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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Big Food Recycles its Lies and Dirty Tricks in California to Fool Washington State Voters into Rejecting Labeling Initiative
The final result from Washington State’s ballot initiative to label genetic
When President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) into law in January 2011, it was considered a long-fought, but significant and bipartisan victory to update the Food and Drug Admin
Monarch season has officially arrived, and if you’re lucky, you may be one of the few fortunate enough to witness these iconic butterflies taking off for their winter migration. The extraordinary voya