Food

The Latest On: Food

January 8, 2019 | From the Experts

Climate Action Is a Secret Winner in the 2018 Farm Bill

The 2018 Farm Bill is surprisingly climate-conscious.

January 5, 2019 | Report

Summary: Soil Health Initiatives in New York

A summary of the full report on how agro-ecological practices can make agriculture carbon neutral.

January 5, 2019 | Report

Soil Health Initiatives in New York

How agro-ecological practices can make agriculture carbon neutral.

December 13, 2018 | From the Experts

Renewable Fuels — When a Promising Climate Solution Becomes a Climate Threat

It is time to ensure that only land with minimal climate and environmental impacts is used to grow biofuel crops.

December 11, 2018 | Article

The FDA Dumps Its Recipe for Disaster

The agency finally nixed its approval of several cancer-causing food additives after years of advocacy and an Earthjustice lawsuit.

November 16, 2018 | Article

A Just Way to Put Food on the Table

From banning toxic nerve agent pesticides to protecting our farmworkers, Earthjustice remains committed to remaking our food system into one that nourishes and sustains life for all of us.

October 30, 2018 | Fact Sheet

Aggregate Compliance Fact Sheet

This fact sheet details why EPA’s “aggregate compliance” approach to the definition of “renewable biomass” under the renewable fuel standard program must be amended in order to prevent conversion of native grassland.

October 30, 2018 | Legal Document

Aggregate Compliance Petition

Groups filed a petition with U.S. EPA asserting the agency has illegally allowed millions of acres of wildlife habitat to be converted to corn and soybean crops to satiate the U.S. biofuels policy under the Renewable Fuels Standard.

October 9, 2018 | Article

FDA Rules Food Manufacturers Can’t Flavor Products With Cancer-Causing Chemicals

Earthjustice argued that the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act required the FDA to withdraw its approval of seven synthetic chemicals used in many processed foods and beverages.

September 28, 2018 | Legal Document

Complaint Challenging EPA Factory Farm Pollution Exemption

Legal complaint challenging a Trump administration policy that unlawfully exempts industrial animal feeding operations from having to report toxic pollution under a federal emergency planning and right-to-know law.