Protect our organic food future
July 31, 2026
(This Action Alert is over.) If you are trying to comment on the FDA’s food safety rules, and are receiving an error message from the Regulations.gov web page — this is very frustrating! You have at least two options. You can continue to try commenting online using these two links: ...
New York Times By Stephanie Strom Some of the nation’s major food companies declared victory on Wednesday over an initiative in Washington State that would have required labeling of some foods that contain biotech ingredients, although supporters of labeling held out hope that hundreds of thousands of uncounted votes might ...
USDA Catherine Greene U.S. consumer demand for organically produced goods has grown continuously since USDA established national standards for organic production and processing in 2002. And, while Americans economized on their food purchases during the 2007-09 recession, including purchases of organic products, growth in demand for organic products rebounded quickly ...
MSNBC.com By Ned Resnikoff In the 22 years that Swami Durga Das has managed New York’s River Fund Food Pantry, he has never seen hunger like this. Each Saturday, hundreds of hungry people descend on the pantry’s headquarters, an unassuming house on a residential block. The first people arrive around ...
New York Times By Justin Gillis Climate change will pose sharp risks to the world’s food supply in coming decades, potentially undermining crop production and driving up prices at a time when the demand for food is expected to soar, scientists have found. In a departure from an earlier assessment, ...
Decoding the GMO Food Fight in Washington State Heading into the weekend before the November 5 vote on Washington state’s GMO food ingredient labeling initiative, The Cornucopia Institute has updated its infographic detailing supporters and opponents of I-522. The infographic allows consumers to identify corporate and organizational supporters and opponents ...
(This Action Alert is Over) FDA DEADLINE APPROACHING: Please Get Your Proxy in the Mail ASAP Your Voice Could Make the Difference in Saving the Family Farms Producing Our Best Food You can make a difference. Please help save our nation’s diversified produce farmers from potential ruin! The FDA’s proposed ...
Minnesota-based group leads national battles over labeling that identifies genetically modified ingredients. Star Tribune By Mike Hughlett Consumers who want to know if their food contains genetically modified ingredients can thank Ronnie Cummins for his efforts to slap labels saying as much on everything from taco chips to coffee cake. ...
La Crosse Tribune (WI) By Nathan Hansen / Lee Newspapers While Jim Riddle and Joyce Ford only farm a few acres on their organic Blue Fruit Farm in Winona County’s Wiscoy Township, their impact to local, sustainable and organic agriculture has had international impact. Over the decades, the husband and ...
[Note: Don’t panic, go organic! This additive is not allowed in organic foods.] The asthma drug-like growth additive has enjoyed stealth use in the US food supply for a decade despite being widely banned overseas. AlterNet By By Martha Rosenberg Have you ever heard of ractopamine? Neither have most US ...
To prevent the spread of disease to wild populations of agriculturally significant bee pollinators, petitioners asked U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to use its authority to regulate commercial bumblebees. EcoWatch By Kaye Spector Conservation and science leaders renewed their call today demanding the U.S. ...
Developer of first commercialised GM food says debate isn’t over European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility Contact: Dr Angelika Hilbeck The number of scientists, physicians and legal experts who have signed the group statement, “No scientific consensus on GMO safety”[1] has climbed to 230 in just over ...
