BlogNews (January 20, 2015 ) Today, Internet retail giant Amazon announced the first steps in moving to 100% wind power for the servers that power Amazon Web Services (AWS), its hosting subsidiary. In response to activists (including tens of thousands of Green America members…
Amazon clean energy, Amazon sustainability, solutions to climate change

BlogNews (January 20, 2015 ) I just read an important editorial by New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow, in which he dissects a January survey from the Pew Research Center, showing how it explodes the myth of the so-called “welfare queens,” a term popularized by President…
Charles M. Blow, predatory lending, Break Up With Your Mega-Bank, green economy

BlogNews (January 17, 2015 ) 1. THE RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH More and more studies point to the idea that there’s grave cause for concern about the health effects of consuming GMOs, including food allergies, irritable bowels, organ damage, and more. But when GMOs appear so…
are gmos good or bad, GMOs

BlogNews (January 12, 2015 ) Originally published by the Organic & Non-GMO Report by Ken Roseboro Snowville Creamery’s Warren Taylor creates model to increase non-GMO feed supply as a way to convert to organic farming and eliminate GMOs. Snowville Creamery, based in…
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BlogNews (December 5, 2014 ) As part of our Farmer-Grower series we interviewed Jill Smith, a dairywoman who is most definitely doing milk right. Jill owns and operates Pure Èire Dairy located in Othello, Washington. The name Èire is a bit of a play on words as it literally…
sustainable agriculture

BlogNews (November 25, 2014 ) In continuing our Farmer-Grower series, where we celebrate those who engage in sustainable agriculture, we interviewed Albert Straus, a dairyman who is revolutionizing what it means to operate a sustainable dairy. In addition to the dairy, Albert…
sustainable agriculture

BlogNews (November 12, 2014 ) Sabra has a secret: its hummus contains soybean oil that is likely genetically engineered (GMO).
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BlogNews (October 23, 2014 ) Industrialized dairy operations are rife with problems, from GMOs to greenhouse gas emissions. What can be done about it?
factory farms, farms, industrialized dairy operations, GMOs, genetic engineering, genetically modified food, gmo crops, crops, dairy, dairy industry

BlogNews (October 15, 2014 ) The global chocolate industry commands more than $83 billion annually, but how much of this gets back to the farmers? Since most chocolate on US store shelves comes from West Africa, Green America has been persistently pressuring US cocoa…
fair trade chocolate, fair trade

BlogNews (October 3, 2014 ) Two years ago, Hershey announced it would source ethically certified cocoa, free of child labor, by 2020.
child labor

BlogNews (October 2, 2014 ) My oldest daughter a few years ago at what she calls "the Pumpkin Cart of Honesty," in which a neighbor grows pumpkins and simply sets them out on a cart with a cash box and trusts that people will pay for what they take.…
organic food, Vicki Robin, Don't Have a Cow, local food

BlogNews (September 16, 2014 ) “All animals are equal,” Orwell’s pigs proclaim in the novel Animal Farm, “but some animals are more equal than others.” I've always loved this quote and the round-about ways the pigs describe their own special status. But lately while…
Don't Have a Cow, vegan, vegetarian

Press Release (January 15, 2015 ) Rights and Labor Groups Concerned Work on Fishing Boats

Press Release (November 3, 2014 ) Company Spending $640,000 to Block Consumers’ Right to Know If GMOs Are In Food Also Censors Consumers Talking About GMOs on Social Media November 3, 2014 WASHINGTON D.C - November 3, 2014 - Green America’s GMO Inside campaign is calling out the…
food, GMOs, Smucker's

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Green America in the News (October 27, 2014 ) Consumers have unrealized power to steer the close marriage between agriculture and the climate toward healthier outcomes, according to food-policy activists at the Green Festival in Chicago Saturday. Agriculture is particularly vulnerable…

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Victories (October 12, 2014 ) Hershey announced yesterday it will be going 100% certified by 2020. Hershey will utilize three different certification systems -- Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, and Utz.  All three prohibit child labor, which is endemic in the cocoa…
child labor

Campaign (September 2, 2014 ) Take action: Sign our petition to block GE wheat! The introduction of genetically engineered wheat will threaten the environment, the world’s food supply, and our economy. For 8,000 years, wheat has served as a staple crop for humankind. Today…