President Biden’s new directive is an exciting opportunity to leverage the federal government’s tremendous purchasing power to help curb dangerous climate change. It is imperative that food procurement be included.

New York’s community gardens continue to lack legal protections, despite the benefits they provide to communities

Phthalates have no place in our homes or bodies.

The neurotoxic pesticide harms children and the environment.

Children will yet again be in harm’s way as EPA reconsiders the food ban

The 8th Circuit’s decision vacates the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule that revoked all tolerances for chlorpyrifos, thereby banning the use and presence of the neurotoxic pesticide on the foods we eat.

Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding is specifically allocated for projects that help fight climate change. The USDA’s conservation programs are in high demand because farmers know these programs will help keep their farms running long-term. Congress must preserve IRA conservation funding for programs that reduce emissions and help farmers withstand extreme weather events.

Community gardeners from across New York State urge Governor Kathy Hochul to sign S.629-A/A.4139-A into law, which would help to ensure that community gardens continue to promote sustainability, advance equity, and strengthen New York communities for generations to come, and make clear to New Yorkers that they can and should increase the resilience and vitality of their neighborhoods by investing in community gardens.

Organizations from across New York State urge Governor Kathy Hochul to sign S.629-A/A.4139-A into law which would support community gardens by requiring the New York State Community Gardens Task Force to assess whether community gardens on publicly owned land are eligible for designation as Critical Environmental Areas (CEAs) and to recommend CEA designation for eligible gardens.

Senator Stabenow isn’t budging on protecting IRA funding for climate & agriculture programs; and neither are we.

How do we know if a sector is difficult to decarbonize if we haven’t tried?

Southern California’s air regulator adopts first in the nation rule to electrify the way companies cook, bake and brew our food and beverages.

La decisión de la agencia expone a nuestras comunidades, especialmente la hispana y afroamericana, a sustancias químicas que alteran el sistema hormonal, y están relacionadas con defectos de nacimiento, infertilidad y daño al desarrollo cerebral

The agency’s decision leaves people, especially Black and Latino, exposed to hormone-disrupting chemicals linked to birth defects, infertility, and harm to brain development

The new rule affirms diisononyl phthalate, which companies put in food-contact materials and other consumer products, poses serious health risks.

The new investment demonstrates the Biden administration’s commitment to address the underreported greenhouse gas emissions from industrial agriculture and will provide invaluable insight into best practices that reduce emissions and sequester carbon in the soil, allowing the USDA to advance climate-smart farming and forestry

About the 3-blog series on helping American agriculture become more resilient and climate-friendly:

About the 3-blog series on helping American agriculture become more resilient and climate-friendly: