Tag: food system
EPA releases first-of-its-kind report on food waste
Despite pledging to cut food loss and waste in half by 2030, the U.S. is far from reaching its goal.
New report on ‘grocery cartels’ details exploitive retailer monopolies
"The grocery cartel has created an illusion of choice and efficiency to disguise their profiteering off of the American consumer, who is unwillingly asked to trade abundance for resilience."
There is enough food, just not enough food access
Community fridge networks across the country are an important start—and symbol—in the work to make sure everyone has enough to eat.
It’s time for an urgent intervention in the food system ruining...
The Farm System Reform Act would provide a real solution to addressing the climate impacts of industrial agriculture.
Biden signs new executive order aimed at food and farming sector
President Biden signed an executive order that will protect American farmers under the Packers and Stockyards Act against abuses suffered at meat...
Food additive in Starbursts, Sour Patch Kids, Skittles, +3,000 others no...
The additive, titanium dioxide, may cause cell mutations and damage DNA.
A pesticide linked to brain damage in children could finally be...
A court has ruled that the EPA must ban the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos—or prove its safety.
54 million people in the US may go hungry during pandemic—can...
In the COVID era, growing food locally has become more essential than ever.
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Study finds black-colored plastic kitchen utensils, takeout containers may contain cancerous chemicals due to...
Researchers discovered everyday black plastic cooking utensils contain harmful flame retardants through current recycling processes.
Trump escalates dangerous rhetoric, suggests media violence as his campaign tightens grip on extremism
Trump’s escalation of violent rhetoric against the press raises grave concerns for the safety of journalists and the future of press freedom in the U.S.
Character informs destiny—and determines action—outstripping waves of promises and proposals, pandering and propaganda
Behold the central importance of electing officials with knowable, trustworthy characters, especially in an age where violence is the first and last resort of corrupt, dishonest and incompetent losers.
How right-wing activists are pushing states to dismantle voter integrity safeguards
With the removal of ERIC, battleground states face a potential flood of biased voter roll purges ahead of the 2024 election.
Nanoplastics in the human body are weakening antibiotic effectiveness, heightening resistance risks
New research reveals how nanoplastics compromise antibiotic effectiveness, raising alarm over plastic pollution’s role in fueling global antibiotic resistance.