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"[CFS is] very defensive of truth...it is selfless, it is diligent, it's tenacious, and we couldn't have battled it to this point of defending the right [of farmers] except for the Center and its staff"
-Pat Trask
Alfalfa farmer and CFS plaintiff
Monsanto Spends 4.5 Million Dollars to Oppose Washington GE labeling Campaign
September 10th, 2013
Food Movement Puts Industry on the Defensive Chemical and agribusiness powerhouse Monsanto has just invested $4.5 million to defeat the I-522 campaign.
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New CFS Report Examines Devastating Impact of Pesticides on Bees and Pollinators
September 5th, 2013
A Comprehensive Primer on Pollinator Health from Leading Experts A new CFS report out today, Pollinators and Pesticides, examines the close link betwe.
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New Genetically Engineered (GE) Crop Will Sharply Increase Use of Toxic Pesticide, a "Probable Human Carcinogen"
August 29th, 2013
Biotech Industry Inaugurates New Era of Pesticide-Promoting Agriculture The U.S.
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Coalition Sues Environmental Protection Agency for Abandoning Critical Factory Farm Rule
August 28th, 2013
EPA unlawfully scrapped proposal to collect basic information about Factory Farms necessary to protect nation’s waterways A coalition of communi.
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Lawsuit Filed to Protect Midwest Wildlife Refuges
August 27th, 2013
Pesticides and Genetically Engineered Crops on Refuge Lands Are Illegal and Damaging to the Environment A federal lawsuit filed today seeks to halt t.
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EPA Admits Safety Labels Fail to Protect Pollinators Vital to Food Supply
August 16th, 2013
New Labels For Neonicotinoid Pesticides – New Requirements Still Not Enough Center for Food Safety (CFS) welcomes the Environmental Protection .
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Victory for Willamette Valley Farmers and Public as Oregon Governor Signs Moratorium on Canola Production
August 15th, 2013
New Law Protects $50 Million Industry, Halting Canola Production until 2019, As Sought by a CFS Lawsuit Late yesterday, Governor John Kitzhaber (D-OR).
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New tests find bee-killing pesticides in 'bee-friendly' plants from garden centers nationwide
August 14th, 2013
175,000 people demand Lowe’s, Home Depot stop selling “pre-poisoned plants” Many “bee friendly” home garden plants sold .
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Federal Court Again Sides with Center for Food Safety in Food Safety Case
August 13th, 2013
Judge upholds order for FDA to meet deadlines, denies unnecessary extensions Judge Phyllis Hamilton again sided with Center for Food Safety and affirm.
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Local and National Groups Defend Clean Water Act against Agricultural Pollution
August 2nd, 2013
Chicken manure threatens Potomac River in West Virginia case; Groups file legal brief to protect public health and environment A coalition of local a.
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CFS Statement on New Biotech Industry Website "GMO Answers"
July 31st, 2013
Andrew Kimbrell, executive director at Center for Food Safety, today responded to a new public relations blitz from the agrichemical industry.
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Landmark Pollinator Protection Bill Announced in Congress
July 12th, 2013
Legislation to Stem Decline in Bees Would Limit the Use of Toxic Pesticides Center for Food Safety today thanks Representatives John Conyers (D, MI) a.
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Farm Bill Amendment Could Delay Lifesaving Food Safety Regulations
July 12th, 2013
Center for Food Safety Vows to Fight for American Consumers Center for Food Safety (CFS) denounces a dangerous and unnecessary provision that was incl.
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Farm Groups Celebrate as Oregon Senate Passes HB 2427 to Ban Canola Production in the Willamette Valley Until 2019
July 1st, 2013
Bill overturning controversial Department of Agriculture canola rule passes House and Senate with bipartisan support Today, the Oregon Senate passed a.
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Citizens Win Major Victory in Ground-breaking Lawsuits against Industrial Dairies
June 24th, 2013
Court allows groups’ first stage of contamination lawsuits to proceed Community Association for Restoration of the Environment (CARE) and theCen.
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Center for Food Safety Prevails in Foodborne Illness Prevention Case
June 21st, 2013
Federal Court Issues Injunction, Orders Food and Drug Administration to Complete Food Safety Regulations By New Deadlines Today a Federal Court ordere.
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