This Tuesday voters in Oregon and Colorado will have the chance to strike a decisive blow for consumers' right to know by forcing the labeling of GMO ingredients. Big Food is spending big to mislead and confuse voters, writes Ronnie Cummins - but the outcome is looking too close to call.
All out for November 4th: GMO fight at the crossroads Ronnie Cummins Organic Consumers Association | 2nd November 2014 Comment GMOs USA Law Politics Corporations vote-yes-on-105-cut.jpg This Tuesday …
Like all great cities, Paris has the power to draw in food and resources from all corners of the Earth. And with every meal, this food-lovers’ paradise unwittingly sketches the fate of its countryside and seashores, near and far. Carolyn Lebel reports on the Foodprint of a city famed for its eateries
… great cities. But with the exception of supermarkets that work with their own … and communal gardens. In bistros, diners and supermarkets. But here too, the story is …
The mighty Grocery Manufacturers Association is to sue Vermont for making food companies label GMOs in their products. Ronnie Cummins calls on all concerned consumers to boycott GMA companies and products - starting with their 'traitor brands' ...
… of us who don't shop for those brands in supermarkets? Here are seven ways to fight …
Nearly 50% of the EU budget goes into European agriculture. But climate change, soil erosion and other environmental pressures call for radical changes in farming practices. Carolyn Lebel reports on the urgent need for greener subsidies.
… behind the neatly stocked shelves of our supermarkets. “There are 500,000 farms, 10,000 …
Newly assertive citizens and consumers are putting the world's most feared and powerful corporations on the defensive, writes Ronnie Cummins. Now is the time to press home our advantage!
Democracy or Corporatocracy? The choice is ours. Ronnie Cummins | 25th February 2014 Activism GMOs Politics Food Farming food-brands.png Newly assertive citizens and consumers are putting the world's …
Water in France's 'breadbasket' - where much of the wheat used to make the iconic baguette is grown - is under threat from industrial agriculture, with excessive consumption and contamination by pesticides and nitrates. Carolyn Lebel reports...
Thinking people of all stripes are agreed in their opposition to cruel, exploitative animal farming, writes Ronnie Cummins. So it's time for them to move beyond sterile 'meat-eater versus vegetarian' debates, and unite in their opposition to the daily atrocities of industrial agriculture.
Vegetarians, ranchers and conscious omnivores of the world, unite! Ronnie Cummins | 7th April 2015 Comment Food Farming Health Corporations grass-fed-usda-cut.jpg Thinking people of all stripes are …
In the wake of President Sarkozy's crackdown on the Roma people, an Ecologist investigation uncovers how poverty and discrimination are forcing persecuted communities to scratch a living recycling France's growing mountain of e-waste - potentially threatening health and raising questions over the effectiveness of waste policies
… legitimate work. ‘Sometimes they’ll go behind supermarkets and look through the bins. …