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January 13th, 2016

New Study Finds Genetically Engineered Alfalfa Has Gone Wild, Exposing Failure of â€œCoexistenceâ€ Policy

A recent study by USDA scientists shows that genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa has gone wild, in a big way, in alfalfa-growing parts of the West. This feral GE alfalfa may help explain a number of

January 7th, 2016

New Dietary Guidelines Cater to Meat Industry

Today, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) have finalized the long awaited 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Updated every five years, the Dietary

January 6th, 2016

How EPA skirted the law and ignored a major bee killer

As bees and other pollinators continue to struggle in the face of rising pesticide use, loss of habitat, parasites, and diseases, a new lawsuit has been filed to stop one of the primary culprits – bee

December 18th, 2015

The Rising Star of the Paris Climate Conference — Soil!

Center for Food Safety’s food and climate team went to the UN’s 21st Conference of Parties - COP21 with shovel-ready solutions and one big goal: to spread awareness of the vast, currently under-recogn

December 4th, 2015

A secret weapon to fight climate change: dirt

This article was originally plublished in The Washington Post on December 4, 2015. Debbie Barker is the international programs director at the Center for Food Safety. Michael Pollan is the John S. and

December 4th, 2015

The High Tech Hijacking of GMO Food Labeling

This article was originally plublished on The Huffington Post on November 18, 2015. Americans may not agree on much in this election year but according to polls, more than 90 percent support genetical

December 2nd, 2015

Bee Thankful This Thanksgiving: Demand Big Food Stop Killing Our Pollinators

This article was originally published on EcoWatch on November 25, 2015. Apples, cranberries, squash, sweet potatoes, beans—these are just a few Thanksgiving table favorites, all of which rely on bees

November 23rd, 2015

Top 5 Reasons Why We Need to Rebuild Soil Carbon Now

This article was originally published on FoodTank on November 19, 2015. In a few weeks, delegates from more than 190 countries will convene in Paris for the United Nations Framework Convention on Clim

November 14th, 2015

Big Ag's Wish List Fulfilled in TPP

The highly anticipated text of the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership (TPP), negotiated by 12 countries representing around 40 percent of the global economy, was released Thursday morning. Center for Foo

November 12th, 2015

Recap: Food Voices Salon - GMOs Exposed

Hollywood Food Guild held its inaugural Food Voices Salon Event, GMOs Exposed on Tuesday evening, November 10, 2015 at Wanderlust Hollywood. Then evening included speakers from different worlds of the

November 2nd, 2015

5 Simple Steps to Help Bees and Other Pollinators

One in every three bites of food we eat is from a crop pollinated by bees. And over the past decade we have witnessed an alarming decline in honeybee and other pollinator populations around the world.

October 31st, 2015

Genetically engineered sugar is a trick, not a treat

What’s scarier than all those spooky Halloween costumes? The genetically engineered sugar hiding in your Halloween candy. Sugar in our Halloween candy (and our cereal, granola bars, crackers, bread –

October 30th, 2015

Center for Food Safety Heads to Paris for UNâ€™s Historic Climate Summit

Photo Credit: Phil_Good – Adobe Stock All eyes will be on the City of Light from November 30 to December 11 when 50,000 participants including 25,000 official delegates from 195 member governments, NG

October 26th, 2015

Unregulated Tricks in Your Nano Treats

Your child has been thinking about Halloween for months. All the meticulous planning for the costume, the last minute makeup adjustments, and the yearlong anticipation are all poised to erupt as they

October 19th, 2015

What happens when 100+ Monsanto employees crash your presentation on GE crops and pesticides

On Oct 14th, I presented the findings of our Pesticides in Paradise report on the island of Moloka‘i. At around 5:45 PM, about 15 minutes before the presentation was going to start, 100+ Monsanto empl

October 16th, 2015

Who's Really Keeping Tabs on Animal Drugs?

The animals we eat have a drug problem, but it’s no fault of their own. The majority of the meat we consume is raised in large industrial animal factories, or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (C

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