FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judith McGeary 512-484-8821 judith@farmandranchfreedom.org FAMILY FARMS AND LOCAL FOODS EDUCATION DAY Citizens Gather at the Capitol to Speak with Legislators AUSTIN, TX…
Action Alert: Join Us for Family Farms and Local Foods Day
Join us at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Monday, February 21, 2011 for the Family Farms and Local Foods Day! This is an opportunity for…
Action Alert: USDA Approved Genetically Engineered Alfalfa – Obama Can Still Say No!
The USDA approved Monsanto’s genetically engineered alfalfa, and unless President Obama stops it, it will be widely planted this spring and begin contaminating other crops, including…
Letter to Secretary Vilsack from Dr. Huber – Roundup May Be Causing Animal Miscarriages and Infertility
In January 2011, one of the nation’s senior scientists alerted the federal government to a newly discovered organism that may have the potential to cause infertility…
Action Alert: Tell USDA to Reject GE Alfalfa
Although USDA has acknowledged that planting Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa poses a significant risk that regular crops will be contaminated, the agency is still proposing…
House Passes Food Safety Bill With Tester-Hagan Amendment
This afternoon, the House voted 215-144 to approve the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (now HR 2751), including the Tester-Hagan amendment. The bill has taken many…
USDA Advisory Committee on Animal Health Appointed
When USDA announced that it was withdrawing its plans for the National Animal Identification system (NAIS), Secretary Vilsack also stated his intention to establish an Advisory…
Fight Over the Food Safety Bill – and Tester-Hagan Amendment – Continues!
Almost as soon as the Senate passed S. 510 with the Tester-Hagan amendment, members of the House of Representatives raised objections that S510 includes provisions for…
Analysis of the Tester-Hagan Amendment
Summary of the Key Points of the Tester-Hagan Amendment Clarifies that businesses that sell more than half of their products directly to individual consumers are exempt…
Agribusiness Shows Its True Colors
For over a year, the big Agribusiness trade organizations have supported passage of S. 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act. From Agribusiness’s perspective, the bill was…