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Katherine Paul
Katherine Paul, former communications director for Common Dreams, is now the associate director of the Organic Consumers Association.
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Views Thursday, July 20, 2017 Organics: Ferreting Out the Fraudulent Few, While Demanding Higher Standards, Better Enforcement A recent series of articles by a Washington Post reporter could have some consumers questioning the value of the USDA organic seal. But are a few bad eggs representative of an entire industry? Consumers are all for cracking down on the fraudulent few who, with the help of Big Food, big retail... Read more |
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Views Thursday, April 20, 2017 International Monsanto Tribunal Calls for Human Rights Over Corporate Rights Most opinion tribunals have had a considerable impact, and it is now accepted that they contribute to the progressive development of international law. – International Monsanto Tribunal Advisory Opinion, The Hague, April 18, 2017 On Tuesday, April 18, representatives of the Organic Consumers... Read more |
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Views Thursday, March 23, 2017 Congress Must Investigate Collusion Between Monsanto and the EPA. Now. “I have cancer, and I don’t want these serious issues in HED [EPA’s Health Effects Division] to go unaddressed before I go to my grave. I have done my duty.” It’s been four years since Marion Copley, a 30-year EPA toxicologist, wrote those words to her then-colleague, Jess Rowland, accusing him of... Read more |
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Views Friday, January 27, 2017 Trump’s Pick for Ag Secretary Has ‘Bigly’ Ties to Big Ag and Big Food In announcing his pick last week for Secretary of Agriculture, Trump heaped predictable praise on Sonny Perdue, promising that the former governor of Georgia will “deliver big results for all Americans who earn their living off the land." We predict that Perdue will indeed deliver “big” results—but... Read more |
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Views Thursday, December 01, 2016 Six Reasons We’ll Need to Ramp Up the #ConsumerRevolution under Trumpism If ever conditions were ripe for revolution, that time is now—especially for anyone who cares about their health, and the health of planet earth. President-Elect Donald Trump’s short lists for his environment and agriculture cabinet appointments are dominated by entrenched D.C. insiders, career... Read more |
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Views Sunday, November 06, 2016 Why Are Taxpayers Being Asked to Pay to Promote a Failed GMO Technology? Last weekend (Oct. 29), the New York Times ran a piece on how the biotech industry has failed to deliver on its promises for GMO crops. The article followed less than a month after the biotech industry asked congressional leaders for $3 million in taxpayer-provided funding to “educate” the public... Read more |
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Views Friday, June 03, 2016 Six Questions for Monsanto Monsanto may not be the largest company in the world. Or the worst. But the St. Louis, Mo. biotech giant has become the poster child for all that’s wrong with our industrial food and farming system. With 21,000 employees in 66 countries and $15 billion in revenue, Monsanto is a biotech industry... Read more |
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Views Thursday, April 28, 2016 Is a GMO Labeling Victory within Our Grasp? Oh, to be a fly on the wall inside the offices of the top lobbyists for the Grocery Manufacturers Association. So close to the July 1 deadline for complying with Vermont’s GMO labeling law, and still no court ruling to overturn Vermont’s law. Still no federal legislation to preempt Vermont’s law... Read more |
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Views Thursday, March 24, 2016 Food Companies Plan to Label GMOs—but Is There More to the Story? The world’s largest food corporations have spent hundreds of millions of dollars (some of it illegally ) to avoid being required to label the genetically engineered ingredients in their products. But with the July 1 deadline for complying with Vermont’s GMO labeling law on the horizon, a handful of... Read more |
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Views Monday, February 22, 2016 GMO Labeling Next Steps: Who Will Sen. Stabenow Dance With Now? You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You – Molly Ivins The late, great political columnist Molly Ivins , who railed relentlessly against money in politics, would be all over the GMO labeling fight. She’d be especially keen to tackle the next battle, set to take place any day now in the U.S. Senate... Read more |