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Wendy's: Support a Fair Deal for Farm Workers ACTION
Business  (tags: farm workers, health, family, nutrition, prevention, farmers markets, food, business, ethics )

Nancy
- 9 days ago - action.sumofus.org
Most of the largest fast food chains, including McDonald's, Subway, Burger King, and Taco Bell have all signed on to the CIW's Fair Food Program. They have agreed to pay an extra penny per pound of tomatoes to raise wages and only buy from fields where...
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Big Oil Threatens Global Food Security
Business  (tags: Vitol, oil trader, food, global food market, food security, people vs profit, people vs corporations, famine, poverty, exploitation, capitalism )

Brian
- 43 days ago - truth-out.org
Vitol, the largest oil trader on this planet wants to dominate the global food market. Another example of putting corporate profits over human survival.
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Walmart's Death Grip on Groceries Is Making Life Worse for Millions of People
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, ethics, government, Food, investing, investments, labor, lies, money, politics, society, usa, wal-mart )

Kit
- 57 days ago - alternet.org
Walmart's growing control of our food system has been to intensify the rural and urban poverty that drives unhealthy food choices.
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Tell Congress to Dump the Monsanto Rider! ACTION US
Business  (tags: health, food, family, environment, Monsanto, ecosystems, wildlife, business, corruption )

Nancy
- 72 days ago - salsa3.salsalabs.com
Though wrapped in a "farmer-friendly" package, this Monsanto-driven rider is simply a biotech industry ploy to continue to plant GE crops even when a court of law has found they were approved illegally.
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Food, Drink Industries Undermine Health Policy, Study Finds
Business  (tags: food, health, government, research, safety, science, society, study, warning, nutrition, protection, humans, abuse, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, law, society, marketing, money, lies, politics, usa, world, ethics, cover-up, ameri )

JL
- 98 days ago - organicconsumers.org
Multinational food, drink and alcohol companies are using strategies similar to those employed by the tobacco industry to undermine public health policies, health experts said on Tuesday.
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Report: Seed Giants Vs. U.S. Farmers.
Business  (tags: food, ethics, study, safety, risks, science, society, warning, research, protection, health, americans, business, consumers, corporate, cover-up, dishonesty, farming, investors, law, lies, marketing, money, politics, society, usa, investments, investing )

JL
- 101 days ago - centerforfoodsafety.org
one week before the Supreme Court hears arguments in Bowman v. Monsanto Co., the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Save our Seeds (SOS) launched our new report, Seed Giants vs. U.S. Farmers.
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Care About Your Food? Then Care About Your Farmworkers Too!
Business  (tags: mericans, business, consumers, dishonesty, environment, farms, Farm Workers, food, government, marketing, money, politics, society )

Kit
- 109 days ago - truth-out.org
But who, exactly, is a farmer? Is it the person who owns a farm? The person who sells food at a farmers' market? Or could a farmer be the immigrant who follows the work from place to place and picks the fruit of the season?
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How Whole Foods and the Biggest Organic Foods Distributor Are Screwing Workers
Business  (tags: green, organic, greenliving, food, corporate greed, whole Foods, labor exploitation, dishonesty, business, corruption, labor, society, politics, corporate, ethics, economy, abuse, americans )

Brian
- 110 days ago - truth-out.org
"Whole Foods CEO John Mackey has done a brilliant job of creating the illusion that his empire is about abundance, bounty and the good life. But there's nothing bountiful or good about the way the second-largest non-unionized food retailer exploits..."
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Milestone Looms for Farm-Raised Fish
Business  (tags: food, safety, risks, society, diet, water, oceans, pollution, drugs, farming, finance, money, marketing, corporate, consumers )

JL
- 116 days ago - green.blogs.nytimes.com
Sometime this year, we will quietly pass a milestone in human history: the majority of the fish we eat will be farm-raised rather than wild-caught.
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Green Week in Full Swing in Berlin
Business  (tags: Berlin, International green week, agriculture, SustainableDevelopment, food, gardening )

Angelika
- 123 days ago - dw.de
The world's biggest agricultural fair has kicked off in Berlin. With live animals and exotic food, it is set to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors. But Germany's food industry may not be as green as it seems.
21 comments
Stop the Pipeline of New GE Seeds! ACTION
Business  (tags: food, family, health, USDA, prevention, agriculture, big ag, synthetics, organic, hunger, science, ge seeds, chemicals, gmos )

Nancy
- 131 days ago - action.panna.org
A suite of "next generation" GE seeds is heading for USDA approval, with the first application sitting on Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's desk right now.
71 comments
Stand Up: Family Farmers Vs. Monsanto ACTION
Business  (tags: monsanto, farmers rights, health, toxins, round-up, pesticide, birth defects, family, food, prevention, corruption )

Nancy
- 135 days ago - action.fooddemocracynow.org
Monsanto has created an atmosphere of fear in rural America and driven dozens of farmers into bankruptcy. Please join us in standing up for family farmers everywhere against Monsanto's abusive seed monopoly.
43 comments
Water Commission Denies Monsanto Request
Business  (tags: monsanto, health, toxins, round-up, pesticide, birth defects, family, food, prevention, congress, Hawaii, senate, corruption )

Nancy
- 153 days ago - maui-tomorrow.org
Yesterday Monsanto was denied in their request to be guaranteed 2.6 million gallons of water per day in Hawaii. It takes a lot of water to irrigate GMO crops, and Monsanto's push to take a big chunk of Hawaii's water to grow their genetically modified...
34 comments
Food Waste: From Farm to Fork and Landfill
Business  (tags: food, government, food productrion, waste, agriculturehealth, technology, news, business, economy, corruption, society, politics, money )

Cal
- 153 days ago - cnn.com
As Christmas approaches, families stock up with food. But food waste in industrialized countries is nearly as high as food production in sub-Saharan Africa. Find out how
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