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February 18, 2014

ACTION ALERT: Protect Organic/Non-GMO Farmers and the Purity of Our Food Supply

Comments Due March 4 Credit: USDA NRCS Organic and Non-GMO agriculture has shouldered the burden of GMO contamination for too long. This is our opportunity ...

January 31, 2014

Subterfuge: FDA’s Phase Out of Antibiotics for Animal Growth Purposes Ineffective — Will Disadvantage Small Farmers

[This action alert is now closed] [Please note that we have updated the previously incorrect docket number on the sample letter.] On December 11, 2013 ...

December 6, 2013

CRUSHED NUTS/ROTTEN APPLES: “Pasteurized” Nuts and GMO Apples — TELL THE FDA and USDA NO

This Action Alert is Over. GMO Apples? The USDA’sAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service is poised to approve a genetically engineered apple, called the Arctic ...

November 1, 2013

DEADLINE: Get Your Proxy in—FDA Rules Could Force Local/Organic Farms Out Of Business

(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 ...

September 4, 2013

NO GOOD FARMS—NO GOOD FOOD: Tell the FDA to Back Off — New Regs Could Crush Organic/Local Farmers

(This Action Alert is Over) The FDA’s new food safety rules have the real potential to force some of the safest local and organic farms ...

June 26, 2013

EPA Raised Residue Limits of Monsanto’s Glyphosate Herbicide

Toxic herbicide linked to serious health impacts – EPA puts Monsanto’s profits over public health Comment before Monday, July 1, 2013 at 11:59 PM ET ...

May 31, 2013

ACTION ALERT: Stand with Family Farmers — Protect Them from a Tax Benefiting Agribusiness

(This Action Alert is Over) Federal Research and Marketing Promotion Programs = Robin Hood in Reverse Call your senators now to tell them to support ...

May 24, 2013

Unbelievable! USDA Power Grab Should Not Go Unchallenged

(This Action Alert is Over) USDA violates the Organic Foods Production Act Draft rule on carrageenan, cellulose and “inert” synthetics in pesticides disregards decisions by ...

April 18, 2013

GMOs: Tell Makers of Similac That Our Babies Are Not “Human Lab Rats”

[This action alert is over.] GMOs—foods that have been genetically engineered by Monsanto and other chemical manufacturers—have never been adequately tested for long-term human health ...

March 15, 2013

ACTION ALERT: Tell the USDA — No Illegal/Unreviewed Synthetics in Organics!

[This Action Alert is Over] Sneaking Synthetics into Organics Close the Loophole – Submit a Comment to the National Organic Standards Board Comments due Tuesday, ...

March 14, 2013

Call Your Senators Today on Biotech Regulatory Rollback

[This action alert is over] UPDATE: The Senate has yet to vote on the resolution, and may not until Monday. If you haven’t called yet, ...

January 9, 2013

Action Alert: Genetically Engineered Salmon

(This Action Alert is Over) FDA Seeks Public Comment UPDATE: The FDA has extended the comment deadline to April 26! FDA poised to approve genetically ...