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May 8th, 2014

Victory in Vermont Leads Nation toward GE Labeling Today, the people of Vermont have won a hard fought victory for the right to know if their food has been produced through genetic engineering. Govern

April 6th, 2014

Vermont Stands on the Cusp of History with Right-to-Know GE Labeling Law

Governor Expected to Sign First No-Strings-Attached Law to Require Labeling for Genetically Enginered (GE) Foods Vermont is on the cusp of history after the legislature just passed the nation’s first

May 5th, 2014

Synthetic Biology: Rebranding Extreme Genetic Engineering

Some years ago, bread companies got the word that customers wanted more fiber in their bread. Instead of making more of their bread with whole grains, a few companies actually put in wood pulp and lab

April 23rd, 2014

A Choice for the Future of the Earth: Monsanto or Monarchs?

It’s Earth Week and you have a choice: Monsanto or Monarchs? There is no mystery why monarch butterfly populations are at an all-time low. Industrial agriculture’s excessive use of Monsanto’s Roundup

April 11th, 2014

Years of Eating Dangerously?

Years of Living Dangerously airs this Sunday on Showtime. The first episode, which is highly worth your time, investigates different facets of the climate crisis in Texas, Syria, and Indonesia. The In

April 10th, 2014

"There's Nano in Our Food?" What You Need to Know about Nanotechnology and Food Safety

This is the first of a series of blogs on nanotechnology and how this emerging technology is being applied to foods and food related products. Nanotechnology has the potential to be used in a broad ar

April 7th, 2014

"Ag-gag" laws: Why Animal Welfare is a Food Safety Concern

In March, Center for Food Safety, along with a coalition of animal protection, labor rights, and environmental groups, filed a federal lawsuit to overturn Idaho’s new “ag-gag” statute, which was signe

April 4th, 2014

Climate Change Demands Action - CFS Files Federal Lawsuit to Get It

This Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest report on the worsening climate crisis. In short, we are in serious trouble, and we must act now. So, this Wednesd

March 28th, 2014

Voluntary vs. Mandatory GMO Labeling: Apples and Oranges

We often hear that there’s no reason to label genetically engineered foods because companies can already voluntarily label whether or not their products contain GMOs. This disingenuous claim was parro

March 20th, 2014

Bernie the Bee Leads March on EPA; Delivers Half a Million Signatures Asking for Protections for Pollinators

Bernie the Bee visited Washington DC this morning delivering more than half a million petitions to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demanding the agency do something to protect bees and other

March 3rd, 2014

Protecting Public Health, One Case at a Time

At Center for Food Safety, our mission is to protect the public health and environment from the harmful impacts of the current industrial food system, and instead nurture a sustainable food future. T

February 25th, 2014

USDA Policy Fails to Address GE Contamination of Organic Crops

First published on EcoWatch 2/24/14 At a time when consumers are demanding greater access to organic and non-genetically engineered (GE) foods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) latest, “coe

February 24th, 2014

Genetically engineered oranges: Not all they're juiced up to be

Whether it’s your kids’ soccer snack, your breakfast beverage of choice, or a key ingredient in your favorite cocktail, oranges and orange juice are a staple of many American diets across the country.

February 13th, 2014

What it Means to Be Organic: the Organic Chicken and Egg Debate

Photo taken at the Whole Foods store in Tenleytown, Washington, DC, January 31, 2014 This notice might confuse consumers who have come to trust the organic label and believe that organic foods don’t c

January 29th, 2014

New report shows record decline in Monarch Butterflies: Monsanto a major culprit

We hate to be the bearer of bad news, again, but the 2013-2014 overwintering population numbers for Monarch butterflies in Mexico were just released this morning, confirming our bleak predictions from

January 9th, 2014

Got Organic Milk?

Organic production systems are widely-recognized as environmentally beneficial because they don’t allow the use of synthetic, toxic chemicals--the basis of conventional agriculture. As a process-based

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