2/14/2012 12:28 PM

Activist Groups Undermine First Lady’s “Let’s Move” Message About Healthy Eating

 We’ve seen the First Lady making the media rounds lately promoting her “Let’s Move” campaign.  A key component in her message is getting Americans to eat more fruits and vegetables.  But, the First Lady’s message is being undermined by activist groups that continue to call popular produce items “dirty.”  Since the obesity epidemic is prevalent among lower income Americans, labeling more affordable fruits and vegetables “dirty... Read More
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1/19/2012 1:31 PM

"Any Apple Is Good For You"

 Whether it’s a statement on our website, an answer to a consumer’s question, or in comments to reporters, the Alliance for Food and Farming is consistent in our response to this question:  “Should I eat organic or conventionally grown produce?”  Our answer, “choose either, both our very safe, but choose to eat more fruits and vegetables.”While many nutritionists and health experts agree with our answer, it was gratifying that a well-known... Read More
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12/7/2011 12:37 PM

CDC Study Shows Teenagers' Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables at Very Low Levels - Yet Another Reason to Stop Negative Messaging About Safe Produce

 A study recently released by the Centers for Disease Control found that the median number of times high school students were consuming fruits and vegetables was 1.2.  And 28.5% consumed fruit less than once per day while 33% consumed vegetables less than once per day.   What’s even more shocking than these numbers is the lack of attention this study received by the mainstream media, bloggers, foodies, consumer groups, activists and proponents of school foodservice... Read More
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10/24/2011 3:37 PM

Celebrate Food Day by Meeting a REAL Farmer

 Today, October 24, is Food Day.  Although, many of you may not even know it since media coverage of this “nationwide event” organized by the Center for Science in the Public Interest has been rather light.  In fairness, there have been a few stories in major newspapers throughout the country mostly generated by a press release from the Food Day “team” along with some scattered media coverage of local events in various communities throughout the country.... Read More
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10/20/2011 2:57 PM

EWG’s Uses Rhetoric and Name Calling To Divert Discussion Away From the Science

 We’ve discovered that engaging the Environmental Working Group in a discussion is much like talking with a teenager.  While you’re insisting he or she finish their homework before hanging out with friends, they’re arguing that you never let them do anything or you just don’t like their friends, etc. etc.  Anything to divert the conversation away from the real issue – getting the homework done.Over the last couple of days, the Alliance engaged with... Read More
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9/27/2011 11:51 AM

In Case You Missed It - This Is A Must Read

This Discovery News article first appeared on August 31 and has been picked up by other publications over the last three weeks. Here is (yet again!) another scientist concerned about the negative effects of misleading information about pesticides residues on produce consumption and public health. Pesticide Concerns May Actually Harm Us -The sense that organic fruits and vegetables are safer because pesticides increase the risks for cancer has no good scientific support, argues an expert.By... Read More
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9/13/2011 7:39 AM

Report Confirms Trend Toward Use of Environmentally-Friendly and Reduced Risk Pesticides

 A new report examining pesticide use trends in California provides clear indication that farmers are reducing their use of older, more stringently regulated pesticides in exchange for newer, environmentally-friendly methods to control pests.   The report, issued by the Alliance for Food and Farming, analyzes California Department of Pesticide Regulations Pesticide Use Report data, which shows that application of older, broad-based pesticides has declined 66 percent over the past... Read More
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8/31/2011 1:00 PM

New Pesticide Residue Monitoring Report Further Illustrates Safety of Produce

 The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDPR) has just released 2010 data from the state’s Pesticide Residue Monitoring program.  Keep in mind this monitoring program, designed to ensure that fruits and vegetables sold in the state of California are safe for consumption when it comes to pesticide residues levels, is in addition to the nation-wide monitoring program conducted through the United States Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Data Program. Like... Read More
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8/2/2011 11:03 AM

More Evidence that “Dirty Dozen” List is Based on Bad Science

 Last week the Environmental Working Group issued a release again questioning the validity of the science behind the Alliance for Food and Farming’s Safe Fruits and Veggies initiative.  How interesting that a new study just popped up on our radar screen with additional evidence that it is the EWG’s “science” which should be called into question.The new University of California study was just published in The Journal of Toxicology (Volume 2011), a peer-reviewed... Read More
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7/22/2011 10:36 AM

MythBusting 101: Scientific American Blog Generates Healthy Debate on Farming

 We ran across this excellent blog post which appeared in Scientific American earlier this week. It’s generating some interesting Internet discussion with a lot of very good information being provided from all sides of the debate.  While this blog post is titled, Mythbusting 101: Organic Farming > Conventional Agriculture, the author’s conclusion doesn’t favor one over the other.  In fact, Wilcox writes as follows: “The biggest myth when it comes... Read More
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