Food

Activist Organizations
Antibiotics
Fair Trade
Food Aid
Genetically Modified Organism- Info
Genetically Modified Organism- Reports
Monsanto
Pesticides

Activism: `see GMO, Organic, Sustainable Orgs below...`

fooddeclaration.org	Food Declaration. A movement to create a healthier food and agriculture policy in the US. The Declaration is meant to provide-A clear statement of what kind of policy is needed now- An invitation to all Americans to join in the improvement effort by taking action- A set of principles from which policy makers can craft policy that will lead to a healthier system.
www.ucsusa.org	Union of Concerned Scientists a nonprofit partnership of scientists and citizens promoting sustainable agriculture practices. Brings attention to harmful CAFOs (confined animal feeding operations) and the need to strengthen government oversight of genetically engineered food. See campaigns.
organicconsumers.org	Organic Consumers Association is an online and grassroots non-profit public interest (consumer) organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. The OCA deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability and other key topics.

Antibiotics:
ucsusa.org	Union of Concerned Scientists- Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act. Within two years of enactment, the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) would phase out the feeding to food animals massive quantities of antibiotics important in human medicine.

'In the past 30 years, the EPA has evaluated the safety of just 200 out of 80,000 chemicals, and banned only five.' Environmental Working Group

Fair Trade:
www.fairtradefederation.com	Fair Trade Federation is the trade association that strengthens and promotes North American organizations fully committed to fair trade.

Food Aid:
www.secondharvest.org	Second Harvest is the US's largest domestic hunger relief organization. Second Harvest Network Food Bank provides food assistance to more than 25 million low-income hungry people in the United States, including more than 9 million children and nearly 3 million seniors.
www.frac.org	Food Research and Action Center is a US nonprofit working to improve public policies and public-private partnerships to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States.
www.worldhungeryear.org	World Hunger Year is a non-profit advocate for innovative, community-based solutions to hunger and poverty. WHY challenges society to confront these problems by advancing models that create self-reliance, economic justice, and equal access to nutritious and affordable food in the US and abroad.

''Currently, up to 45 percent of U.S. corn is genetically engineered as is 85 percent of soybeans. It has been estimated that 70-75 percent of processed foods on supermarket shelves--from soda to soup, crackers to condiments--contain genetically engineered ingredients.'' www.centerforfoodsafety.org

Genetically Modified Organisms: `(spliced and diced DNA)`
www.gmo-compass.org	GMO Food Database. Enter the name of a plant, foodstuff, ingredient or additive to find food products or plants gene technology. The setting- up of this website was financially supported by the European Union within the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Programme.
truefoodnow.org	Center For Food Safety -- Non-GMO Shoppers’ Guide -- The True Food Shoppers’ Guide to Avoiding GMOs.
www.sierraclub.org	Sierra Club has launched a campaign against genetically engineered foods, and is targeting Kraft Foods, which is the largest packaged food producer in America. Philip Morris, the tobacco giant, owns most Kraft's stock. Instructions on how you can help.
pirg.org	State PIRGs and Genetically Engineered Food Alert are urging Kraft Foods and other food companies to stop using genetically engineered ingredients until mandatory and thorough testing, labeling and liability standards are in place. Instructions on how you can help.
www.i-sis.org.uk	Institute of Science in Society is a not for profit organisation dedicated to providing critical and accessible scientific information to the public and to promoting social accountability and ecological sustainability in science.
www.centerforfoodsafety.org	The Center for Food Safety a non-profit public interest and environmental advocacy membership organization established for the purpose of challenging harmful food production technologies and promoting sustainable alternatives.
www.geaction.org	Genetic Engineering Action Network seeks to support and further the work of those organizations and individuals working to address the risks to the environment, biodiversity and human health, as well as the socioeconomic and ethical consequences of genetic engineering.
www.greenpeace.org	GreenPeace. Green Peace has a lot of information on the world wide fight against GE.
www.nongmoproject.org	The Non-GMO Project is a non-profit collaboration of manufacturers, retailers, processors, distributors, farmers, seed companies and consumers. Whose shared belief is that everyone deserves an informed choice about whether or not to consume genetically modified products, and their common mission is to ensure the sustained availability of non-GMO choices
www.biointegrity.org	Alliance for Bio-Integrity is a nonprofit, nonpolitical organization dedicated to the advancement of human and environmental health through sustainable and safe technologies. To this end, it aims (a) to inform the public about technologies and practices that negatively impact on health and the environment and (b) to inspire broad-based, responsible action that helps correct the problems and uphold the integrity of the natural order. In approaching these issues, it integrates the perspectives of both science and religion and coordinates the participation of both communities. Scroll down...

Genetically Modified Organisms Reports:
www.greenpeace.org	GreenPeace. "Genetically-engineered food: potential threat to fertility" Study shows that genetically engineered maize affects reproductive health in mice. November 2008.
bmgfj.cms.apa.at	FiBL & Universität Wien "Biological effects of transgenic maize NK603xMON810 fed in long term reproduction studies in mice" 11. November 2008. Over all generations studied, about twice as many pups were lost in the GE group as compared with the control group. Kidney size was smaller in the GE group as well as impaired liver metabolism and important differences in gene expression. PDF.
www.biointegrity.org	Alliance for Bio-Integrity. View Copies of 24 Documents From The FDA's Internal Memoranda On The Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods plus "GM Food and the Demise of the Precautionary Principle" and "The Poor Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops: Imposing New Risks on Consumers and the Environment While Failing to Improve the Farmers’ Bottom Line".

Monsanto’s U.S. plantings of GE corn (NK603 x MON810) have grown from 2.2 million acres in 2002 to 38.2 million acres in 2008. www.wvu.edu

Monsanto: `indexed in agriculture as well`
www.centerforfoodsafety.org	The Center for Food Safety. Monsanto vs. U.S. Farmers Report. 2005 report that documents Monsanto's lawsuits against American farmers, revealing thousands of investigations, nearly 100 lawsuits and numerous bankruptcies.
www.etcgroup.org	ETC Group "Patenting the "Climate Genes" ...and Capturing the Climate Agenda" The world’s largest seed and agrochemical corporations are stockpiling hundreds of monopoly patents on genes in plants that the companies will market as crops genetically engineered to withstand environmental stresses such as drought, heat, cold, floods, saline soils, and more...

Pesticide Databases: `see Pesticides Portal...`
www.ars.usda.gov	USDA's Agricultural Research Service- Pesticide Properties Database provides water quality modelers and managers a list of the pesticide properties most important for predicting the potentials of pesticides to move into ground and surface waters under a range of weather and soil conditions. A compendium of chemical and physical properties of 334 widely used pesticides. Information included in the database focuses on 16 of the most important properties that affect pesticide transport and degradation characteristics.
www.inchem.org	International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS INCHEM) consolidates current, internationally peer-reviewed chemical safety-related publications and database records from international bodies, and posts for public access.

''Americans eat 815 billion calories of food each day - that's roughly 200 billion more than needed - enough to feed 80 million people. Plus, Americans throw out 200,000 tons of edible food daily.'' www.mindfully.org

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