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March 3rd, 2020
Farmers and Nonprofits Sue Trump's USDA over Organic Soil-less Loophole
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Farmers and Nonprofits Sue Trump's USDA over Organic Soil-less Loophole Organic Farming Requires Building Healthy Soils, Not Growing Food in Sterile "Hydroponic" Operations SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS), along with a coalition of organic farms and stakeholders, filed a lawsuit challenging the United States Department of Agriculture's (…
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February 27th, 2018
California Court Ruling Ends Decades of State Pesticide Spraying
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California Court Ruling Ends Decades of State Pesticide Spraying Judge Strips State Food and Agriculture Agency of Authority to Use Chemicals SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A judge has ordered the California Department of Food and Agriculture to stop using chemical pesticides in its statewide program until the agency complies with state environmental laws…
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November 16th, 2017
Industry-Driven Bill Guts Federal Safeguards Protecting Endangered Species from Toxic Pesticides
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Industry-Driven Bill Guts Federal Safeguards Protecting Endangered Species from Toxic Pesticides Legislation Would Prohibit Enforcement Actions When Pesticide Exposure Kills Endangered Wildlife WASHINGTON—The pesticide industry is pushing legislation on Capitol Hill that would dismantle Endangered Species Act requirements to minimize pesticides’ harm to protected species like salmon, …
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April 7th, 2017
The Colonel Calls it Quits on Antibiotics Important to Medicine
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Colonel Calls it Quits on Antibiotics Important to Medicine Fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken looking to raise its grade WASHINGTON— One of the most recognizable chicken fast food chains, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), has announced its intention to serve only chicken raised without antibiotics important to human medicine by the end of 2018…
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March 31st, 2017
Oregon Issues Permit for Polluting Mega-Dairy
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Statement from Center for Food Safety, Friends of Family Farmers, Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club, Friends of the Columbia Gorge, Columbia Riverkeeper, Center for Biological Diversity, Humane Society of the United States, Food & Water Watch and Socially Responsible Agricultural Project on Opposition to State's Approval of Permit for Oregon Mega-Dairy: - - Despite broad concerns a…
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March 6th, 2017
Bird Flu at Tyson Facility Underscores Need for More Organic Practices
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bird Flu at Tyson Facility Underscores Need for More Organic Practices Higher animal welfare is critical to healthier, safer flocks WASHINGTON— Avian flu was detected in a Tennessee-based poultry breeding operation contracted by Tyson Foods, Inc., the largest chicken meat producer in the United States…
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November 21st, 2016
Organic standards will exclude next generation of GMOs
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Organic Standards Board voted unanimously on Friday to update U.S. organic standards to exclude ingredients derived from next generation genetic engineering and gene editing…
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November 18th, 2016
Victory! Organic Standards Board Votes to Remove Controversial Food Additive
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Eliminating carrageenan will further protect organic integrity and uphold consumer expectations of organic products WASHINGTON— Yesterday, the National Organic Standards Board—the 15-member stakeholder body that advises the U.S…
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June 30th, 2016
Victory! Hawaii's Landmark Organic Farming Tax Credit Legislation is Now Law
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$2 million in state-funded tax credit for certified organic food production first of its kind in U.S. HONOLULU— In a huge victory for organic farmers Hawai‘i governor David Ige did not move to veto recently-passed state legislation that would allocate $2 million in state-funded tax credit for certified organic food production (House Bill 1689 CD 1)…
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May 5th, 2016
Hawaii State Legislature Provides Landmark State-Funded Tax Credit Supporting Organic Farmers
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HONOLULU— Hawai‘i lawmakers hope to strengthen and expand the state’s organic farming sector after passing unprecedented legislation. The legislation would allocate $2 million in state-funded tax credit for certified organic food production (House Bill 1689 CD 1)…
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September 30th, 2015
Court Denies USDA Motion to Stop Legal Challenge to Rulemaking on Pesticide-contaminated Compost in Organic
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (September 30, 2015)-- Yesterday a federal court in California denied a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) motion to dismiss Center for Food Safety’s (CFS) lawsuit challenging its allowance of pesticide-contaminated compost in organic food production without a formal rulemaking and a public comment period …
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May 1st, 2015
Organic Watchdog Criticizes Continued Use of Synthetic Protein in Organic Chicken Feed
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May 1, 2015 (Washington, DC)— Center for Food Safety today renewed its call for the National Organic Program (NOP) to bar synthetic methionine—a manufactured amino acid added to chicken feed—from use in organic chicken production…
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April 15th, 2015
CFS and Allies Challenge Organic Loophole for Pesticides in Compost
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Second Case Filed in Two Weeks to Safeguard Organic Integrity April 15, 2015 (Portland, Oregon)— Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS), Center for Environmental Health, and Beyond Pesticides filed a new federal lawsuit challenging the U.S…
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April 8th, 2015
Groups Challenge Major USDA Change to Organic Rule: Customary Public Comment Process Averted to the Chagrin of Petitioners
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Washington, DC, April 8, 2015 – Organic stakeholders have filed a lawsuit in federal court, maintaining that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) violated the federal rulemaking process when it changed established procedures for reviewing the potential hazards and need for allowed synthetic and prohibited natural substances used in producing organic food…
