I got an email today from my friend and former colleague Liz Muller. She’s spreading the word about Food Democracy Now’s petition asking President-elect Obama to choose a Secretary of Agriculture who will lead this country toward saner agriculture and food policies.
Liz and I worked together years ago on environmental programs and policies at Gap [...]
Entries from December 2008
Message to Obama: We Need a Secretary of Sustainable Agriculture
December 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Food
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Fired up over Flame Retardants
December 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Green homes, Health
This is a good news/bad news post.
In 2005, U.S. manufacturers voluntarily phased out the use of the flame retardant chemicals penta-PBDE and octa-PBDE because of growing concerns about their toxicity and their buildup in the bodies of humans and wildlife across the globe. That phase-out is the good news.
What’s the bad news? Those two compounds [...]
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