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A short guide to the first laboratory-created animal approved for human consumption.

A coalition of fishing, environmental, and consumer groups have joined together to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the first-ever genetically engineered (GE) animal intended for human consumption. The new GE salmon was engineered by inserting the DNA from Pacific king salmon and Arctic ocean eel pout into Atlantic salmon to make…

Court rules U.S. Food and Drug Administration failed to analyze the risk escaped engineered salmon pose to endangered wild salmon

Groups complained the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act through lax implementation and enforcement of pesticide regulations that protect Native Hawaiian communities

EPA unlawfully approved Monsanto’s XtendiMax weed-killer, ignoring warnings of rampant drift, destroying crops on millions of acres in devastating 2017 farm season with more to come

Farmers, conservation groups and food and farm justice organizations are standing up to protest against the contamination of rural communities, our food supply and the environment by filing a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration. The groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under new administrator Scott Pruitt for approving Dow AgroScience’s Enlist Duo,…

Farmers and conservation groups have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of Monsanto’s new “XtendiMax” pesticide. The approval, of the pesticide company’s latest version of the older weed-killer known as dicamba, permits it to be sprayed directly on Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE), dicamba-resistant soybeans and cotton. The decision greenlights a…

Petitioners respectfully petition this Court to find that (1) EPA violated its duties under FIFRA in issuing the conditional registration, and (2) EPA violated the Agency’s duties under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1533-44, by failing to consult with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service to insure that conditionally registering dicamba for uses on genetically engineered cotton and soybean in the thirty-four states will not jeopardize any listed species or destroy or adversely modify any of their critical habitats, see 16 U.S.C. § 1536 (a)(2), and to grant relief as may be appropriate.

Aprobación ilegal del uso de dicamba en cultivos transgénicos perjudicará a los agricultores y al medio ambiente

Illegal approval of dicamba use on engineered crops will harm farmers, environment

States have authority to ban, Hawai‘i counties left out in landmark decisions

New research finds that GE technology doesn’t increase crop yields or reduce overall pesticide use.

Earthjustice attorney Kylie Wager reveals a history of injustice around pesticide spraying in West Kauai and on the island of Molokai.

Recently, Earthjustice sat down with Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s to talk about ice cream, GE labeling and the inspiration behind the Bernie’s Yearning flavor.

Hawai‛i’s people recently took the next step in the battle to protect themselves and their environment from genetically engineered crops.

Our successes in cleaning up a dirty energy system can guide efforts to make our food system more sustainable.

Apenas hace cinco años, el poder politico de la agroindustria hacía que una reforma fuera impensable. Pero el panorama está cambiando. He aquí seis maneras en que ambientalistas, abogados, chefs y críticos de restaurants están uniendo fuerzas para establecer un cambio verdadero en nuestro sistema alimentario.

Just five years ago, agricultural reform seemed out of reach. Today, everyone from chefs to lawyers to farmworkers are helping build a healthier, more sustainable food system.