Center for Food Safety Source: David Holt Washington, D.C. – More than 700 chefs – including Tom Colicchio, José Andrés, Art Smith and Sam Talbot – are urging members of Congress to support legislation to mandate labeling of genetically modified foods and to oppose efforts to block state GMO labeling laws. In a petition delivered… Read more »
Hardship on Mexico’s Farms, a Bounty for U.S. Tables
A Times reporter and photographer find that thousands of laborers at Mexico’s mega-farms endure harsh conditions and exploitation while supplying produce for American consumers. First of four stories. Please click on the link below to view this story with all images on the LA Times website. Source: Rusty Clark LA Times by Richard Marosi The tomatoes,… Read more »
Biotech Group Spent Historic $7M Against Maui GMO Farming Moratorium
Now global seed companies Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences are spending more on a legal challenge to the voter-approved initiative. Civil Beat by Anita Hofschneider Hawaiian Corn FieldSource: David Casteel A biotech group backed by Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences spent a record-breaking $7 million in its failed attempt to defeat a Maui County voter initiative that will… Read more »
Food Safety Petition and Action Alert
[This alert is over–comment period now closed] Food Safety Modernization Act: New Draft Rules Comments Due on December 15 to FDA Please take action by reading the full Action Alert available on the Cornucopia website: https://www.cornucopia.org/food-safety/ Although improved over the first draft the FDA’s proposed food safety rules are still onerous enough that they could… Read more »
Action Alert — Food Safety Modernization Act: New Draft Rules Comments Due on December 15
[This alert is over–comment period now closed] In response to recent widespread, and sometimes deadly, outbreaks of foodborne illness, Congress passed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) charging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with improving their oversight of the food industry. But the intense blowback the FDA received last year from family-scale farmers and… Read more »
Celebrity Chefs Cook Up Lobbying Agenda
The school lunch debate is only the first test for the culinary political network. Politico by Helena Bottemiller Evich Tom Colicchio Source: David Shankbone “Top Chef” judge Tom Colicchio was about to deliver his critique to the starstruck House Republican aides assembled before him — but not of the wild boar carnitas they prepared for… Read more »
Maybe We Just Shouldn’t Ever Buy Grocery Store Chicken
Modern Farmer by Dan Nosowitz Source: Eric Kilby The latest scandal in supermarket chicken comes from Canada. This time, a supermarket was reported to be re-labeling its chicken to have a later sell-by date, based on nothing more than a smell test. Should we maybe just stop buying supermarket chicken altogether? It seems like every… Read more »
Nation Watching GMO Labeling Fight in Vermont
Burlington Free Press by Dan D’Ambrosio Attorney General William Sorrell is well aware of the high stakes involved in his defense of Vermont’s labeling law for genetically modified organisms against a lawsuit by the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Source: Cedar Circle Farm & Education Center Across the nation, farmers, corporate executives at giant multinational food companies… Read more »
A Message from the Organic Consumers Association and Millions Against Monsanto
Rally for States’ Rights to Label GMOs! We Need Thousands of People. And You. The GMO labeling movement won big in Vermont this year. And we may still win in Oregon, once all the votes are in. But those laws will be nullified, and we will lose the right to pass any future state or… Read more »
Study Shows Organic Cotton Causes Less Environmental Damage than Conventional Cotton
Sourcing Journal by Tara Donaldson Source: Lane Becker More than just a “feel-good” fiber, organic cotton has now been proven better for the environment than conventional cotton, according to a new study. Textile Exchange, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing sustainability in the textile sector, in partnership with sustainability consultancy PE International conducted an 18-month Organic… Read more »
