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Press Conference for Groundbreaking City Council Resolution

Date of event: 1st Jul 2009
Location of the event: Steps of NY City Hall ,...
Event starts at: 11:00 a.m.
For the past year, we've been working on a city council resolution that would address a largely overlooked, yet major contributor to climate change--the City's food choices and production systems. The resolution is a call to: - provide greater access to organic, local... More >

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McDonald's Needs to Step Up to the Plate 24th Jun 2009
Hi Everybody, It’s time for us to convince McDonald’s to stop using eggs from hens kept in cruel “battery cages” (barren enclosures so tiny that the birds can hardly move an inch their entire lives)! Besides this being down-right inhumane, it is in sharp contrast to what their competitors are doing; Quizno's, Denny's, Burger King, Hardee's, Carl's Jr., and Wendy’s have all started using some cage-free eggs.* Additionally, McDonald’s has a cage-free policy in the United... More >

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