House Republicans Fight to Cut Important School Lunch Programs
Lunch programs as they are now already receive meager funding. The $13 billion allocated to them is only 2% of our national defense budget.
Interactive Maps Show Where Monsanto’s Roundup Is Sprayed in San Francisco and Portland
Reverend Billy and The Stop Shopping Choir have published two new interactive maps showing where glyphosate is being sprayed in California’s Bay Area and Portland.
Nestlé Removes GMO Ingredients from Ice Cream
Nestlé will be removing all GMOs from six of its top selling ice cream brands.
Sanders and Clinton Clash Over Soda Tax
Despite the fact that Clinton pledged not to impose any new taxes on households earning under $250,000 a year, she recently broke her promise by supporting Philadelphia’s proposed soda tax.
New Study Finds Glyphosate in Breakfast Foods
Glyphosate has been linked to increases in levels of breast, thyroid, kidney, pancreatic, liver and bladder cancers and is being served for breakfast, lunch and dinner around the world.
BREAKING: Criminal Charges for 3 Over Flint Water Crisis is “Only the Beginning”
Attorney General Bill Schuette stated that these charges are “only the beginning” and that no one guilty will be able to escape justice because “no one is above the law.”
Food for Thought
Waste is a pretty bad thing – particularly in these days when we are all noticing that the price of food is increasing.
Monsanto’s Evil Twin: Disturbing Facts About the Fertilizer Industry
The currently catastrophic, but largely unrecognized, greenhouse gas damage from chemical farms and industrial food production and distribution must be reversed.
97% of Endangered Species Threatened by 3 Common Pesticides
The Center for Biological Diversity, as well as a number of farmworkers, child-safety and environmental advocacy groups, sent a letter to the EPA last month urging it to ban several organophosphate pesticides that are currently under review.
In a Surprise Win for Democracy Over Corporate Power, GMO Labeling Has Arrived
Those predicting an easy Senate defeat for mandatory labeling saw corporations fold one by one in the face of a strong food movement.