Archives

2008

• April 16, 2008: Chico State University is taking back the tap by asking students whether the campus should stop selling bottled water. Read about our influence on this decision in the Mercury-Register.
  
  
• April 12, 2008: Executive Director Wenonah Hauter voices our concerns about open ocean aquaculture in TheFishSite.com and Fish Update.
  
  
• April 11, 2008: We attended USDA's meeting on its next proposed steps to reverse the increase in recalls related to E. coli in ground beef. Read about it in CIDRAP.
  
  
• April 7, 2008: Our joint letter to Ohio Governor Ted Strickland urging him to modify milk rules to permit use of the claims “rbGH-free,” “rbST-free” and “no artificial hormones is featured in Consumers Union and the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
  
  Marianne Cufone, our fish campaign director, speaks out against the plan to allow industrial–scale fish farming in the Gulf of Mexico in 2TheAdvocate and The Times-Picayune.
  
  
• April 5, 2008: On April Fool's Day, we challenged people to taste the difference between tap water and bottled water. Our video, Don't Be Fooled, is featured on AlterNet.
  
  
• April 3, 2008: Our new report, More Fowl Foul, shows the continuing failure of the USDA to protect consumers from Salmonella contamination of broiler chickens. Read about it in Newsinferno.com, CIDRAP and Village News Network.
  
  
• April 2, 2008: Our factory farm map is featured in the Ithaca Times.
  
  
• March 20, 2008: We're challenging college students from around the U.S. to declare their love for tap water with the I Heart Tap Water video contest. Read about it in UConn Daily Campus and The Heartland Institute.
  
  
• March 19, 2008: Our restaurants–based Take Back the Tap campaign that encourages restaurants to break the bottled water habit is featured in the California Chronicle, the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and Examiner.com.
  
  
• March 11, 2008: In light of pharmaceuticals being found in the drinking water supply, our clean water trust fund and Take Back the Tap campaigns are featured in News-Medical.net and Environment News Service.
  
  
• March 7, 2008: Monsanto wants to ban "hormone free" milk labels, keeping consumers in the dark. Assistant Director Patty Lovera comments in DigitalJournal.com and the Deseret Morning News.
  
  Our Take Back the Tap report is featured in the DesMoinesRegister.com and Yahoo! Green.
  
  
• March 6, 2008: Our views on the reduction of the number of federal meat inspectors are featured in OMB Watch.
  
  
• March 2, 2008: Due to the recent beef recall from Westland/Hallmark Meat Company, a few Chino, CA beef inspectors have been put on leave. Read what Felicia Nestor, our senior food policy analyst, has to say about this in the Los Angeles Times.
  
  
• March 1, 2008: Patrick Woodall, senior policy advocate on farm policy and international trade, comments on the increase in food imports in the Evening Bulletin.
  
  
• February 26, 2008: Our Take Back the Tap campaign is featured in the San Francisco Bay Guardian and the Los Angeles Times.
  
  
• February 19, 2008: USDA recently ordered a recall of 143 million pounds of beef from Westland/Hallmark Meat Company –– the largest recall in US history. Felicia Nestor, our senior food policy analyst, speaks about USDA's shortage of slaughterhouse inspectors in the Monterey County Herald, the San Diego Union Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The Associated Press. Our response to the cattle industry is featured in the Kansas City Star and the Denver Post.
  
  
• February 15, 2008: Our challenge to college students from around the US to declare their love for tap water –– and get it on film in our I Heart Tap Water student video contest –– is featured in Water Technology Online and PR Newswire.
  
  We're proud to present Board Director Maude Barlow and Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water on her 2008 U.S. book tour. Read about it in PR Newswire, Foreign Policy In Focus, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times.
  
  
• February 6, 2008: Hear what Felicia Nestor, senior food policy analyst, has to say about USDA's proposal to reduce the number of federal inspectors in poultry slaughterhouses in BusinessWeek.
  
  
• February 2, 2008: Staff Attorney Zach Corrigan discusses the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's plan to rework its offshore aquaculture strategy in Fish Farmer Magazine and Fish Update.
  
  Executive Director Wenonah Hauter voices our concerns about Indiana's proposal to prevent milk labels from stating that the milk is hormone–free in DairyReporter.com.
  
  
• February 1, 2008: Our call on the international community to help the people suffering from violence in the Lake Naivasha region of Kenya, not the industrial flower farms is featured in African Path, Environmental Data Interactive and the Los Angeles Times.
  
