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October 19th, 2015
What happens when 100+ Monsanto employees crash your presentation on GE crops and pesticides
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?
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
October 9th, 2015
Center for Food Safety Joins Fight to Protect California’s Water Resources from “Big Ag”
Center for Food Safety Joins Fight to Protect California’s Water Resources from “Big Ag”
In the mid-1990’s, state regulators in California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) secretly negotiated a deal with several southern California water agencies to partially deregulate the State Wat
October 6th, 2015
Top 5 Reasons Eaters should be Worried about Obama's New Trade Deal
Top 5 Reasons Eaters should be Worried about Obama's New Trade Deal
Update: The full text of the TPP has just been released. CFS and our allies are examining the text closely and will share our analysis shortly. Stay tuned! In October, 12 pacific nations reached a fin
October 5th, 2015
Toxic Chemicals in Our Soil: Time to Pull the Plug on Methyl Bromide
Toxic Chemicals in Our Soil: Time to Pull the Plug on Methyl Bromide
Originally published on FoodTank on September 5, 2015. As the dramatic consequences of industrial development continue to worsen—from the five thousand mile dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico to Antarct
September 25th, 2015
HFG with the Climate Rally and Pope Francis in Washington, D.C.
HFG with the Climate Rally and Pope Francis in Washington, D.C.
On September 24th, Hollywood Food Guild was in Washington, D.C. in honor of Pope Francis’ historic visit to the US at the Climate Justice rally on the National Mall. We were backstage interviewing per
September 24th, 2015
Top 5 Things Everyone Should Know About the DARK Act
Top 5 Things Everyone Should Know About the DARK Act
Over 85% of the American public wants the labeling of genetically engineered foods. But recently a majority of the House of Representatives decided to protect the bottom line of corporations such as M
September 16th, 2015
Neonics: Poisoning Bees, Polluting Aquatic Ecosystems
Neonics: Poisoning Bees, Polluting Aquatic Ecosystems
What do bees have in common with birds, crayfish, beetles, dragon flies, and crabs? All of these species, and countless others, are at risk from the harmful impacts of neonicotinoid (“neonic”) insecti
September 15th, 2015
Fast Food on Drugs: Most Top Chains Fail to Address Antibiotics in their Meat
Fast Food on Drugs: Most Top Chains Fail to Address Antibiotics in their Meat
There is now a powerful new tool for consumers looking to make informed, healthy, and responsible choices when it comes to fast food. A group of public health, consumer, and environmental organization
September 12th, 2015
Gallery: Hollywood Food Guild Launch Party
Staged at the epic 4-story yoga and wellness studio space at Wanderlust Hollywood, Hollywood Food Guild celebrated its launch with Moby’s birthday and Thrive Magazine. A green carpet lined the outside
September 11th, 2015
Perdue Gobbles Up Niman Ranch
Perdue Gobbles Up Niman Ranch
One of the country’s largest chicken producers—producing more than 56 million pounds of chicken per year—has officially gobbled up yet another small, responsible company. On September 8, Perdue Farms
September 2nd, 2015
Where's the Meat? Subway Moves to Reduce Antibiotics in Chicken, But Gives No Details or Timelines
Where's the Meat? Subway Moves to Reduce Antibiotics in Chicken, But Gives No Details or Timelines
Following calls to action from a variety of public interest groups, Subway appears to be changing its approach on antibiotics use in its meat and poultry supply. The Nation’s Restaurant News  reported
September 9th, 2015
Welcome to Hollywood Food Guild and Food Voices
Welcome to Hollywood Food Guild and Food Voices
Our city, our country, our world is on the brink of a food revolution that has been steadily building. Hollywood Food Guild has been built to strategically partner with and provide mentorship support
August 28th, 2015
What Eating Organic Food Does for the World
What Eating Organic Food Does for the World
This blog was originally posted on Maria's Farm Country Kitchen on August 25, 2015. Sure, I eat organic food because I think it’s healthier for me than food grown with synthetic, toxic agrochemicals o
August 12th, 2015
Living the Monsanto Years On the Road with Neil Young
Living the Monsanto Years On the Road with Neil Young
It's a bad day to do nothin'With so many people needin' our helpTo keep their lands away from the greedyWho only plunder for themselves -Neil Young and The Promise of the Real, The Monsanto Years For
August 6th, 2015
You have a Constitutional Right to Record and Report Illegal Activity at Factory Farms
You have a Constitutional Right to Record and Report Illegal Activity at Factory Farms
Ag-gag laws have become an increasingly prevalent way for factory farms and slaughterhouses to hide unsafe, inhumane animal treatment practices. But yesterday, a federal judge declared that Idaho’s ag