Tag: food system

In the COVID era, growing food locally has become more essential than ever.

Organic CSA farms like Massaro in Connecticut have been able to nimbly reorient marketing and production to serve the urgent needs of their communities.

Congress is considering an allocation for the mass killing of farmed animals.

"...PETA asks the nation to rise up and shout a resounding 'NO' to keeping slaughterhouses open at this time."

Tell Congress to stop allowing USDA food safety waivers. This is no time to gamble with Americans' health.

Global food waste is a much bigger problem than previously thought. A new study confirmed that people waste more than twice as...

“Extinction is forever, which is a loss not only in terms of their evolution and persistence on the planet, but also a loss to the future of our food.”

"What this calls for is additional research to determine how widespread this contamination is and how high the levels are."

"Due to glyphosate's many health risks and its ubiquitous nature in our food, water and alcohol, the use of glyphosate in the U.S. should be banned unless and until it can be proven safe."

"Everyone has the right to clean organic food. That is a human right."