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Visually Recognizable Foods Fact Sheet
Current regulations requiring plant-based protein foods to be “visually recognizable” create barriers for school food operators.
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Policy Brief: Regulatory Changes to Enable Plant-Forward School Meals
Demand for plant-based foods is growing rapidly among our youth, whether for environmental, health, religious or cultural reasons.
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Environmental Justice Advocates Oppose Factory Farm Energy Expansion at EPA Hearing
This week environmental justice advocates across the U.S. testified against the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard during virtual hearings hosted by…
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Friends of the Earth Condemns Dirty Ag Riders in Omnibus Spending Bill
Two poison pill agricultural provisions were added to the Congressional omnibus appropriations package today, teeing up a vote on the Growing Climate Solutions Act (GSCA) and SUSTAINS Act in the year-…
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Banners to Bezos and Gates: Back Off of Biodiversity!
The banners were unfurled to warn delegates that mega-billionaires such as Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon.com) and Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft) are perversely influencing global decisions about bi…
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New Report Reveals Pesticide Industry’s Disinformation and Science Denial Playbook
A new report, Merchants of Poison: How Monsanto Sold the World on a Toxic Pesticide, illuminates the disinformation, science denial, and manufactured doubt at the core of the pesticide industry’s pu…
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Merchants of Poison: How Monsanto Sold the World on a Toxic Pesticide
Like Big Oil and Big Tobacco, pesticide companies spend millions on deceitful strategies to keep their hazardous products unregulated.
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Bee Habitat Loss: What’s Disappearing — and Why It Matters
Bee populations are in decline, in part because of habitat loss and destruction. Find out more about why it’s happening and the impacts.
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Why is Roundup Still Being Sold?
The popular herbicide is still being sold despite over 125,000 lawsuits. Explore how dangerous this product truly is.
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White House takes first step toward transforming federal food procurement and service
This week the Biden administration released best practices to increase access to healthy and safely prepared food in federal facilities.