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BlogNews (July 26, 2015 ) Green America staff has been meeting with Campbell’s about a transition to non-GMO and organics across their main product lines.
Campbell's soup

BlogNews (July 13, 2015 ) By Kegan Gerard Emails: Tiny Climate Bombs Email may have done a great job improving productivity and reducing the amount of paper we waste, but those little messages can pack a carbon punch. An average email accounts for 4 grams CO2e (carbon…
clean energy, Raise the Bar, renewable energy, community investing, green living, green technology

BlogNews (July 13, 2015 ) A Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) is a tradable tool that represents the environmental qualities of a unit of energy.
renewable energy certificates

BlogNews (May 28, 2015 ) Yesterday, we shared the wonderful news that Hellmann’s now offers a non-GMO food option: mayonnaise made with olive oil. Hellmann’s is not only one of the top mayonnaise brands, but it is also part of a much larger company, Unilever. As a company…
GMOs, non-GMO foods, GMO labeling

BlogNews (April 27, 2015 ) If you haven’t yet heard, here is some exciting news—and just in time for lunch. Chipotle announced that it is removing all of the genetically engineered ingredients from its menu, now serving only non GMO foods. In the New York Times, Steve Ells…
non GMO foods, GMOs

BlogNews (February 13, 2015 ) Valentine’s Day often means a box of candy from your sweetie, but just what are you getting in that candy?
Mamavation

BlogNews (February 5, 2015 ) Activists honored the Raise the Bar Hershey Campaign with the Activists Choice BENNY Award, celebrating the work of Green America’s coalitional efforts with allies to push Hershey into addressing child labor in its supply chain.
raise the bar hershey campaign, Hershey, Green America, benny award, child labor, fair labor, working conditions, child slavery

BlogNews (February 5, 2015 ) Using LED bulbs developed by GE, 40 percent less power, 80 percent less food waste and 99 percent less water usage, Shigeharu Shimamura turned a former Sony semiconductor factory in Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture into the planet’s biggest interior hydroponic f
LED, LED lights, hydropnic farming, hydroponic farm

BlogNews (February 4, 2015 ) The Keystone Pipeline, which would carry roughly 830,000 barrels of crude oil has been one of the polarizing issues in American politics.
Keystone pipeline

BlogNews (February 2, 2015 ) With the failure of the Federal Government to pass any legislation mandating the labeling of GMOs, and the uphill battle states are fighting to establish a right to know, consumers are looking for alternative options that allow them to choose…
organics

BlogNews (January 20, 2015 ) Today, Internet retail giant Amazon announced the first steps in moving to 100% wind power for the servers that power Amazon Web Services (AWS), its hosting subsidiary. In response to activists (including tens of thousands of Green America members…
Amazon clean energy, Amazon sustainability, solutions to climate change

BlogNews (January 20, 2015 ) I just read an important editorial by New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow, in which he dissects a January survey from the Pew Research Center, showing how it explodes the myth of the so-called “welfare queens,” a term popularized by President…
Charles M. Blow, predatory lending, Break Up With Your Mega-Bank, green economy

BlogNews (January 17, 2015 ) 1. THE RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH More and more studies point to the idea that there’s grave cause for concern about the health effects of consuming GMOs, including food allergies, irritable bowels, organ damage, and more. But when GMOs appear so…
are gmos good or bad, GMOs

BlogNews (January 12, 2015 ) Originally published by the Organic & Non-GMO Report by Ken Roseboro Snowville Creamery’s Warren Taylor creates model to increase non-GMO feed supply as a way to convert to organic farming and eliminate GMOs. Snowville Creamery, based in…
organic farming

BlogNews (December 5, 2014 ) As part of our Farmer-Grower series we interviewed Jill Smith, a dairywoman who is most definitely doing milk right. Jill owns and operates Pure Èire Dairy located in Othello, Washington. The name Èire is a bit of a play on words as it literally…
sustainable agriculture

BlogNews (November 25, 2014 ) In continuing our Farmer-Grower series, where we celebrate those who engage in sustainable agriculture, we interviewed Albert Straus, a dairyman who is revolutionizing what it means to operate a sustainable dairy. In addition to the dairy, Albert…
sustainable agriculture

BlogNews (November 12, 2014 ) Sabra has a secret: its hummus contains soybean oil that is likely genetically engineered (GMO).
Sabra

BlogNews (October 23, 2014 ) Industrialized dairy operations are rife with problems, from GMOs to greenhouse gas emissions. What can be done about it?
factory farms, farms, industrialized dairy operations, GMOs, genetic engineering, genetically modified food, gmo crops, crops, dairy, dairy industry

BlogNews (October 15, 2014 ) The global chocolate industry commands more than $83 billion annually, but how much of this gets back to the farmers? Since most chocolate on US store shelves comes from West Africa, Green America has been persistently pressuring US cocoa…
fair trade chocolate, fair trade

BlogNews (October 3, 2014 ) Two years ago, Hershey announced it would source ethically certified cocoa, free of child labor, by 2020.
child labor