News & Analysis

Generic filters
Exact matches only
Sunset farmers in field

Farm Bill Updates

About every five years, the U.S. Congress passes the biggest set of food and farming policies that define the majority of federal farm, food, nutrition, and rural economic programs. At a cost of about $440 billion over five years, these programs influence: What is grown; who grows it; how it is grown or produced; what is done with those products and where they are sold; who can access and afford those goods; and how we invest in rural communities.

Watch and listen as two experienced farmers share stories and practical approaches for small-scale, diversified farms that use the principles of agroecology.  This discussion may provide you with ideas that small farms where you live can adapt and thrive.

After many long days of negotiations, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) made a historic move for safer food and farming by passing a resolution on highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) that calls for action to globally phase out the use of the world’s most toxic pesticides by 2035. Tied with this resolution was the passing of a mandate for UNEP to implement this commitment by forming the Global Alliance on HHPs.

lead image press epa herbicide 1

Lawsuit Challenging EPA Approval of Harmful Herbicide Advances

October 26th, 2015 Contact: Paul Towers, Pesticide Action Network, 916-216-1082, ptowers@panna.org Abigial Seiler, Center for Food Safety, 202-547-9359, pr@centerforfoodsafety.org Betsy Lopez-Wagner, Earthjustice, (415) 217-2159, blopez-wagner@earthjustice.org Lori Ann Burd, Center for Biological Diversity, 971-717-6405, LABurd@biologicaldiversity.org   October 26, 2015 (OAKLAND, CA) — Late Friday, Center for Food

Read More »
toxic-tater-action

Turning up the heat on McDonald’s

Last Tuesday at lunchtime, I stood on the sidewalk outside a McDonald’s in St. Paul, facing the busy traffic on University Avenue with a colorful sign that said “Stop the Drift.” I was with a group of other supporters of the Toxic Taters Coalition: students,

Read More »
kid-school-food

Yep. What kids eat matters.

A new study in Environmental Health Perspectives confirms that when children eat organic, the levels of pesticides in their bodies — including the brain-harming variety — go down.

Read More »
lead image organic statement 1

Kids are being exposed to pesticides in their diet, study confirms

For Immediate Release: October 9, 2015 Contact: Paul Towers, 916-216-1082, ptowers@panna.org Oakland, CA — In a study just released in the October issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers found that switching to an organic diet decreased pesticide exposure for children. The study documented urinary breakdown

Read More »
PAN iconJoin PAN to receive the latest news and alerts straight to your inbox.