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Senate Agriculture Committee Must Reject Scott Hutchins as USDA Chief Scientist
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry will today hold a hearing on the nomination of Scott Hutchins to be the U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary for research, educatio…
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245 farming, farmworker, public health, labor, food safety, and environmental organizations urge Senate to reject Hutchins for USDA science chief
245 organizations representing farming, farmworker, public health, labor, food safety and environmental interests sent a letter to the U.S. Senate today urging them to oppose the nomination of Scott H…
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It’s Time to Stop Paying for Pesticides With Our Health: Organic for All Must Become the Norm
This research confirms what is intuitive and supports what the President’s Cancer Panel told us nearly a decade ago: reducing exposure to cancer-causing chemicals, including pesticides, reduces you…
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Chain Reaction report urges burger restaurants to beef up policies to eliminate routine use of antibiotics
The fourth annual Chain Reaction scorecard grades the nation’s 25 largest hamburger chain restaurants on their antibiotics policies and practices.
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Chain Reaction IV: Burger Edition
How top restaurants rate on reducing antibiotic use in their meat supply chains.
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Changing the Main Course of Climate Change
Agriculture produces an astounding one-third of all global greenhouse gas emissions. Meat and dairy alone generate about half of those food-related emissions — more than the combined tailpipe…
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Scaling Up Healthy, Climate-Friendly School Food
Within this broader vision of climate-friendly foodservice, this report focuses primarily on strategies for increasing offerings of healthy, cost-effective plant forward foods.
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New report showcases leading strategies, policies for scaling up climate-friendly school food
A new, first-of-its-kind report spotlights a growing movement of pioneering school districts using their massive purchasing power to provide plant-forward, climate-friendly food that is healthier for…
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Friends of the Earth convenes “Greening School Food” forum in Los Angeles
On Monday, Oct. 1, Friends of the Earth and local partners, including Los Angeles Food Policy Council and the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College, will host a forum on schoo…
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The Climate Change Mitigation Potential of Organic Agriculture
When it comes to taking action on climate change, transitioning to renewable energy and kicking our fossil fuel addiction typically get the most attention. But the food we eat and how we grow it is ju…