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Time for USDA to Release New Pesticide Residue Data
On Friday (May 13), Environmental Working Group President Ken Cook blew the whistle on the agri-chemical lobby's months-long effort to get the government to put the industry's spin on the upcoming...
Keep Food from Becoming the New Oil
Food prices and food scarcity are quickly becoming the hidden driver in world politics, says pioneering environmental analyst Lester Brown, sparking political upheaval in the Middle East and...
Keeping Secrets Down on the Farm
Every year, taxpayers send billions to farm businesses to cover the cost of implementing conservation practices that help keep the soil on the land and limit the runoff of dirt and agricultural...
Cleaning Up Chesapeake Bay: One Company Steps Up
Leading lawn care products maker Scotts Miracle-Gro brought smiles to the faces of many Chesapeake Bay advocates last month with its announcement that it will eliminate phosphorus from its fertilizers...
Watching the Future Wash Away
Bad federal policy and intensifying storms are washing away the rich dark soils in the Midwest that made this country an agricultural powerhouse and that remain the essential foundation of a healthy...
Thank You for Spraying
When Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) spoke to the Organic Trade Association's Washington Policy Conference the other day, her talk had two parts: the part where she left the distinct impression that she...
Factory Food: You’re Welcome, America
Coalitions often help bring about real change for the public good. Not this one though.
Making Illinoise Over Water Pollution
Three leading environmental groups say they're hauling Chicago's sewer system and the Environmental Protection Agency into court over the pollution that pours out of the city, down the Mississippi and...
Farming the Crowd at TEDx Manhattan’s “Changing the Way We Eat” Conference
Attending the TEDx Manhattan event on the future of food and farming was a day-long drink from a fire hose of cutting-edge ideas, sobering realities and sincere enthusiasm about how America can eat...
Obama Would Cut Subsidies to Wealthy Farms
The Obama administration's proposed 2012 federal budget released today targets several wasteful agriculture programs, including cutting $4.25 billion over 10 years from subsidies to large farm...
Ag Pollution Knocks the Chesapeake Bay out of Balance
For more than thirty years, contamination from high-intensity farming has been adding to the pollution that fouls Chesapeake Bay, one of America's most storied waterways. A new report from the...
Top 10 Reasons Why Congress Should Say NO to the Ethanol Tax Credit
Rumors are flying that the lame duck Congress will attach an extension of the so-called ethanol “blender's tax credit” to a bill to extend the Bush-era income tax cuts as part of a broader deal. Here...
EWG Honors CA Officials for Efforts to Protect Public Health and Environment
Six dedicated public servants in California will be honored tonight in San Francisco for their shared commitment to protecting the health and environment of Californians.
In the Bay, It’s Millions for Subsidies, Pennies for Conservation
Everyone agrees: Chesapeake Bay is heavily polluted. Thirty years of promises, compromises, plans, schemes and a whole lot of taxpayer dollars have done little to clean up one of America's most...
Throwing Good Money After Bad Lands
In 1982, scientists observed record numbers of migratory birds at California's Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge hatching with massive deformities. Baby birds had grossly misshapen beaks, twisted...
Eating lower - and better - on the food chain
Cutting back on the amount of meat in the American diet is one of the best ways people can shrink their carbon footprint – and at the same time slim their waistlines and improve overall health.
Want Some Bug-Killer With That?
If you like your fruits and vegetables with pesticides, then you'll be glad to know the conventional produce industry is boasting of a big win with the Obama administration.
Taxpayers Funding Pro-Pesticide PR Campaign
The Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF), a California trade association, wants you to have less information about pesticide residues on the fruits and vegetables you buy. That's not too surprising...
Study: Organic Berries Trump Others on Taste, Nutrition and More
Recent government-sponsored tests at more than a dozen California farms found that organic strawberries were tastier and more nutritious than conventionally grown berries. On top of that, the organic...
