The handful of “Big Meat” corporations that monopolize industrial meat production are guilty of exploiting meatpacking workers, farmworkers, farmers and ranchers—and torturing billions of farm animals.
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A new report by Food Democracy Now! and the Detox Project exposes shocking levels of glyphosate contamination in popular American foods, including Cheerios, Doritos, Oreos, Goldfish and Stacy’s Pita Chips.
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Breaking Bombshell: Right now Congress is getting ready to cut a deal with Monsanto to try to kill GMO labeling and common sense regulations on new GMO foods. Incredibly, at the same time, a groundbreaking new study released this week reveals that genetic engineering significantly disrupts basic cellular functions in GMO plants at an alarming level.
Read MoreRight now President Obama and the Food and Drug Administration are preparing to approve genetically engineered salmon for sale in the United States. But we need your help to make sure that NO major grocery retailer in the U.S. will buy and sell the world’s first genetically engineered animal made for human consumption to their customers.
Read MoreLast week, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the main chemical ingredient in Monsanto’s best-selling weedkiller Roundup – Glyphosate – is “Probably carcinogenic to humans”. According to WHO, glyphosate is used in more than 750 different weedkillers and is routinely detected in the air, water and our food.
Read MoreIn a huge victory in the fight for a sustainable food system, the USDA and HHS may finally consider the health of the planet in their dietary guidelines (a.k.a. the “Food Pyramid”)!
Read MoreDEADLINE MIDNIGHT: In the past 20 years, the population of monarch butterflies had declined an alarming 90% and they need your help today.
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Unlabeled GMO fruits are about to invade America’s fields, plates and grocery stores – GMO apples...
Read MoreAny day now, the White House Pollinator Health Task Force is expected to announce its federal strategy regarding the Obama administration’s plan to protect America’s endangered pollinators. For the nearly a decade, honey bees across the U.S. have experienced an alarming decline in numbers, with massive bee die-offs being reported by American honey producers and in the media.
Read MoreOnce again, the Obama administration has approved a new GMO crop that is potentially harmful to the environment and human health, despite widespread resistance from farmers, scientists and everyday citizens.
Read MoreRight now former Monsanto super lobbyist Michael Taylor has crafted new food safety rules at the FDA that could drive tens of thousands of America’s small, local and organic family farmers out of business. That’s right, Michael Taylor, the former Monsanto lawyer who crafted the FDA’s 1992 policy that won’t allow GMO labeling in the U.S., is back at the FDA, this time appointed by the Obama administration as the new food safety czar.
Read MoreWhat do Monsanto and Coke have in common? They’ve both spent millions of dollars to keep you in the dark about the foods you buy.
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