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Plant-Based Trends in California’s School Lunches (2023)
As our climate crisis intensifies and more than half of Americans suffer from diet-related disease, California’s school nutrition service staff have heeded the urgent call to make school food health…
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New Analysis: Plant-Based Meals on the Rise in California Schools
“We applaud the strong commitment from school nutrition staff to meet growing student demand for climate-friendly, culturally diverse plant-based school meals,” said Nora Stewart, report co-author…
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New Genetically Engineered Soil Microbes Could Threaten Soil Health
As companies push to commercialize genetically engineered (GE) soil microbes, a new report reveals risks and recommends policy action.
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Genetically Engineered Soil Microbes: Risks and Concerns
The release of live genetically engineered microbes in agriculture represents an unprecedented open-air genetic experiment.
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Multilateral banks’ investments in industrial livestock undermine their Paris climate commitments
As world leaders meet tomorrow in Paris to discuss the role of public finance in addressing “climate change and the global crisis”, delegates should press multilateral development banks (MDBs) to…
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Climate Misalignment
How development bank investments in industrial livestock are at odds with their Paris Agreement commitments.
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Friends of the Earth Reacts to USDA Animal-Raising Claims
Today, USDA announced a new effort to strengthen substantiation of animal-raising claims on meat and dairy labels.
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150+ Organizations Call Out USDA for Exacerbating Environmental Injustice in Energy Grant Program
Today, 155 environmental justice, food and farm, and climate organizations voiced opposition to changes the U.S. Department of Agriculture made to the Rural Energy for America Program that will exacer…
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New York Protects ‘the Birds and the Bees’ with Nation-Leading Legislation
We are buzzing with praise for our Senate and Assembly members taking action to address toxic neonic pesticides and protect our pollinators.
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Case Study on PRONACA Investments
This case study, based on a detailed report, documents significant historical & current negative impacts of PRONACA’s factory farms.