Month: February 2017

It Takes A Village To Transform School Lunches

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West Contra Costa School District Takes First Step Toward Fresh, Local Food Service By Stacy Malkan Nevertheless, she persisted. Judi Shils refuses to see barriers in the way of her goal to help transform food service at California’s West Contra Costa Unified School District. There are many barriers, of course, to bringing fresh, organic, locally grown It Takes A Village To Transform School Lunches

Public Interest Groups to USA Today: Ditch Corporate Front Group Science Columns

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The following letter was sentby more than two dozen health, environmental, labor and public interest groups to the editors of USA Today expressing concerns that the paper has been publishing science columns by members of the American Council on Science and Health, without identifying that group as a corporatefront groupwith a history of spinning science Public Interest Groups to USA Today: Ditch Corporate Front Group Science Columns

Questions about EPA-Monsanto collusion raised in cancer lawsuits

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Now it’s getting interesting. A new court filing made on behalf of dozens of people claiming Monsanto Co.’s Roundup herbicide gave them cancer includes information about alleged efforts within the Environmental Protection Agency to protect Monsanto’s interests and unfairly aid the agrichemical industry. The filing, made late Friday by plaintiff’s attorneys, includes what the attorneys Questions about EPA-Monsanto collusion raised in cancer lawsuits

Julie Kelly cooks up propaganda for the pesticide industry

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Julie Kelly is a food writer and cooking instructor who emerged in 2015 as a fierce advocate for the agrichemical industry, with articles defending pesticides, arguing against GMO labeling and attacking the organic food industry. Her work has appeared in the National Review, The Hill, Huffington Post, the Wall Street Journal and Forbes. An award-winning Julie Kelly cooks up propaganda for the pesticide industry