Protecting Food. Empowering Whistleblowers.
Protecting Food. Empowering Whistleblowers.
Note: This article, featuring details about FIC’s participation in the 10/10/2019 petition drop, was originally published here. Farm activists seek ‘robust’ fair-play rules at USDA October 10, 2019 – The USDA should provide strong protections for livestock and poultry growers in their dealings with meatpackers and processors, said farm activists on Thursday in delivering petitions […]
84,000 Signatures Strong, Groups Demand USDA Protect Farmers over Meat Monopolies For Immediate Release Media Contact: Tyler Whitley, tyler@rafiusa.org, 919-621-0534 Adam Hymans, adam@resource-media.org, 215-796-7759 Candace Spencer, cspencer@sustainableagriculture.net, 202-547-5754 Sarah Borron, sarahb@whistleblower.org, 202-457-0034 ext. 157 Joe Maxwell, jmaxwell@competitivemarkets.com, 573-721-0927 Jennifer Fahy, jennifer@farmaid.org, 617-354-2922 Photos: http://bit.ly/UnduePreferencePetition [Washington, DC, October 10, 2019] – Today farm and rural advocacy […]
Celebrate the Truth in Agriculture at FIC’s Ten Year Anniversary Conference! Join us starting November 12 for the Food Integrity Campaign’s (FIC) 10th anniversary celebration – “FIC 10: Representing Truth in Agriculture,” featuring a full week of events in Washington, DC! Everyone eats and everyone is affected by the integrity of the food production system. […]
This op-ed, originally published by Civil Eats, was written by the Director of FIC, Amanda Hitt. The Food System Needs Whistleblowers, Too After the USDA recently handed over responsibility for food safety in pork production to the industry itself, a government accountability advocate urges greater protection for whistleblowers. Whistleblowing is making headlines. But the Trump […]
As Hurricane Dorian makes landfall in North Carolina, whistleblowers and scientists yet again raise warnings that hog waste lagoons will likely flood, creating a public health disaster. Just last year, Hurricane Florence devastated this area. With climate change making hurricanes stronger, the trend is poised to continue. This summer, FIC had the unique opportunity to […]
FIC Researcher Releases Report on Climate Policy and the Power of the Livestock Industry Earlier this year, we told you about exciting FIC research tracking the relationship between climate change policy and the livestock industry. Our new white paper, “Mapping a Decade of the Climate Policy-Livestock Industry Nexus in the United States,” addresses this complicated […]
Family farmers and ranchers from across the Midwest and Southeast will gather at the National Press Club to expose widespread abuse at the hands of the nation’s largest meat companies. They will demand that the USDA pass a rule this summer that protects farm families from corporate retaliation for speaking out and restores fairness to the American […]
Reckoning on Round-Up Glyphosate (a.k.a. Round-up), the most widely used pesticide in the U.S., has been an elusive public health adversary. But, in the last year, the carcinogenic menace has faced a reckoning. Last August, a jury ruled that Round-up caused a person’s cancer. This spring, Los Angeles County joined other local governments in banning […]
PRESS ADVISORY April 12, 2019 Food Integrity Campaign Joins Call for Food Transparency in Green New Deal Over 300 Organizations Issue Sign-On Letter WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Government Accountability Project’s Food Integrity Campaign joined 300 other organizations in calling for food systems solutions to be at the center of the Green New Deal. The coalition […]
This week, the Food Integrity Campaign (FIC) joined over 300 organizations calling for food system solutions to be front and center in a Green New Deal (GND). In the letter, we urge Congress to invest in climate-friendly agricultural practices that restore the environment and rural communities. To achieve its goals, any GND must promote transparency […]