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Will Congress Let Monsanto Write Its Own Rules?
By Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Director of the Center for Food Safety Co-Authored by Colin O’Neil, Regulatory Policy Analyst at the Center for Food Safety Reprinted by permission of the Center for Food Safety The agricultural biotech industry — well, let’s call it what it really is: the chemical industry — has gone on the offensive as never before with…
19 Jul 2012
What Will You Do for the Revolution? Prop 37, D-Day for the Food Movement
By Dave Murphy, founder of Food Democracy Now For the past 50 years there’s been a growing awareness about the relationship between the land, agriculture, chemicals, food, health and the environment. Even before Rachel Carson penned The Silent Spring, Albert Howard and J. I. Rodale discovered the virtuous circle of organic and sustainable agriculture and the dynamic relationship between…
15 Oct 2012
Walmart’s $4 Drugs Coming From Indian Company Whose Products Have Been Banned In US and Canada
A New Report from WakeUpWalMart.com WakeupWalmart.com supports the use of generic prescription drugs as a safe alternative to expensive, name-brand medications. Walmart’s use of a corporate bad actor to cut costs, however, deserves significant scrutiny. Walmart is heavily promoting a program of 30-day supplies of generic drugs for $4, pointing to the program as an indicator of the company’s leadership…
15 Aug 2009
Volunteer: Your Right To Know and Labeling of GMOs
October 17, 2012 On November 6, Californians will vote on Proposition 37, which will require all genetically modified foods to be clearly labeled. This is an historic campaign – it will mean that for the first time in the United States, consumers will have the right to know what’s in the food they eat and feed to their families. Nearly…
17 Oct 2012
Target Accused Of Organic Food Fraud
By Lila Shapiro Ever wonder if the organic-labeled milk you’re drinking is really organic? If you purchased it at Target, it might not be. The Cornucopia Institute, a food and agriculture watchdog group, announced Tuesday that it has filed formal complaints with USDA’s organic program accusing Target Corporation of organic food fraud. And in the midst of HuffPost’s No Impact…
21 Oct 2009
Proposition 37, GMO Labeling Mandate, Wins Support Of 100 Celebrity Chefs
From the Huffington Post Food Blog, 10/22/12 California’s GMO labeling ballot initiative Proposition 37 has already attracted lots of emphatic support and dissent from a host of voices, from Michael Pollan to Danny DeVito. But on Monday, a large contingent of people with a lot of credibility on food issues threw their weight behind the proposal: celebrity chefs. Read more…
22 Oct 2012
Op-Ed: CA Right To Know Calls For Criminal Investigation Of ‘No on 37’
By Anne Sewell Oct 18, 2012 in Food at DigitalJournal.com Washington – In the latest in a line of misrepresentations and possible fraud, California Right to Know is calling for a criminal investigation of “No on 37? for misuse of the FDA Seal and a fabricated FDA quote, all in opposition to the labeling of GMOs. Proposition 37 would…
20 Oct 2012
Record-Breaking One Million Americans Tell FDA: We Have a Right to Know What’s in Our Food
New National Survey Shows Majority of Americans United on Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food Media contact: Sue McGovern sue@mcgov.com Direct: 781-648-7157 Cell: 781-315-3400 Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2012) – The Just Label It (JLI) Campaign announced today that a record-breaking one million Americans of all political persuasions have called on the FDA to label genetically engineered (GE) foods. The…
27 Mar 2012
Why We Must Vote Yes on Prop 37
By author, activist, and concerned mother, Shiva Rose, via the Huffington Post This month here in California, we will have a chance to know what is in our food supply. Prop 37 will require companies to label foods so we as consumers can know for certain if a product is organic or not. As a mother attempting to feed my…
03 Nov 2012
Millions of American Consumers are Food Identity Theft Victims
Food Packaging Deceptions Threaten National Food Integrity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Primary Media Contact: Kevin Sanchez Hollenbeck Associates (415) 227-1150 ext. 10 kevin@hollenbeckassociates.com WASHINGTON, DC – Even as more American families are trying to make healthier diet choices, many duplicitous food makers are contributing to the spread of Food Identity Theft. Despite government safeguards and restrictions, dozens of…
14 Oct 2011
The Bonvie Blog: Vanishing Act
‘Disappearance’ of GMOs, Monsanto, Should Be No Cause for Complacency By LINDA and BILL BONVIE You might think of it as a kind of double disappearing act – a pair of closely related evil entities now on the verge of vanishing before our very eyes. We’re talking about the man-made mutations commonly known as genetically modified organisms, or GMOs (often…
28 Jun 2018
Media May Kill Vitamins
Submitted as a guest editorial by Suzanne Jenkins, November 20, 2011 What happened to the media that investigates and reports both sides of the story? The practice of denigrating dietary supplements and raising public concern over “safety” has been elevated to an art form by the media. Sound bites and articles with such titles as, “Vitamins May Kill Elderly Americans,”…
23 Nov 2011
What A GMO World
Thirteen years old and an advocate of GMO labeling, Sky Rowe serenades, Satchmo-style, on the nightmare of a GMO world…
21 Oct 2012
Badditives!
In Badditives! The 13 Most Harmful Food Additives in Your Diet and How to Avoid Them, Linda and Bill Bonvie, who for several years wrote the Citizens for Health “Food Identity Theft” blog, identified a rogues’ gallery of the “worst of the worst” ingredients out there. We were fortunate to be able to bring you selections below from this important…
04 Apr 2017
Monsanto a Focus of US Antitrust Investigation
original link: www.npr.org By CHRISTOPHER LEONARD AP Agribusiness Writer ST. LOUIS October 8, 2009 (AP) The Justice Department is investigating whether Monsanto Co. violated antitrust rules in trying to expand its dominance of the market for genetically engineered crops. Monsanto has provided interviews and documents to the Justice Department, company spokesman Lee Quarles said. He said the department has questioned…
09 Oct 2009
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