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) Sabra has a secret: its hummus contains soybean oil that is likely genetically engineered (GMO).
Sabra
Sabra
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) 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
factory farms, farms, industrialized dairy operations, GMOs, genetic engineering, genetically modified food, gmo crops, crops, dairy, dairy industry
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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
fair trade chocolate, fair trade
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) Two years ago, Hershey announced it would source ethically certified cocoa, free of child labor, by 2020.
child labor
child labor
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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
organic food, Vicki Robin, Don't Have a Cow, local food
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) “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
Don't Have a Cow, vegan, vegetarian
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Green America and GMO Inside are pleased to announce our new Farmer-Grower Initiative. Through this new initiative, we are expanding collaboration with farmers, growers, and garden educators across the US to highlight and celebrate the work of…
sustainable agriculture
sustainable agriculture
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) As students start getting ready to go back to school, some of them are also getting ready to embark upon a new year of greening their campuses. Green America editorial fellow Sari Amiel discovered five inspiring examples of how students are making…
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Slated to be the largest climate rally in history: we’re hitting the streets of NYC at the People’s Climate March to demand that our world leaders take substantive and immediate action on climate change.
Record-breaking temperatures.…
Press Release
Press Release (
) Apple responds to over 23,000 comments from concerned consumers. More needs to be done to protect workers.
August 14, 2014
Washington, DC – August 14, 2014 –Green America announced today that it is pleased with Apple’s August 13 announcement that…
Green America in the News
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) 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…
Forbes
Forbes
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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
child labor
Victories (
) Apple removes two of the most toxic chemicals from its tier 2 assembly (August 2014)
Green America’s End Smartphone Sweatshops campaign, in partnership with China Labor Watch (CLW), called on Apple to remove toxic chemicals including benzene…
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) 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…
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