Tag: food
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Monsanto Protection Act Dies in Senate
The controversial legislative rider added at the behest of Monsanto to the U.S. Department of Agriculture budget bill last spring, dubbed the “Monsanto Protection Act,” will no longer be effective after Sept. 30 under a new stopgap government …
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California Chefs Join Together to Fight Fracking
Working in collaboration with Food & Water Watch, a founding committee member of the statewide coalition Californians Against Fracking, the chefs are concerned about the threat fracking poses …
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Coalition Forms to Solve World’s Most Urgent Conservation Challenges
The Nature Conservancy, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis today announced the launch of Science for Nature and People, a groundbreaking …
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Proposed FDA Food Safety Rules Support Factory Farming, Threaten Family Farms
After years of deliberation in Congress, interagency meetings, lobbyist activity and a never-ending stream of food poisoning outbreaks, the Food and Drug Administration is finally poised to implement …
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New CDC Report Reiterates That Antibiotics in Agriculture Contribute to Rise of Superbugs
A Center for Disease Contro report released Monday highlights a growing public health crisis. Superbugs or antibiotic resistant bacteria are increasingly a problem as people face infections that are more …