  
• January 23, 2008: Our recent efforts with Grassroots International to promote food sovereignty is featured in Grist Magazine.
  
  Organizing Director Victoria Kaplan promotes taking back the tap in Lake Oswego Review and Mother Earth News.
  
  
• January 17, 2008: We comment on the FDA's new approval of meat and milk from cloned animals in The Register, Guardian Unlimited and The StarPhoenix.
  
  
• January 16, 2008: Executive Director Wenonah Hauter voices our concerns about desalination in AlterNet.
  
  
• January 12, 2008: Tanzania wins damages from a subsidiary of British company Biwater in a dispute over a contract to run the water system of Dar es Salaam. Executive Director Wenonah Hauter comments on this victory in the Guardian Unlimited.
  
  
• January 10, 2008: Senior Food Lobbyist Tony Corbo comments on a proposal to charge food companies a registration fee in order to boost FDA's food safety budget in GovExec.com.
  
  
• January 9, 2008: Our joint effort to create a new website called H₂O Conserve allows visitors to calculate their "water footprint". Read about it in Reuters.
  
  
• January 8, 2008: Executive Director Wenonah Hauter promotes the need for a clean water trust fund in USA Today.

 Archives

2007

• December 24, 2007: Our recommendation for a federal clean water trust fund is featured in E/The Environmental Magazine.
  
  
• December 20, 2007: Executive Director Wenonah Hauter voices our concerns on the use of cloned animals for meat and milk consumption in CNN International and The Associated Press.
  
  
• December 11, 2007: Our upcoming public hearings pertaining to offshore aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico are featured in Fish Farmer Magazine and Fish Update.
  
  Fish Director Marianne Cufone discusses industrial fish farming in phillyBurbs.com and Grist Magazine.
  
  
• December 2, 2007: Policy Advocate Patrick Woodall comments on ethanol in the Houston Chronicle and Bay Area Indymedia.
  
  
• November 27, 2007: This week, the National Organics Standards Board is recommending that fish raised in aquaculture facilities carry the official USDA organic label. Our views on this proposal are featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
  
  
• November 25, 2007: We took the "Tap Water Challenge" by identifying the taste difference between tap water and bottled water. Read about it in Inside Bay Area.
  
  
• November 22, 2007: Policy Advocate Patrick Woodall discusses the 2007 Farm Bill in an interview with Pacifica Radio.
  
  
• November 12, 2007: Our plans plans to work with municipal water systems to distribute reusable bottles is featured in The New York Times.
  
  
• November 3, 2007: Our analysis of proposed industrial fish farming in the Gulf of Mexico is featured in Grist Magazine.
  
  
• November 2, 2007: Executive Director Wenonah Hauter comments on USDA organic standards for seafood in Earthtimes.
  
  
• November 1, 2007: Read about our opposition to a draft plan to open federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico to industrial fish farming in the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

2007

• December 24, 2007: Our recommendation for a federal clean water trust fund is featured in E/The Environmental Magazine.
  
  
• December 20, 2007: Executive Director Wenonah Hauter voices our concerns on the use of cloned animals for meat and milk consumption in CNN International and The Associated Press.
  
  
• December 11, 2007: Our upcoming public hearings pertaining to offshore aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico are featured in Fish Farmer Magazine and Fish Update.
  
  Fish Director Marianne Cufone discusses industrial fish farming in phillyBurbs.com and Grist Magazine.
  
  
• December 2, 2007: Policy Advocate Patrick Woodall comments on ethanol in the Houston Chronicle and Bay Area Indymedia.
  
  
• November 27, 2007: This week, the National Organics Standards Board is recommending that fish raised in aquaculture facilities carry the official USDA organic label. Our views on this proposal are featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
  
  
• November 25, 2007: We took the "Tap Water Challenge" by identifying the taste difference between tap water and bottled water. Read about it in Inside Bay Area.
  
  
• November 22, 2007: Policy Advocate Patrick Woodall discusses the 2007 Farm Bill in an interview with Pacifica Radio.
  
  
• November 12, 2007: Our plans plans to work with municipal water systems to distribute reusable bottles is featured in The New York Times.
  
  
• November 3, 2007: Our analysis of proposed industrial fish farming in the Gulf of Mexico is featured in Grist Magazine.
  
  
• November 2, 2007: Executive Director Wenonah Hauter comments on USDA organic standards for seafood in Earthtimes.
  
