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TAFTA (Part 2): Citizens of the Food Movement, Be Prepared!

Elizabeth Kucinich | Posted 06.04.2013 | Politics
Read More: Ecological Issues, Tafta, Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement, Food, Wto, European Food Safety Authority, Food Labeling, Environment, Politics News, Precautionary Principle, Free Trade, Ttip, Labeling, Farming, Health and Safety, Nafta, Gmos, Food Systems, Careers, Trade, Country of Origin, European Union, United States, GMO Labeling, Toxic Chemicals, Food System, Consumer Protection, GE Crops, Food Safety, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Food Security, Economy, Politics News
Elizabeth Kucinich

Given that around 26 states in the U.S. have moved to enact more comprehensive labeling requirements for GMOs, any trade measures that could threaten the rights of U.S. citizens to democratically determine higher standards in food labeling, should be opposed.

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TAFTA: Code Word 'Harmonization,' a Race to the Bottom or the Top?

Elizabeth Kucinich | Posted 06.02.2013 | Politics
Read More: Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement, Economy, Ttip, Jobs, European Union, Free Trade, Tafta, Eu, Labeling, Health and Safety, Trade, Nafta, Environment, Food Safety, Food, Food Labeling, Wto, Country of Origin, Consumer Protection, Politics News
Elizabeth Kucinich

The majority of binding and enforceable rulings of the WTO and those of other trade bodies such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) demonstrate a consistent pattern of lowering food, environmental, labor, or consumer safety standards in behest to trade agendas.

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Priceless Power of Labeling: Lessons From 'Obama's Scandals'

Kare Anderson | Posted 05.20.2013 | Media
Read More: Labeling, National Review, Peggy Noonan, Quotable, Politics, The Atlantic, Reason, Glenn Rush, Bob Schieffer, Conor Friedersdorf, Jennifer Upstein, Slate, Katrina Trinko, William Saletan, Peter Baker, Competing Narratives, Media News
Kare Anderson

Rather than jumping into the heated battle of competing narratives about Obama's three "scandals" or ignoring this high-stakes story, follow it for insights on how to influence by labeling.

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Monsanto and Other GM Firms Are Winning in the U.S. and Globally

Wenonah Hauter | Posted 05.20.2013 | Green
Read More: Monsanto, Gmos, GM Foods, Genetically Modified Foods, Labeling, State Department, Genetically Engineered Foods, Green News
Wenonah Hauter

With a farm policy of "get big or get out" that only benefits big and increasingly consolidated companies, which wield unprecedented power over the market and put small and midsized farmers out of business, it's no accident that we're here.

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Obama Slammed For Signing 'Monsanto Protection Act'

HuffPost Live | Posted 04.01.2013 | Green
Read More: HuffPost Live, Food Lobby, Continuing Resolution, Live Video, President Obama Budget, Monsanto Protection Act, Food Democracy Now, GM Food, Gmo, Labeling, Green News

Does the newly signed Farmer Assurance Provision, aka the 'Monsanto Protection Act,' mean that GMO crops can evade any serious scientific or regulator...

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Artificially Sweetened Chocolate Milk in Schools: Why I'm Concerned

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 04.28.2013 | Parents
Read More: Flavored Milk, Aspartame, National Milk Producers Federation, Idfa, Artificial Sweetener, Milk, Childhood Obesity, Reduced Calorie, Hormones, Labeling, Sugar, National School Lunch Program, Chocolate Milk, International Dairy Foods Association, Appetite, Reduced Sugar, Fda, Kids, Yale University, Schools, Diabetes, Petition, Nmfp, Parents News
Bettina Elias Siegel

Given that the dairy industry is also asking for changes with respect to seventeen other products, one wonders if it's not using the appealing image of "school children drinking wholesome, lower calorie milk" as a Trojan horse to quietly overhaul the labeling of the entire dairy aisle.

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Labels Work Best on Soup Cans

Nancy Stordahl | Posted 03.24.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Metastatic Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast Cancer Survivor, Stereotypes, Self-Awareness, Euphemisms, Labels, Labeling, Self-Perception, Self-Image, Healthy Living News
Nancy Stordahl

It didn't really matter what we called ourselves though, because everyone knew what the names really meant. Everyone knew they really meant top, middle or bottom. We all knew exactly what was being done. We were being labeled.

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The Pesky Persistence of Labels

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 12.22.2012 | Science
Read More: Labeling, Labels, Labeling Others, Stereotypes, Categorizing Others, Stereotyping, Labeling People, Categorizing, Stereotyping Others, Categorizing People, Prejudice, People Labels, Stereotyping People, Science News
Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

The tendency to classify and categorize objects is a deeply ingrained aspect of human nature. Without this ability, we'd quickly get overwhelmed in every new encounter, but this fundamental skill can also be extremely damaging, especially when it comes to categorizing people.

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'Bitter Seeds' Film Tells Of Indian Farmer Suicides

Zester Daily | Posted 11.21.2012 | Home
Read More: Farming, Documentary, India, Zester Daily, Bitter-Seeds, Gmo, Commentary, Labeling, Suicide, Home News
Zester Daily

"Every 30 minutes a farmer in India kills himself ..." This frightening fact is pointed out in "Bitter Seeds," the third documentary in "The Globalization Trilogy" directed by Micha Peled.

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Letting Go Of Labels And Seeing The World Anew

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Labels, Buddhism Duality, Mind Categorizing, Categorizing, Mind Labeling, Categorizing Mind, The Inner Life, Labeling Mind, Labeling, Categorization, Healthy Living News
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

When we learn to watch the mind and stop labeling everything and everyone automatically, we start to see things differently. Instead of a divided and fearful world, we see a world that's fundamentally whole and unbiased.

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Transgenic Food -- the Science and the Psychology

David Ropeik | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Salmon, Chinook, Transgenic, Trust, Frankenfood, Fda, Atlantic, Risk Perception, Gmos, Labeling, Sustainable, Risk, Genetic Engineering, Green News
David Ropeik

After years of research, the FDA is holding final hearings before deciding whether to approve the first food produced by splicing the genes of one spe...

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Caffeine Labeling Standards: This Buzz Is For You

Los Angeles Times | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Coffee, Energy Drinks, Labeling, Caffeine, Caffeine Labeling, Healthy Living News

Maybe it's the sleepless nights. Maybe it's the daytime jitters. Whatever the reason, many people decide to cut back on caffeine -- only to find that ...

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Guess Who's Controlling Our Food Supply

Rob Smart | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Labeling, Farms, Consumer Food Expenditures, Usda, Pro Food, Monsanto, Industrial Food, Politics, Farmers, Sustainable, Food Retail, Food Safety, Supermarkets, Local, Food Marketing, Regulation, Business, Gmo, Green News
Rob Smart

It is hard to understand how a handful of companies have amassed so much control over food ingredients found in an estimated 75 percent of processed foods in America's supermarkets.

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Down Fur the Count

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Fur, Jim Moran, Jon Corzine, Bob Menendez, Animals, New Jersey, Labeling, Mary Bono Mack, Sean John, Foot Locker, J. Crew, Kenneth Cole, Calvin Klein, BCBG Max Azria, Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger, Burlington Coat Factory, Michael Kors, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Last week New Jersey's state legislature approved a bill requiring the labeling of all animal fur garments, making it the fifth state to better protect consumers from fraudulent fur selling.

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The Case For (Truly) Accurate Labels

Majora Carter | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Made in China, The Giving Life, Labeling, Healthy Living News
Majora Carter

Does "Made in China" (or anywhere else for that matter) tell you the whole story? Why not require production labels on products sold here? Food lab...

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