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February 24th, 2026
Center for Food Safety to Exhibit at Expo West 2026 (Booth #1726 in Hall B)
Center for Food Safety to Exhibit at Expo West 2026 (Booth #1726 in Hall B)
San Francisco, CA — Center for Food Safety (CFS), the leading nonprofit legal organization working on food and agriculture issues in the U.S., is attending Expo West 2026 to stand alongside natural an
February 20th, 2026
Trump EPA Sued for Reapproving Dicamba Volatile Herbicide Responsible for Massive Drift Damage to Crops, Trees, Wild Areas
Trump EPA Sued for Reapproving Dicamba Volatile Herbicide Responsible for Massive Drift Damage to Crops, Trees, Wild Areas
WASHINGTON— Farmers and conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's reapproval of the dangerous, drift-prone pesticide dicamba sprayed on genetically en
February 19th, 2026
Center for Food Safety Responds to Trump Administration's Executive Order on Glyphosate
Center for Food Safety Responds to Trump Administration's Executive Order on Glyphosate
WASHINGTON, DC — Statement from George Kimbrell, Legal Director, Center for Food Safety, on Trump administration's February 18, 2026 Executive Order on glyphosate: "This Trump Executive Order follows
February 18th, 2026
Major Victory for Public Health and the Environment: Corteva Cancels Toxic Enlist Duo Herbicide After Years of Legal Pressure by Center for Food Safety and Allies
Major Victory for Public Health and the Environment: Corteva Cancels Toxic Enlist Duo Herbicide After Years of Legal Pressure by Center for Food Safety and Allies
WASHINGTON, DC — In a major victory for farmers, communities, and ecosystems nationwide, Corteva Agriscience and EPA has announced plans to cancel the pesticide company's toxic herbicide Enlist Duo, f
February 12th, 2026
Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Monarchs Under Endangered Species Act
Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Monarchs Under Endangered Species Act
WASHINGTON, DC — Two conservation groups, the Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety, today sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to force officials to set a binding date to fina
February 6th, 2026
EPA Reapproves Dangerous, Drift-Prone Pesticide Dicamba
EPA Reapproves Dangerous, Drift-Prone Pesticide Dicamba
WASHINGTON, DC — The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has reapproved products containing the dangerous, drift-prone pesticide dicamba to be sprayed on genetically engineered cot
January 22nd, 2026
Oregon Regulators Urged to Protect Waterways from Factory Farm Pollution
Oregon Regulators Urged to Protect Waterways from Factory Farm Pollution
Salem, OR — To protect Oregonians from factory farm pollution, Center for Food Safety (CFS) submitted comments to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the Oregon Department of Agricultur
January 20th, 2026
Clean Water Advocates File Suit Against Pacific Seafood Over Warrenton Pollution
Clean Water Advocates File Suit Against Pacific Seafood Over Warrenton Pollution
PORTLAND -- Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC) late yesterday filed suit over more than three years of ongoing pollution of the Columbia River at a Pacific
January 15th, 2026
Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA's Latest Approval of 'Forever Chemical' Pesticide
Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA's Latest Approval of 'Forever Chemical' Pesticide
WASHINGTON— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of isocycloseram, a "forever chemical" insecticide that falls into the class of highly
January 14th, 2026
Over 30 Organizations Urge USDA to Limit Federal Support for Manure Digesters
Over 30 Organizations Urge USDA to Limit Federal Support for Manure Digesters
WASHINGTON — Today, a coalition of 34 organizations filed a rulemaking petition urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS) to deem anaerobic digesters that a
January 7th, 2026
Farmworker, Farmer, and Community Protection Groups Bring EPA to Court to Stop New PFAS Pesticide Approval
Farmworker, Farmer, and Community Protection Groups Bring EPA to Court to Stop New PFAS Pesticide Approval
Contact:Amy van Saun, avansaun@centerforfoodsafety.orgBill Freese, bfreese@centerforfoodsafety.org San Francisco, CA — Farmworker Justice, Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) North America, a
October 31st, 2025
Victory! Center for Food Safety Secures Win for the Public's Right to Know in GMO Labeling Lawsuit
Victory! Center for Food Safety Secures Win for the Public's Right to Know in GMO Labeling Lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A federal court of appeals decision handed down today overturned a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rule on the disclosure of genetically engineered (GE or GMO) foods. The cas
October 15th, 2025
Clean Water Advocates Warn Pacific Seafood of Legal Action Over Warrenton Pollution
Clean Water Advocates Warn Pacific Seafood of Legal Action Over Warrenton Pollution
PORTLAND — Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC) intend to sue a Pacific Bio Products facility over more than three years of ongoing pollution of the Columbia
October 9th, 2025
Center for Food Safety Launches Lawsuit to Protect Imperiled Iowa Skipper Butterfly From Pesticides
Center for Food Safety Launches Lawsuit to Protect Imperiled Iowa Skipper Butterfly From Pesticides
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—The Center for Food Safety yesterday filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for violating the Endangered Species Act (ESA or "the Act") because the
October 9th, 2025
Trump Administration Denies Atrazine's Harms to Endangered Species
Trump Administration Denies Atrazine's Harms to Endangered Species
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced yesterday that the highly controversial and dangerous herbicide atrazine does not pose an extinction risk to a single protected animal o
October 6th, 2025
Appeal Filed Over Court Decision Allowing Trump EPA To Suppress Information About Factory Farm Air Pollution
Appeal Filed Over Court Decision Allowing Trump EPA To Suppress Information About Factory Farm Air Pollution
WASHINGTON — Friday, conservation and community groups appealed a federal court decision upholding a Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that exempts factory farms from their duty to make