January 2016

Following an Email Trail: How a Public University Professor Collaborated on a Corporate PR Campaign

Carey Gillam | January 29, 2016

By Carey Gillam Former University of Illinois food science professor Bruce Chassy is known for his academic gravitas. Now retired nearly four years, Chassy still writes and speaks often about food safety issues, identifying himself with the full weight of the decades of experience earned at the public university and as a researcher at the … Following an Email Trail: How a Public University Professor Collaborated on a Corporate PR Campaign

Why is Cornell University Hosting a GMO Propaganda Campaign?

Stacy Malkan | January 22, 2016

This article by Stacy Malkan original appeared in The Ecologist The founders of Cornell University, Andrew D. White and Ezra Cornell, dreamed of creating a great university that took a radical approach to learning. Their revolutionary spirit, and the promise to pursue knowledge for the greater good, is said to be at the heart of … Why is Cornell University Hosting a GMO Propaganda Campaign?

Why Is the Gates Foundation Funding a GMO Propaganda Campaign at Cornell?

Stacy Malkan | January 22, 2016

A new analysis by U.S. Right to Know published today in The Ecologist documents how millions of dollars from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are being used to run a propaganda campaign out of Cornell University that promotes GMOs and pesticides for the benefit of agrichemical corporations. The article documents how the Cornell Alliance … Why Is the Gates Foundation Funding a GMO Propaganda Campaign at Cornell?

USDA Shirking Obligation to Give Consumers Clarity Over Herbicide Residues on Food

Carey Gillam | January 11, 2016

When microbiologist Bruce Hemming was hired two years ago to test breast milk samples for residues of the key ingredient in the popular weed-killer Roundup, Hemming at first scoffed at the possibility.Hemming, the founder of St. Louis-based Microbe Inotech Laboratories, knew that the herbicidal ingredient called glyphosate was not supposed to accumulate in the human … USDA Shirking Obligation to Give Consumers Clarity Over Herbicide Residues on Food

USDA Avoids Analyzing Glyphosate Residues on Food for Annual Report

Carey Gillam | January 11, 2016

News Release For Immediate Release: Monday, January 11, 2016 For More Information Contact: Carey Gillam, Research Director (913) 526-6190, carey@usrighttoknow.wpenginepowered.com USDA Avoids Analyzing Glyphosate Residues on Food for Annual Report Consumer advocacy group U.S. Right to Know criticized the U.S. Department of Agriculture today for issuing an annual pesticide residue report that avoided any evaluation of … USDA Avoids Analyzing Glyphosate Residues on Food for Annual Report

Veteran Food and Agriculture Reporter Joins U.S. Right to Know

Gary Ruskin | January 5, 2016

News Release For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 For More Information Contact: Carey Gillam (913) 526-6190 or Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350 Veteran Food and Agriculture Reporter Joins U.S. Right to Know Carey Gillam, a veteran journalist with more than 20 years of experience covering corporate America, with a special focus on corporate food and … Veteran Food and Agriculture Reporter Joins U.S. Right to Know

Fearful Food Industry Jeopardizing Public’s Right to Information

Carey Gillam | January 5, 2016

I just don’t get it. Over the more than 20 years I have worked as a business journalist, I’ve always been motivated by a simple premise: Knowledge is power, and that power belongs with the public. The spread of information that people can use to make decisions – what to buy, what to eat, where … Fearful Food Industry Jeopardizing Public’s Right to Information

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