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April 22nd, 2020
Celebrate Earth Day By Growing Your Own Food!
by Maria Juur, Press & Social Media Manager
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Happy Earth Day! Now that spring has sprung, seed companies are experiencing an onslaught of orders as a result of the stay-at-home orders we're following due to the COVID-19 outbreak. As food lovers, this is a trend we at Center for Food Safety (CFS) can surely get behind. It's never been a better time to experiment with different seed varieties and growing your own food…
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April 25th, 2017
Creating a People's Seed Movement
By: Rebecca Spector, West Coast director and Global Seed Network project director
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CFS Launches Global Seed Network to Preserve, Protect, and Grow Seed Sovereignty and Food Security The U.S. has lost 93 percent of its fruit and vegetable seed diversity in the last 80 years and, according to the U.N…
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February 14th, 2017
Department of Justice: Just Say No To Monsanto and Dangerous Corporate Megamergers
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As we have already seen, it’s not likely that we can depend on President Trump to promote the public interest over corporate interests when the two do not align. This is particularly disturbing when it when it comes to the fight to sustain a just, equitable and accessible food system…
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January 19th, 2017
For the Farmers: Women's March on Washington
By: Claire Jordan, Policy and Program Coordinator
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On January 21, 2017 millions of people will come together in solidarity across the globe as a new administration begins. With 616 sister marches worldwide, the Women’s March on Washington is sure to be an historic event. Here at Center for Food Safety we want to recognize and bring attention to the women farmers we will be marching for on January 21st…
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October 16th, 2016
5 Actions You Can Take To Celebrate World Food Day
By: Courtney Sexton, Media & Communications Manager
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Wendell Berry once said “the Earth is what we all have in common.” It is one of my favorite quotes to return to when I’m getting down and out about the unrest in the world, and particularly, as of late, the extreme socio-political divisions here in the U.S. that have put many of us at odds with our neighbors. I often think about the many ways in which we all depend on the pale blue dot…
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September 22nd, 2016
A Win for Locals: California Counties Given Back the Right to Regulate GMOs
By: Rebecca Spector, West Coast Director
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California farmers and gardeners have reason to celebrate – a statute that prohibited counties from passing laws regulating seeds, including bans on the growing of genetically engineered (GE or GMO) crops, was overturned last week…
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September 9th, 2016
Senator Leno is the Bee's Knees!
By: Rebecca Spector, West Coast Director, Center for Food Safety
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Californians are grateful for a representative who fights for what’s right. These days it seems more often than not we are frustrated by the lack of attention our elected officials pay to what the public truly wants and needs…
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June 9th, 2016
Bayer + Monsanto: A Poisonous Combination
By Bill Freese, Science Policy Analyst
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When we think about seeds, the images we most often conjure are simple, comforting and tangible – planting vegetable and flower gardens in the spring, spitting watermelon seeds on a hot summer day, toasting pumpkin seeds after carving jack-o-lanterns in the fall, feeding bright cardinals in the winter. Seeds are for all seasons…
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