  
• November 1, 2007: Read about our opposition to a draft plan to open federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico to industrial fish farming in the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
  
  

• October 22, 2007: A hearing at the House Agriculture Committee on carbon-monoxide treated beef, which keeps its crimson color no matter how old the meat is, failed our smell test. Read about it in The Washington Post, Arkansas News, WISH TV and ABC News.
  
  

• October 1, 2007: We submitted comments to the National Marine Fisheries Service on an experimental form of commercial fishing regulations known as limited access privilege programs (LAPPs). Read about it in the Fish Update.
  
  
• September 29, 2007: Read about our views on desalination in HealthNewsDigest.com.
  
  

• September 16, 2007: Our analysis of three decades of prices reveals no connection between corn prices and rising grocery costs. Read about it in the Chicago Sun-Times.

  Food Lobbyist Tony Corbo comments on the government's agricultural trade at any cost approach in the Dubuque Telegraph Herald.
  
  

• September 15, 2007: Research Director Robert Schubert comments on the dangers of imported seafood in the Chicago Tribune.
  
  
• September 14, 2007: USDA recently announced their intention to allow the import of older Canadian cows into the U.S food supply. Our concerns about mad cow disease are featured in The Canadian Press and Capital Press.
  
  
• August 24, 2007: After two years of pressure from us, Starbucks committed to make 100% of the chain’s milk supply free of artificial growth hormones by December 31, 2007. Read about our victory in the Chicago Tribune, Grist Magazine and Reuters.
  
  
• August 22, 2007: Our poll results showing overwhelming consumer support for Country-of-Origin labeling are featured in The Washington Post.
  
  
• August 21, 2007: Tyson Foods has finally decided to stop using carbon monoxide on its packaged meat. Assistant Director Patty Lovera comments in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
  
  
• August 17, 2007: Read what Wenonah Hauter, our executive director, had to say about food safety in USA Today.
  
  Country-of-Origin labeling is discussed by assistant director Patty Lovera in the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
  
  
• August 16, 2007: Water for All campaign director Maj Fiil discusses water privatization in the Guardian Unlimited.
  
  
• August 9, 2007: Our recommended solutions to the Farm Bill are mentioned in The Nation.
  
  An interview with assistant director Patty Lovera discussing our latest research on factory farming is featured in IPS. She also comments on factory farms in the Springdale Morning News and Joplin Globe.
  
  
• August 7, 2007: Our Factory Farm Map is featured in WorldChanging, Muskogee Daily Phoenix, Mcalester News Capital, MLive.com, and The New York Times.
  
  
• August 1, 2007: Stockton, CA has won the war on water privatization. Both Executive Director Wenonah Hauter and our board member, Alan Snitow, comment about the victory in MedIndia, In These Times and Democracy Now.
  
  Our research on recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) is featured in the More Hip Than Hippie #110 – Scary Dairy podcast.
  
  
• July 26, 2007: Our findings on the import of unhealthy seafood from Peru and Panama are featured in USA Today.
  
  
• July 18, 2007: Executive Director Wenonah Hauter comments on ethanol in Inside Greentech and RenewableEnergyAccess.com.
  
  
• July 11, 2007: Our findings on bottled water and tap water are featured in CBS News, MSNBC, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Seattle Times and The Washington Post.
  
  
• June 29, 2007: Today the FDA blocked the sale of five types of farm-raised seafood from China because of repeated instances of contamination from unapproved animal drugs and food additives. Learn more about our seafood import findings in The Washington Post, The New York Times and TIME Magazine.
  
  
• June 21, 2007: Our views on imported farm-raised seafood are discussed in The Washington Post.
  
  
• June 18, 2007: Board member Alan Snitow's book reading of his new book Thirst is featured in the Express.
  
  
• June 15, 2007: Victoria Kaplan, national organizer for the Water for All Campaign, promotes the "quitting the bottle" – bottled water, that is – movement in Radar, Palm Beach Post, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and The New York Times.
  
  
• May 23, 2007: Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food & Water Watch, speaks out about the use of antibiotics in seafood in the Outer Banks Sentinel, Associated Content, and TheFishSite.
  
  
• May 18, 2007: Executive Director Wenonah Hauter comments on RWE's views on the U.S. water market in Water Technology Online.
  
  
• April 27, 2007: Read our views on bottled water in The NewStandard.
  
  
• April 26, 2007: Executive Director Wenonah Hauter comments on The National Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2007 in the Environment News Service.
  
  
• April 21, 2007: Due to the numerous food recalls, concerns have been raised about the capacity of both the FDA and USDA. Our lobbyist, Tony Corbo, voices his concerns about food safety in The Patriot Ledger.
  
