Labeling

The Bill is Due: Congress has one more month to write a fair Farm Bill

On September 30, the current five-year Farm Bill will expire, leaving many farmers in limbo and consistent federal support for rural communities in question. While both the U.S.

The bully in the lunchroom: The U.S. moves to weaken Mexico’s new junk food labeling law

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Alternative agricultural systems

The following is an excerpt from Beyond NAFTA 2.0: A Trade Agenda for People and the Planet jointly published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Institute

New NAFTA limits labeling for food and workplace chemicals

With 34 chapters, 13 Annex agreements, 14 side letters and nearly 2,000 pages of text, you wouldn’t think there could be a consistent theme across the entirety of the New NAFTA, also known in the U.S. as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Uprooted Episode 60: The Regulatory Cooperation Council

Josh talks with Sharon Treat about her recent article exposing another backdoor to deregulation, the Regulatory Cooperation Council, that exists through NAFTA and is being used by corporate livestock lobbyists to undermine food safety and consumers right to know.

Uprooted Episode 42: Gaming the Grass Fed Beef Market

Josh talks with Ben Lilliston about the growth of the grass fed beef market, and how global agribusiness is using labeling loopholes to sell imported grass fed beef as "product of the U.S.A." You can read Ben's comment to USDA here. 

Stop Meat Companies from Rigging the Grass-fed Market

Food companies have a long history of keeping consumers in dark about the origins of their food. But outright deception is another level of darkness. There are strong signs that global meat companies are taking advantage of a loophole to label imported beef, particularly grass-fed, as “Product of U.S.A.”