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November 6, 2014
I have been to countless holiday meals when I had no control over the ingredients. Of course, I ate what was offered and was polite but knowing what I know now about what's really in food - it's hard for me to just shut up and take it. Read more
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May 29, 2014
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May 30, 2014
CONTACT: Organic Consumers Association, Katherine Paul, 207.653.3090
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 30, 2014
CONTACT: Organic Consumers Association, Katherine Paul, 207.653.3090
FINLAND, Minn Read more
News
January 27, 2014
The Food and Drug Administration has continued to allow dozens of antibiotics to be used in livestock feed, despite findings from its researchers that the drugs could expose humans to antibiotic-resistant bacteria through the food supply, an... Read more
News
March 22, 2013
Walk through any supermarket poultry section and you can marvel at the wonders of the modern food processing industry: antiseptic aisles packed with gleaming, plump shrink-wrapped chickens, sold at bargain prices under the labels of trusted... Read more
News
June 6, 2012
Rita has worked for the same Missouri-based pork processing company for 13 years. And yet she feels like she could lose her job at any time. If this 49-year-old mother of four is late for work by as little as five minutes, that's one strike. Read more
News
May 10, 2012
In most jobs, if you have to spend even part of your workday exerting yourself under the hot summer sun, you're likely to have drinking water nearby. And, if you don't, you probably won't be penalized for going to find some. But for many... Read more
News
April 25, 2012
A proposal from the Obama administration to prevent children from doing farm chores has drawn plenty of criticism from rural-district members of Congress. But now it's attracting barbs from farm kids themselves. Read more
News
April 2, 2012
At Gathering Together Farm, in Philomath, Ore., owners Sally Brewer and John Eveland sit down with all their employees three times a week for an all-farm lunch. At the height of the growing season, Gathering Together Farm employs as many as 100... Read more
News
March 28, 2012
In the heart of Florida's industrial-scale fruit and vegetable fields, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers has achieved the most tangible gains for US farm workers since the glory days of the California-based United Farm Workers in the 1970s. Read more
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