemical, #scott pruitt, #trump

Help to Prevent Offshore Drilling; Let Us Fight for Clean Water; Join the Climate Change Reality Project; Check out FOE Action Center

Posted on August 15, 2017

Stop the Trump Administration’s Offshore Drilling Assault “The Trump administration is moving to reopen huge swaths of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, and possibly the Pacific and the eastern Gulf Coast, to oil and gas drilling — threatening our marine … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #al gore, #an inconvenient sequel, #bee killing pesticides, #Clean Water Act, #climate change reality leadership project, #drilling, #EPA, #friends of the earth, #gulf coast, #national resource defense fun, #NRDC, #offshore drillin, #oil spills, #scott pruitt, #trump

Demand Clean Air NOW; Stop Construction of Pipelines and Help to Resist Big Oil; Together We Can Move Away From Fracking; Label GMO’S; Protect Bees from Pesticides

Posted on August 8, 2017

Keep Clean Air a Priority for Our Children and the Earth: Take Action NOW Earlier this month, a federal court of appeals blocked a 90-day stay of certain parts of the rule, but the EPA is still trying to implement … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #child safety, #children's health, #consumers right to know, #Dakota pipeline, #DARK act, #GMO's, #keystone KL Pipeline, #label gmo, #methane, #new york times, #pollutants epa, #scott pruitt

Response to Roll Backs on Healthy School Food; Superfoods Trending Yet Fair Trade Wins; Pruitt Dismisses Twelve Scientists from EPA; Is Eating Salt is Back?

Posted on May 9, 2017

Perdue Moves to Make School Meals Great Again In 2010, Congress passed the bipartisan Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (part of what some might describe as part of the Obamas’ legacy). The law included ‘new school meal guidelines, supported by the Institute … Read More

Posted in In The News Tagged with: #clean water, #Climate Change, #healthy eating, #NY Times, #protection, #salt, #salt epa, #scott pruitt, #trump, #weight loss

March on WA DC for Science; Tell USDA “NO” for Organic Checkoff; Indivisible Team Action Update; Ban Pesticides NOW

Posted on April 11, 2017

March on Washington DC for Science on April 22nd The ‘March for Science’ will be held in Washington, D.C., and satellite marches will be held in other cities, much like the Women’s March the day after the inauguration. The march stands for science … Read More

Posted in Take Action Tagged with: #certified organic, #checkoff, #child health, #chlorpyrifos, #climate rally march, #community action, #ecowatch, #environmental, #EPA, #organic, #organic checkoff, #Pesticides, #Politics, #science, #scott pruitt, #usda, #wa dc, #Washington