PAN applauds introduction of the Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act (PACTPA) Press contact: Ahna Kruzic, ahna@panna.org (510) 927-5379 For immediate release: November 22, 2021 WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Senator Booker introduced the Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act, or PACTPA, which would update

Pesticide Action Network (PAN) North America announced today that Kristin Schafer will be stepping down as the organization’s Executive Director early next year. Schafer will be working closely with PAN’s Board of Directors to ensure a smooth and effective transition.  Schafer became PAN’s Executive Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2021 In honor of World Food Day on Saturday, October 16th, over 60 organizations call for a more just approach to agricultural policy development. WASHINGTON DC—Today, in advance of World Food Day, over 60 United States-based farmers, food and trade

Today, thousands of rural peoples, people’s organizations, CSOs, and advocates kicked off The Global People’s Summit (GPS) on Food Systems through various online and on-ground activities to challenge the corporate agenda of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UN FSS), happening on September 23 in

Victory: Children and farmworkers secure long-awaited protections August 18, 2021 Washington, D.C. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule banning all food uses of the nerve-agent pesticide chlorpyrifos. According to the new regulation signed by the EPA today, all food uses of

For Immediate Release: August 18th, 2021 WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its withdrawal of all food uses of chlorpyrifos. This announcement follows the 9th Circuit Court’s May 2021 order to withdraw all uses of chlorpyrifos in food production that cannot

Today Center for Food Safety (CFS) and allied plaintiffs filed a new federal lawsuit challenging the 2020 decision by the Trump administration’s Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) to eliminate most genetically engineered (GE) organism oversight, including

For Immediate Release: April 29, 2021 Washington, DC — Today, 80 U.S. organizations delivered a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai, opposing the interference by U.S. government officials and agribusiness interests in Mexico’s planned

Assembly Bill 125 to place bond act before voters in 2022 For Immediate Release: March 26, 2021 SACRAMENTO –  A broad coalition of agriculture, labor, food and environment advocates have united in support of Assembly Bill 125, the Equitable Economic Recovery, Healthy Food Access, Climate