Senate Farm Bill Continues Giant Giveaways to Big Agribusiness
For Immediate Release Monday, June 10, 2013“Defenders of the Farm Bill, and the agribusiness industry, are claiming that the legislation recently passed by the Senate represents real reform of federal...
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Apples to Twinkies 2013
Released by: CALPIRG Release date: Tuesday, July 16, 2013Apples to Twinkies 2013 vCA c4.pdfExecutive Summary At a time when America faces high obesity rates and tough federal budget choices, taxpayer...
View ArticleAg Subsidies Pay for 20 Twinkies per Taxpayer, But Only Half of an Apple Apiece
For Immediate Release Tuesday, July 16, 2013Sacramento, CA – Federal subsidies for commodity crops are subsidizing junk food additives like high-fructose corn syrup, at a rate that would buy 20...
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Label GMO Foods
The Right To Know What We’re EatingWe passed a federal law requiring manufacturers to list ingredients and other nutrition information on food packaging. We now use this information to make responsible...
View ArticleNew Farm Bill Contains Massive Taxpayer Handouts To Big Ag
Tuesday, January 28, 2014Statement of CALPIRG Federal Tax and Budget Advocate Dan Smith on the Farm Bill Conference Committee agreement to be voted on by the House this week:“CALPIRG urges Congress to...
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A Year of Progress
Released by: CALPIRG Education Fund Release date: Friday, March 7, 2014CALPIRG Ed Fund GMO white paper final.pdfGenetically modified organisms (GMOs) and foods derived from GMO ingredients were...
View ArticleCalifornia Legislature Takes First Step to Require GMO Labeling
For Immediate Release Wednesday, March 26, 2014SACRAMENTO, CA — A bill that would require the labeling of genetically modified foods (GMOs) sold in California passed out of the Senate Health Committee...
View ArticleCalifornia GMO Labeling Bill Moves Forward
For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 22, 2014SACRAMENTO, CA — A bill that would require the labeling of all foods sold in California containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) advanced out of...
View ArticleCalifornia Genetically Modified Food Labeling Bill Passes Senate Committee
CALPIRG Capital Public Radio Tuesday, April 22, 2014Max PringleBackers of the bill say it is not about banning “GMO foods,” it’s about giving consumers information similar to the way nutrition...
View ArticleBill to Label GMOs Narrowly Fails on California Senate Floor
For Immediate Release Thursday, May 29, 2014SACRAMENTO — A bill that would require the labeling of all foods sold in California containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) narrowly failed on the...
View ArticleProgress in 2015 and hope for the new year
Wednesday, December 23, 2015In May, I wrote that “2015 has been a big year for chicken.” Little did I know it would only get bigger. Several huge restaurant chains jumped in to help stop the overuse of...
View ArticleThe State of Antibiotics 2016
Monday, January 11, 2016One week before the president’s State of the Union address hits the airwaves, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Thomas Frieden released their “State...
View ArticleState of the Union: Five Things We’ll Be Listening For
Tuesday, January 12, 2016Here are five issues that matter to the public and our future that we’re hoping to hear about in President Obama’s State of the Union address: 1. We need to know who is...
View ArticleThe foundation is crumbling
Tuesday, January 19, 2016For months, we’ve been sharing a warning about the post-antibiotic era: it’s looming, it’s coming, it’s near... it’s here. Despite decades of knowledge that the overuse of...
View Article80+ groups call on Yum! Brands to help save antibiotics
For Immediate Release Thursday, January 28, 2016Mr. Greg Creed, Chief Executive Officer Yum! Brands 5200 Commerce Crossings Dr. Louisville, KY 40229We write you as representatives of organizations...
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A nationwide call: KFC, help save antibiotics!
Friday, January 29, 2016I’m excited to say we joined over eighty organizations yesterday in calling on KFC to purchase meat raised without routine antibiotics!Last year we saw many in the chicken...
View ArticleWill Yum! Brands Commit to Better Antibiotic Stewardship Policies?
U.S. PIRG Huffington Post Friday, January 29, 2016Laura RogersLeading organizations (full disclosure: including mine) have joined together and set their sights on Yum! Brands, which includes Kentucky...
View ArticleFor many, the post-antibiotic era is already here
Wednesday, February 10, 2016The dawn of antibiotics launched nearly a century of rapid advances in modern medicine, saving millions of people from once-fatal infections. Pills and creams are now...
View ArticlePresident's New Budget Proposal Good on Antibiotics
Wednesday, February 10, 2016The 2017 Budget Request released yesterday by the Obama Administration makes significant investments to combat the growing public health threats associated with antibiotic...
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50+ Organizations Letter to In-N-Out Burgers CEO Lynsi Snyder
Public HealthFoodFebruary 24, 2016 President Lynsi Snyder In-N-Out Burgers 13502 Hamburger Lane Baldwin Park, CA 91706Dear Ms. Snyder,We write you as a coalition representing millions of supporters to...
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