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Webinar: Agricultural nanotechnology and the future of food

May 14th, 2013

Nanotechnology, a group of techniques for manufacturing and manipulating sub-molecular sized materials, is being applied to agriculture, food processing and food packaging. This webinar will discuss the effect of nanomaterials on soil health and the food chain. IATP's Dr. Steve Suppan, author of "Nanomaterials In Soil: Our Future Food Chain?," and Jaydee Hanson, Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Food Safety will lead the webinar. Jaydee Hanson will speak on nanoparticles in food and food packaging, and Steve Suppan will cover nanofertilizers and soil health.

Cadmium, mercury and phthalates—oh my!

Over 5000 children’s products contain toxic chemicals linked to cancer, hormone disruption and reproductive problems, including the toxic metals, cadmium, mercury and antimony, as well as phthalates and solvents.

FDA ignores toxic arsenic in animal feed

Washington, D.C., May 1, 2013 – Today attorneys at Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a lawsuit on behalf of CFS, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, and seven other U.S.

Arsenic Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a lawsuit on behalf of the CFS, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Center for Environmental Health, Center for Biological Diversity, Food Animal Concerns Trust, Food and Water Watch, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, Health Care Without Harm and San Francisco Bay Area Physicians for Social Responsibility to compel the FDA to respond to

Work in a poultry plant? The good news is you still have a job, the bad news is it may be killing you

Earlier this spring, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) was in the news because of a threat that the agency’s 8000+ inspectors would be furloughed as part of

Booksigning with Foodopoly author Wenonah Hauter

June 11th, 2013

Join Wenonah Hauter, author of the new book Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America for a booksigning at Subtext Books. Wenonah Hauter is the executive director of Food & Water Watch, but she also runs an organic family farm in Northern Virginia that provides healthy vegetables to over five hundred families in the Washington, D.C., area as part of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Despite this, as one of the nation’s leading healthy food advocates, Hauter believes that the local food movement is not enough to solve America’s food c

When weather becomes the "single biggest factor"

Sixty-eight percent.

Booksigning with Foodopoly author Wenonah Hauter

June 10th, 2013

Join Wenonah Hauter, author of the new book Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America for a booksigning, presentation and question and answer session at Magers & Quinn. Wenonah Hauter is the executive director of Food & Water Watch, but she also runs an organic family farm in Northern Virginia that provides healthy vegetables to over five hundred families in the Washington, D.C., area as part of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Despite this, as one of the nation’s leading healthy food advocates, Hauter believes that the local fo

Land grabs and human rights in the Horn of Africa

An interview with Redwan Hamza of the Oromia Human Rights and Justice Council.

Nanomaterials in fertilizer products could threaten soil health, agriculture

Minneapolis – Nanomaterials added to soil via fertilizers and treated sewage waste used to fertilize fields could threaten soil health necessary to keep land productive, says a new report released today by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). Peer-reviewed scientific research also indicates possible negative impacts of nano-fertilizers on public health and the food supply.