SAN FRANCISCO—Center for Food Safety (CFS) and a coalition of food labeling nonprofits and retailers filed an appeal last week with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, challenging a previous ruling ...

This week, I-522, a ballot initiative to label foods produced with genetic engineering (GE), was narrowly defeated in Washington State. Chemical companies and big food manufacturers spent $22 million ...

Following the election of Donald Trump to a second term as president, Center for Food Safety (CFS) issued the following statement: "Donald Trump's previous tenure in office was marked by an extreme ...

Linn County, Oregon—Late yesterday, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced that it is issuing an individual water quality permit to J-S Ranch, a mega-chicken production facility capable ...

United States – Today, a group of environmental and community organizations from across the United States penned a joint letter to the EPA, asking the agency to use its emergency powers to intervene ...

On Oct 14th, I presented the findings of our Pesticides in Paradise report on the island of Moloka‘i. At around 5:45 PM, about 15 minutes before the presentation was going to start, 100+ Monsanto ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) encompass an entire class of thousands of chemicals. PFAS are also known as "forever chemicals" because they persist in the environment and our bodies for up ...

Food irradiation uses high-energy Gamma rays, electron beams or X-rays (all of which are millions of times more powerful than standard medical X-rays) to break apart the bacteria and insects that can ...

Nanotechnology is a powerful but novel platform for taking apart and reconstructing nature at the atomic and molecular level with important human and environmental health ramifications. Common ...

Using genetic technologies to clone food animals is a relatively new science that remains understudied and imprecise. However, defects in these animals are common, and scientists warn that even small ...

RT @protesterrabbit: Always buy seeds or use your own from previous year. I get mine from Mother Nature of Powell River, B.C. ! https://t.c… The legal battle around #chlorpyrifos continues. The 9th ...

Photo credit: Aunty Mona Silva, Uncle Glenn's Hawaiian Food, Kane'ohe. Photo by Dave Homcy. Feeding Hawai'i : Stories from the... The agricultural landscape in Hawai'i, once dominated by plantation ...