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BREAKING NEWS: GMO labeling has the votes to win in Oregon
UPDATE: Oregon's GMO Labeling initiative is now "too close to call". The latest data has Oregon's Measure 92 trailing by less...
Ocean Robbins · November 15, 2014 · 2 min read
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Election Day And The Food Movement
In California in 2012, and then in Washington in 2013, and now in Oregon in 2014, it’s been the same story....
Ocean Robbins · November 7, 2014 · 3 min read
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Vermont Attorney General’s Office Releases Draft GMO Labeling Rules
In Vermont, GMO labeling law goes into effect July 2016. However, a lawsuit has been filed by food companies. Who...
Ocean Robbins · November 2, 2014 · 3 min read
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US Farmers Launch Billion Dollar Suit Against Syngenta
By Christina Sarich • Originally published on Nation of Change Another biotech-giant fail: Syngenta may have destroyed the corn export business that U.S....
Ocean Robbins · October 24, 2014 · 3 min read
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Weight of the World: Global Approaches To Tackle Obesity
By Mark Hyman, MD • Originally published on DrHyman.com There are now 2.1 billion people who are overweight in the world. China...
Ocean Robbins · September 28, 2014 · 3 min read
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Changing Labels Won’t Increase Food Prices
As a lobbyist for the food industry, I spent five years fighting proposals that would have raised food prices --...
Ocean Robbins · September 6, 2014 · 3 min read
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Huge news for the birds and the bees
Albert Einstein once said that "if the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, man would have only four...
Ocean Robbins · August 21, 2014 · 2 min read
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Will Coca-Cola support mandatory GMO labeling?
The global food revolution is now affecting the bottom line of Coca-Cola. The company recently announced their second-quarter profits for...
Ocean Robbins · August 10, 2014 · 3 min read
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Confused by the Oregonian’s GMO Confusion
That didn’t take long. In the past few months, New York Times and Consumers Union polls both found over 90%...
Ocean Robbins · July 19, 2014 · 3 min read
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U.S. Government Ties El Salvador USD 277 M Aid Package to Monsanto’s GMO Seeds
It has come to light that the U.S. government is withholding $277 million in aid money from El Salvador in...
Ocean Robbins · June 27, 2014 · 2 min read
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Whitewashed: How Industry and Government Promote Dairy Junk Foods
The United States is in the midst of a public health epidemic due to poor diet. While much of the...
Ocean Robbins · June 24, 2014 · 3 min read
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Study: Glyphosate Doubles Risk Of Lymphoma
Scientists at the International Agency for Research on Cancer have found what appears to be a strong link between pesticide...
Ocean Robbins · June 16, 2014 · 2 min read