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- EIN 52-2165893
- (202) 547-9359
- 660 Pennsylvania Ave Se Washington DC 20003 USA
- www.centerforfoodsafety.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Animals, Environment, Food
Mission: The center for food safety (cfs) is a non-profit public interest and environmental advocacy membership organization established for the purpose of challenging harmful food production technologies and promoting sustainable alternatives. Cfs combines multiple tools of strategies in pursuing its goals, including litigation and legal agriculture and food safety constituencies, as well as public education, grassroots organizing and media outreach.
Programs: For its program on "genetically engineered (ge) crops" (also called :agricultural biotechnology:), cfs continued its work challenging usda and other government agencies for not adequately reviewing the environmental and economic impacts of ge crops. This work included submitting policy comments to these agencies to ensure they are complying with environmental and other laws, and educating the public and policymakers about the impacts of ge crops.
for its program hawaii center for food safety, cfs conducted activities to educate the public, policymakers, and others about the impacts of ge crops and their associated pesticide use on human health, the environment, and the communities of all the hawaiian islands.
for its program on pollinators, cfs worked to educate the public, policymakers, and others about the environmental impacts of pesticides on bees and other pollinators. This included policy comments to government agencies to ensure they are complying with environmental and other laws.
cfs's true food network conducts public education on all of cfs's program areas via online and mail communications. Cfs's organic program works to ensure the integrity of the national organic standards and educate the public about the benefits of organic food and farming. Cfs's cool food program is aimed to inform people about the impact of their food choices across the entire food system and seek solutions to the problem of global warming, and focuses on agricultural practices that can reduce and reverse this trend. Cfs cafo program works to address the detrimental environmental and health impacts of the factory farming of animals through public education, policy and legal initiatives.