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March 26th, 2015
National Organic Program Leaves Door Open to Nanotechnology in Organic
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Decision Stuns Organic Community and Undercuts Recommendations of its Appointed Advisory Board March 26, 2015 (Washington, DC)— Against the objections by the large majority of the organic community, guidance issued yesterday by the U.S…
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December 11th, 2014
Center for Food Safety Collaborates with Organic Strawberry Farmers in Innovative Research
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New field trials again demonstrate that organic is the engine of change in agriculture December 11, 2014 (San Francisco, CA)-- Center for Food Safety (CFS), in collaboration with six organic strawberry farmers, today announced the launch of a pilot project to field test newly developed organic strawberry planting stock…
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October 21st, 2014
New Report Finds Ocean-based Fish Farming at Odds with Organic Standard
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53 organizations agree that USDA should not allow farmed fish at sea to be labeled “organic” Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) released a comprehensive, scientific report detailing why ocean-based aquaculture (fish farming) can never be certified organic…
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October 3rd, 2014
Partial Victory to Protect National Organic Standards Board
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) responded last week to a legal petition from 20 farm, consumer, and environmental groups by reinstating some authorities of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), while continuing to limit the Board's advisory authority. The NOSB was established by Congress in 1990 to operate as a permanent independent authority. In May of this year, the U.S…
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June 17th, 2014
National Organic Standards Board Threatened by USDA Maneuvering
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Groups Petition USDA to Restore Organic Board’s Independent Authorities Set by Congress Today, 20 organic farm and consumer groups filed a petition with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to protect the authority and permanence of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)…
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April 24th, 2014
New Report Slams USDA for Indefinitely Stalling Animal Welfare Regulations in Organic Poultry Production
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Center for Food Safety Counters Economic Assessment Relied Upon by USDA Center for Food Safety’s (CFS) whitepaper, released today, chastises the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for stalling poultry animal welfare regulations and hiding behind a faulty economic impact analysis…
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February 4th, 2014
Center for Food Safety Statement on 2014 Farm Bill Passage
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Small victories buried in bill that promotes status quo: large-scale industrial agriculture Contact: Abigail Seiler, 202-547-9359, pr@centerforfoodsafety.org The Farm Bill is the most important food policy legislation that Congress considers. On the whole, it encompasses nearly all aspects of the food system and will shape the next 5 years of farm and food policy…
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September 17th, 2013
New USDA Announcement Undermines Organic Standards
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Center for Food Safety today criticized the USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) for taking surprising and unilateral steps to undermine organic standards. The Agency announced, without warning and without stakeholder input, a new policy that encourages the indefinite use of synthetic and non-organic materials in organic…
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June 20th, 2013
House Failure to Pass Farm Bill Offers Opportunity for Do-Over
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Members of the food movement are hopeful for the opportunity to restart negotiations after the House of Representatives today handily rejected a $940 billion Farm Bill by a final vote of 234 to 195. Not only would the 5-year bill have slashed food assistance for needy families, it had disastrous consequences for small farmers…
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April 11th, 2013
National Organic Standards Board Decision a Victory for Organics, Preservation of Antibiotics
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A joint statement of Center for Food Safety, Consumers Union, and Food and Water Watch - ( Portland, OR) Today the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) rejected a petition to extend the expiration date for the use of oxytetracycline to treat fire blight in apple and pear production beyond October 21, 2014…
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April 8th, 2013
Center for Food Safety, Consumers Union, Food & Water Watch Urge National Organic Standards Board to Discontinue Use of Antibiotics in Organic Apple, Pear Production
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New Consumer Reports Poll: More than 80 Percent Don’t Know or Don’t Think Antibiotics Used to Treat Disease in Apple, Pears; More than Half Think Apples, Pears Treated with Antibiotics Should Not Have “Organic” Label Portland, OR—Consumers Union, the policy arm of Consumer Reports, Food & Water Watch, and the Center for Food Safety are urging the National Organic Standards Bo…
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November 20th, 2012
National Organic Coalition Condemns Misguided USDA Advisory Committee's Biotechnology Report and Recommendations
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AC21 report recommends GE contaminated farmers must pay for insurance to compensate themselves for unwanted transgenic contamination The National Organic Coalition (NOC) today sharply condemned recommendations contained in the final report of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) , a group appointed by the U.S…
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August 23rd, 2012
USDA-Appointed Committee's Recommendations Fail to Prevent GE Contamination
Proposed AC21 “co-existence” policy would harm conventional growers, endanger U.S. organic industry The Center for Food Safety (“The Center”) issued a position paper today critical of proposals made by the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21 ), a group appointed by the U.S…
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