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House Narrowly Defeats Farm Bill Amendment to Strengthen Crop Insurance, Reduce Taxpayer Costs
House Fails to Pass Federal Farm Bill
More Than 630 Editorials Call for Farm Bill Reform
An interactive map developed by the Environmental Working Group shows where more than 630 U.S. newspapers have published editorials since 2007 demanding meaningful reform of the federal farm bill...
Consumers and Family Farmers Deserve a Better and More Transparent Farm Bill
Washington, D.C. – The Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 considered today by the U.S. Senate includes some important and historic reforms that will improve federal food and farm policy...
Thompson-Fortenberry Bill Would Restore Federal Conservation Compact
A bipartisan measure introduced by Reps. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., and Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., would restore the agreement between farmers and taxpayers that has protected soil, water and wetlands...
Farm Bill Amendment Limits Crop Insurance Subsidies for Big Farmers
Washington, D.C. – Environmental Working Group applauds the Senate for passing a farm bill reform amendment offered by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) that would limit crop...
Obama Backs Crop Insurance Reform, Conservation Compliance
The Environmental Working Group welcomes the Obama administration's willingness to work with Congress to find savings in the bloated federal crop insurance program and require the program's subsidy...
Bill Would Modernize Conservation Programs in Farm Bill
Environmental Working Group (EWG) applauds Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and the other co-sponsors of the Balancing Food, Farm and the Environment Act for recognizing that our land, our food, and our...
Conservation Reforms Needed to Protect Environment and Drinking Water
A new analysis by Environmental Working Group underscores the need to reform the nation's primary land restoration program for long-term protection of wetlands, prairies and other lands that protect...
Chef Tom Colicchio and EWG Launch “Worth Protecting” Campaign
Environmental Working Group (EWG) today launched the Worth Protecting social media and advocacy campaign to underscore the need for federal farm bill reforms that protect public health and the...
Reform Bill Paves the Way for Cleaner Biofuels
Bipartisan legislation introduced today to eliminate the federal requirement to blend corn ethanol into gasoline would pave the way for cleaner biofuels, said Environmental Working Group Vice...
Tonight: EWG’s Ken Cook to Debate GMO Labeling Initiative at Commonwealth Club
Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group, will join other experts at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club at 6 p.m. tonight for a debate on California ballot initiative Proposition 37, to...
GMO Ag Company Touts Seed Corn With A Bug Zapper in Every Bite
Organic Produce Reduces Exposure to Pesticides, Research Confirms
Consumers can markedly reduce their intake of pesticide residues and their exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria by choosing organic produce and meat, according to researchers at Stanford...
House Farm Bill: Bad for Taxpayers, Hungry Families, and the Environment
Environmental Working Group joined anti-hunger, public health, labor, and animal welfare groups at the National Press Club to voice deep concerns with the recently passed House Agriculture Committee...
EWG statement on Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012
Statement of Craig Cox, Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources of the Environmental Working Group, on the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012: “A farm bill that cuts...
Shortchanging Human Health and the Environment Won’t Trim Swollen Deficit
The Congressional Super Committee formed to break the political gridlock over the federal deficit will fail in its goal of balancing the budget if it heeds calls to slash programs that protect...