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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with food

Food & Water Watch âEUR" Food & Water Watch
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, food, chemical agribusiness, politics, biotechnologies, unfair trade deals )

Jelica
- 14 days ago - action.foodandwaterwatch.org
President Obama has nominated two chemical agribusiness cronies for high level positions. It's time to stop appointing people who are going to push chemical-intensive industrial agriculture, inappropriate biotechnologies and unfair trade deals that put pr
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Frog or Toad Found in Pepsi Can, FDA Says
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, food, safety, pepsi, gutted frog/toad )

Dee
- 82 days ago - cnn.com
(CNN) -- The "disgusting" blob that Fred DeNegri's wife says she poured out of his Diet Pepsi can was probably a gutted frog or toad, the Food and Drug Administration said.
11 comments
Henry Buffalo: Tenacity for Ojibwe Treaty Rights
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Native Americans, injustice, food, jailed, hunting )

Lone
- 110 days ago - indiancountrynews.net
For more than a hundred years the State of Wisconsin illegally enforced fish and game regulations against the Lake Superior Chippewa. Many hunters went to jail for trying to feed their familes, while the people suffered from not getting deer meat and fish
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Take Action: Anti Horse Slaughter Bills S11 and HR503...
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, americans, congress, animals, horses, slaughter, food, horsemeat, cruelty, suffering, death, pets, sadness, humans, animalwelfare )

Tom
- 217 days ago - animalrights.change.org
The passage of S 311 and HR 503 will prohibit horse slaughter for human consumption in the US and stop the transport of horses across our borders under cruel and abusive conditions to Mexico to be butchered alive and suffer the worst death imaginable.
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Sign Petition: Support The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act (H.R. 503)
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, americans, congress, animals, horses, slaughter, food, horsemeat, cruelty, suffering, death, pets, sadness, humans, animalwelfare )

Tom
- 225 days ago - animalrights.change.org
The US Congress' failure to pass legislation banning horse slaughter means American horses are being slaughtered for human consumption abroad. Tens of thousands are shipped to Mexico and Canada annually, where they are killed under barbaric conditions.
31 comments
Defend Michelle Obama's Organic Garden From Pesticide Lobbyists
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, ethics, food, organics, organic gardening, gardening )

Elena
- 227 days ago - act.credoaction.com
Sign this petition today to tell the board members of MACA (virtually all of them big chemical executives) that we don't appreciate their telling Michelle Obama (or any of us) to use pesticides in our gardens.
19 comments
A Bill to Outlaw Organic Farming Next Week? Contact Your Representative!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: health, illness, interesting, nutrition, risks, safety, protection, warning, death, diet, ethics, food, government, news, ethics, congress, dishonesty )

Kat
- 234 days ago - writerep.house.gov
Monsanto: A bill to outlaw organic farming next week? US House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on bill that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875). There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before...
62 comments
Sign Petition: Thank Michelle Obama for the First White House Garden in 60 Years
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, obama, michelle, victory, garden, example, white house, organic, vegetables, fruit, food, healthy, budget, fuel, nation, america )

Tom
- 245 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
I am writing to express my sincere appreciation for the example you are setting for the American people. Through your new victory garden, not only will visiting dignitaries taste fresh, healthy products that are made in the U.S.A., but families and young
28 comments
Growing Your Own Food? Check With Big Brother First
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: politics, big brother, food, gardening, federal regulations )

Rebecca
- 250 days ago - yourpoliticsareboring.org
The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, was introduced by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, and seeks to establish federal regulations that will affect organic farming operations, family farms, and even small neighborhood gardens. It even mandates property seizure,..
24 comments
Sign Petition: Protect Children From Chronic Neglect
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: America, child abuse, neglect, needs, suffering, development, health, caregiver, parents, food, clothing, education, medical care, government )

Tom
- 265 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Child abuse also includes the neglect suffered by more than half of all child victims in the U.S., more than 550,000 children in 2005. Omission of a child's basic needs can severely impact his/her development and ability to become a healthy adult.
41 comments
Possible FDA Head: More Staff Needed to Inspect Food
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: FDA, government, food, drugs, death, safety, illness, protection )

Dee
- 304 days ago - newsday.com
The Food and Drug Administration is not staffed to handle the growing complexity of food inspection, especially now that a significant amount comes from abroad and is never inspected, a leading candidate to head the embattled agency said Wednesday.
5 comments
Huge Math Error in Katrina Supply Giveaway
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, corruption, government, dishonesty, ethics, children, family, sadness, rights, health, food, clothing )

Suzybell
- 490 days ago - cnn.com
- Federal officials vastly overestimated the value of hurricane relief supplies given away earlier this year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency reported Monday.The General Services Administration, which manages federal property, over-counted cases
10 comments
Chavez Says Food Prices Massacre of World's Poor
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: capitalism, food )


- 581 days ago - uk.reuters.com
"The problem is not the production of food ... it is the economic, social and political model of the world. The capitalist model is in crisis."
3 comments
The Hidden Battle to Control the World's Food Supply
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: food, corporate rule, globalization )


- 585 days ago - alternet.org
Food riots are breaking out across the planet. We must re-examine corporate control of the food supply.
12 comments
AlterNet: Health and Wellness: Michael Pollan: Don't Eat Anything That Doesn't Rot
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: food, nutrition, gov't policy )


- 626 days ago - alternet.org
Acclaimed author and journalist Michael Pollan argues that what most Americans are consuming today is not food but "edible foodlike substances."
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