Prop 37, the initiative that would have required labeling of foods made with genetically engineering ingredients, may not have passed in California (although some folks are still holding out hope until the final count is in) but the movement to label GMOs is still in full swing. What’s next? 1. Avoid GMOs. Download [...]
These are the organic and natural food traitors owned by corporations who funneled $46 million to oppose labeling GMOs during the California General Election in 2012. We are calling for a boycott of these brands and products and their parent companies. Instead, support the organic heroes who believe consumers have the right to know [...]
The organic and natural food companies listed below supported GMO labeling (Prop 37) during the California General Election in 2012. Please support these wonderful companies. For a printable list of the brands and products to support, click here for a list sorted by amount: Organic Heroes and here for an alphabetical list: Organic Heroes Alphabetical [...]
Featured Event of the Week: Good Food Festival & Conference When: Saturday & Sunday, November 3 & 4, 2012 Where: Saturday: LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036 Map It Sunday: Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, CA 90402 Map It The Good Food Festival & Conference will [...]
You’re invited! Join hosts Ashley Koff, RD (Qualitarian and Author, Mom Energy) and Leah Segedie (Mom Blogger, Bookieboo.com and Mamavation.com) to get informed on GMOs with guest speaker Jeffrey Smith of the Institute for Responsible Technology, Author and Director of the new documentary, Genetic Roulette – The Gamble of Our Lives. Event: GMO, OMG [...]
Featured Events of the Week: Full Moon Hike When: Friday, April 6, 2012 Time TBD Where: George F Canyon Nature Center 27305 Palos Verdes Drive East Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 Enjoy a naturalist guided full moon nigh hike through George F Canyon Preserve in Rolling Hills Estates on Friday evening. The hike will bring [...]
Featured Events of the Week: Good Food Day LA When: Saturday, March 31, 2012 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Where: Los Angeles Citywide Good Food Day LA is a citywide event, with activities at nearly forty event sites, dedicated to learning about, celebrating and volunteering to strengthen our local food system. Volunteers throughout Los Angeles, [...]
The FDA is meeting with a Food Advisory Committee today and tomorrow to discuss new evidence possibly linking artificial food coloring and behavioral problems in children. Concerned experts hope that the FDA will require manufacturers of foods that contain artificial food coloring to add a warning label to their products. Europe already requires a label [...]
Ask Google “Is organic better?” and you’ll find hundreds of people weighing in on the organic vs. conventional debate. In day to day life you’ll hear people asking the same question. Sometimes it’s the person at the supermarket wondering why they should buy the more expensive bunch of bananas. Sometimes the questions aren’t even really [...]
In honor of National Farmers Market Week, let’s consider another reason to support local farms. Farmland. Big, wide-open beautiful farmland. With just a handful of corporate factory farms controlling our nation’s food supply the viability of the local family farm is slipping. We could talk for days about the negatives of these large mechanized corporate [...]
