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Why the Government Doesn’t Really Want You to Drive a Fuel-Efficient Car

May 20, 2012 Organic Consumers Association News Headlines Organic

There is a big problem with high-mileage cars – from the point-of-view of the government.

Less revenue. Click here to read this article

The Organic Watergate: Synthetics Found in Organic Foods

May 20, 2012 Organic Consumers Association News Headlines Organic

There are currently almost 300 non-organic and synthetic compounds approved for use in organic farming or food production. Click here to read this article

Massive Social Outrage Over "Natural" Kashi Cereal Contaminated with GMOs

May 20, 2012 Organic Consumers Association News Headlines Organic

A simple sign on a grocery store shelf has gone viral, causing a storm of outrage among consumers who feel they’ve been misled by cereal maker Kellogg’s claims about its Kashi cereals. A Rhode Island grocer posted a note on the shelf where Kashi was su…

Big Beer Brewers Like Anheuser-Busch Are Drunk on Greed

May 20, 2012 Organic Consumers Association News Headlines Organic

How the beer lobby is taking advantage of addiction. Click here to read this article

A Victory for All of Us

May 20, 2012 Organic Consumers Association News Headlines Organic

In January, attorneys Carl Mayer and Bruce Afran asked me to be the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that challenged the harsh provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Cl…

Nine-year-old’s Lunch Blog Shames School into Making Changes

May 20, 2012 Organic Consumers Association News Headlines Organic

In the U.S., people mainly worry that schoolkids eat too much lunch, not too little. But there are really a lot of intersecting issues — quantity, quality, even efficiency (my sense from the blog is that Martha is getting rushed through the lunch que…

Investors Controlling $1 Trillion Demand Fracking Best Practices

May 20, 2012 Organic Consumers Association News Headlines Organic

BOSTON, Massachusetts – Institutional investors in the United States, Europe and Australia with nearly $1 trillion in assets under management have united to support a set of best practices for the hydraulic fracturing of shale rock to harvest natural …

Obama’s Poverty-Relieving Plan for Africa a Profit Boon for Giant Agribusiness

May 20, 2012 Organic Consumers Association News Headlines Organic

President Obama’s announcement today of $3 billion in private investments in a poverty- and hunger-relieving plan for Africa is set to be a boon for giant agribusiness, a move critics say leaves small-scale farmers and agro-ecological methods in the du…

It’s GMO War: The Monopoly vs. the People

May 20, 2012 Organic Consumers Association News Headlines Organic

Last Thursday evening I attended a GMO panel discussion at CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College called GMOs and Eco-labels: Getting More of the Story. Four distinguished panelists shared their knowledge from the front lines in battle against…

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