Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Tag: food system

EWG sues EPA for inaction on glyphosate petition; violates federal law,...

In the suit, EWG requests a reduction in the glyphosate tolerance level for oats from 30 ppm to 0.1 ppm and a ban on its use as a pre-harvest desiccant.

Clean Fifteen’ 2026: The least contaminated fruits and vegetables

For these items, nearly 60 percent of samples had no detectable pesticide residues, making them safer options to buy non-organic.

Chemical giant to discontinue production of herbicide with active ingredient in...

Because it contains a mix of an active ingredient in Agent Orange and glyphosate, Enlist Duo is said to be one of the most dangerous herbicides still used on food crops.

The next frontier of climate accountability: Making Big Food pay its...

The “polluter pays” principle transformed the energy industry half a century ago. Now, as industrial agriculture drives climate breakdown, deforestation, and water scarcity, experts say it’s time to apply the same rule to our food systems—and make corporations, not consumers, bear the cost of the damage.

Grocery chains are passing Trump tariff costs on to US consumers...

The price of food has increased by 3 percent in the past year, with meats, poultry, fish, and eggs getting 5.6 percent more expensive from June 2024 to June 2025.

How city-owned grocery stores can tackle food insecurity

As private grocers abandon low-income neighborhoods, Zohran Mamdani’s public ownership proposal offers a solution to market failures.

Conservation innovations: How sustained resistance is saving one of the Earth’s...

As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.

Exposure to synthetic chemicals in food poses health impacts, new study...

Their conclusion: a need to transition to a safer, more sustainable food system.

Food giants’ climate plans lack credibility, new report finds

The annual report, which analyzed the climate strategies of five of the world’s top 10 food and agriculture corporations, is the latest in a slew of reports that show how the largest food companies are failing to tackle their environmental impacts.

FDA unveils online database of chemical substances in food as part...

The Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool provides contaminant levels in an initiative to modernize food chemical safety.

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Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...

What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?

Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...

A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.

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Women leaders and Trump 2.0.

Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?

The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.

Del Monte Bankruptcy to destroy 420,000 Peach Trees in California

A steady decline in demand for canned products as consumers shift toward fresh produce and several other factors led to this collapse.