Victory Would Demonstrate Growing Strength of Food Movement on Capitol Hill
Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, will tomorrow propose an alternative short
Governor Kitzhaber and legislative leaders urged to remove local food and agriculture pre-emption bill from special session PERS/Tax Package
Today, a coalition of small farm, organic industry, food sa
Center for Food Safety urges Senate leadership to Remove Rider from House-passed CR
Center for Food Safety decries the vote today by House Republicans to extend the “Monsanto Protection Act” in the sh
Data from the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission reveal that groups opposed to the labeling of genetically modified food products are outraising pro-consumer rights groups nearly four to on
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
September 12, 2013— An export shipment of alfalfa from Washington State was rejected after the shipment tested positive for contamination from genetically engineered (GE), herbicide-resistant alfalfa.
Center for Food Safety calls on Senate
to exclude dangerous rider in House bill
September 11, 2013, Washington, DC—Center for Food Safety has just learned that the controversial corporate earmark k
Food Movement Puts Industry on the Defensive
Chemical and agribusiness powerhouse Monsanto has just invested $4.5 million to defeat the I-522 campaign, a state ballot initiative to require mandatory l
A Comprehensive Primer on Pollinator Health from Leading Experts
A new CFS report out today, Pollinators and Pesticides, examines the close link between neonicotinoid pesticides and pollinator populat
Biotech Industry Inaugurates New Era of Pesticide-Promoting Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has quietly approved the first of a new generation of GE crops resistant to more toxic herbic
EPA unlawfully scrapped proposal to collect basic information about Factory Farms necessary to protect nation’s waterways
A coalition of community, animal welfare and environmental organizations is fi
Pesticides and Genetically Engineered Crops on Refuge Lands Are Illegal and Damaging to the Environment
A federal lawsuit filed today seeks to halt the planting of genetically engineered (GE) crops a
New Labels For Neonicotinoid Pesticides – New Requirements Still Not Enough
Center for Food Safety (CFS) welcomes the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) acknowledgement that current warning labe
New Law Protects $50 Million Industry, Halting Canola Production until 2019, As Sought by a CFS Lawsuit
Late yesterday, Governor John Kitzhaber (D-OR) signed into law a bill banning commercial product
175,000 people demand Lowe’s, Home Depot stop selling “pre-poisoned plants”
Many “bee friendly” home garden plants sold at Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) and other leading garden centers ha
Judge upholds order for FDA to meet deadlines, denies unnecessary extensions
Judge Phyllis Hamilton again sided with Center for Food Safety and affirmed her earlier order that the Food and Drug Admini