  
• April 19, 2007: Nestlé Waters North America is bottling communities' spring water without their informed consent. Read organizer Victoria Kaplan's statement about bottled water in Inter Press Service and Mail & Guardian Online.
  
  
• April 19, 2007: Food & Water Watch spoke at the annual shareholders meeting in Germany asking the board of directors to allow communities to bid on their utilities, rather than continue to be owned by the public company, American Water. Organizer Victoria Kaplan comments in the Gary Post Tribune.
  
  
• April 19, 2007: Currently, there exists an intriguing paradox in Marin County, California concerning a proposed desalination plant in spite of the county previously reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. Read our statement in Salon. Zach Corrigan, our staff attorney and legislative representative, continues the discussion about desalination here.
  
  
• April 16, 2007: Synthetic hormones that are used to increase milk production in cows may soon be phased out thanks to consumer demand for hormone-free milk. Assistant Director Patty Lovera comments on 49 ABC News.
  
  
• April 15, 2007: Some Bay Point, California residents are outraged that the community's private water supplier is asking to raise its rates noting that their tap water contains a high level of carcinogens. Adam Scow, organizer for the Water for All Campaign at Food & Water Watch, expresses his views in the Contra Costa Times.
  
  
• April 6, 2007: The USDA quietly decided that "raw" almonds will now be processed to prevent salmonella poisoning. Read what Executive Director Wenonah Hauter has to say about this in the Food Consumer.
  
  
• April 4, 2007: Our view on the FDA's proposal to relax the rules on how irradiated food will be labeled is expressed in the Seattle Post Intelligencer, CBC News, Herald News Daily, and the Food Consumer.
  
  
• April 3, 2007: We released a new animation warning consumers about the use of carbon monoxide to color meat. Executive Director Wenonah Hauter comments in PR Newswire.
  
  
• April 2, 2007: Tomato growers push for tougher food-safety rules, but our food lobbyist, Tony Corbo, is concerned that resources are scarce for such inspections. Read what he has to say in the Palm Beach Post.
  
  

• March 22, 2007: The Bush Administration celebrated World Water Day by shirking responsibility to fund clean and safe water for America. Executive Director Wenonah Hauter discusses the issue in Common Dreams.

• March 19, 2007: Our view on recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) is expressed in the San Francisco Chronicle and Infoshop News.
  
  
• March 16, 2007 A coalition of environmental, fishing and consumer groups urges Congress to oppose open ocean aquaculture. Read what Executive Director Wenonah Hauter has to say about this in Fish Farmer Magazine.
  
  
• March 16, 2007: Inter-American Development Bank forgives the debt of five of the poorest countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Executive Director Wenonah Hauter discusses the issue in BBC News, the Houston Chronicle and the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
  
  
• February 25, 2007: Executive Director Wenonah Hauter contends that irradiation is not the answer to food safety problems as featured in Consumer Affairs and the UN Observer.
  
  
• February 24, 2007: The USDA announced changes to the meat inspection program that would result in less inspection and more risk of food borne illnesses for American consumers. Read what Executive Director Wenonah Hauter has to say about this in SpiritIndia.
  
  
• February 20, 2007: In the wake of a meat shipment mistakenly containing backbone landing in Japan, food lobbyist Tony Corbo comments on this USDA incident in the San Jose Mercury News.
  
  
• February 16, 2007: Listen to Executive Director Wenonah Hauter as she joins The Restaurant Guys today to dicuss the impact of factory farms on the environment.
  
  
• February 13, 2007: The USDA wants to let China, where 14 people have died of bird flu since 2003, sell chicken to American consumers. Read what food lobbyist, Tony Corbo, has to say about this in the Kansas City Star.
  
  
• February 7, 2007: In response to the FDA’s December announcement claims that cloned animals and products from cloned animals are safe to eat, Food & Water Watch joined Ben & Jerry’s rally on Capitol Hill to raise awareness of issues related to cloning. Read about the event as reported in this press release featured in Business Wire.
  
  
• January 19, 2007: Our view on food irradiation is featured in The Kalamazoo Gazette.
  
  
• January 16, 2007: Assistant Director Patty Lovera comments on Starbucks' efforts to switch to rBGH-free milk in Food Consumer, MSNBC and AOL Money & Finance.
  
  
• January 10, 2007: Andrianna Natsoulas, campaign coordinator for our Wild Ocean Campaign, discusses "suspicious shrimp" in Newsday.

 < 2008 | 2006 >