Category:Completed Action Alerts

[This Action Alert is Over] Protect Babies/Children’s Health—View Video—Sign the Petition Organic foods provide a refuge from the toxins, synthetics, and chemically processed ingredients that masquerade as food in the conventional food supply. Through corruption at the USDA some questionable ‘nutrient’ ingredients—produced by Martek Biosciences Corporation’s (DHA/ARA oils from algae and soil fungus) — have… Read more »

Send Your Comments to the National Organic Standards Board – Comments Due April 10! – The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), which advises the Secretary of Agriculture on organic policy and rulemaking, is considering several changes to the USDA’s organic standards that would water down organics, catering to corporate interests. We cannot allow corporate-backed members… Read more »

Protect Babies’ and Children’s Health March 21, 2011 In conventional foods, the government allows the use of toxic pesticides, genetically engineered crops, and novel synthetic additives that have not been tested for safety. As organic consumers, we say: “No thanks, we’d rather not be part of this huge uncontrolled experiment!” Organic foods offer an alternative,… Read more »

EWG Action Fund The budget legislation passed by House Republicans in the wee hours of February 19 (no Democrats voted for it) would slash $747 million — about 10 percent — from the 2011 budget for the Special Supplemental Feeding Program for Women, Infants and Children. It’s commonly known as “WIC.” Created in 1974, WIC… Read more »

[This Action Alert is Over] Despite the risks, the USDA has now made it clear that they are not interested in regulating Monsanto’s GE Alfalfa. They approved it January 27th for planting this spring by farmers with no restrictions. Tell President Obama that you don’t want organic and conventional agriculture contaminated by GE Alfalfa, and… Read more »

USDA Poised to Approve Genetically Engineered Alfalfa On December 16, the USDA released its Final Environmental Impact Statement on Monsanto’s genetically engineered Round-up Ready Alfalfa. Alfalfa is the fourth most widely grown crop in the U.S. and a fundamental source of livestock forage for dairy and beef farmers. Alfalfa is a perennial crop that is… Read more »

Agribusiness Shows Its True Colors! Even though an agreement was reached on the Tester-Hagan amendment last week, by the leadership in the Senate, this issue in the food safety bill is still not over! The Tester-Hagan amendment would exempt smaller, organic and local growers from expensive regulatory burdens.

Call your Senators MONDAY or TUESDAY— Urge their support for the Tester Amendment The Cornucopia Institute It now appears that the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) will be voted on in the Senate during the “lame-duck” session as early as Wednesday, Nov. 17. This bill, as we have noted before, would impose extremely burdensome… Read more »

[This Action Alert is Over]Meeting October 25-28, 2010 in Madison, Wisconsin Attend or mail in your proxy letter ASAP!Imagine 80,000 laying hens in a single building, crowded in confinement conditions, on “farms” with hundreds of thousands or a million birds. Is that organic? How about a tiny enclosed concrete porch, accessible by only 3%-5% of… Read more »

Call your Senators TODAY — Urge their support for the Tester Amendment The Cornucopia Institute We have learned that the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) may be voted on in the Senate on Thursday, September 16. This bill, as we have noted before, would impose extremely burdensome and unnecessary requirements on the thousands of… Read more »