Food & Water Watch

I've been a volunteer with Food and Water Watch since 2017 and it's been a wonderful experience; going to rallies, marches, handing out leaflets, doing phone banks, and many other really positive outreach efforts. The warmth and patience from the people working at Food and Water Watch is truly inspiring.
I continue to be impressed by the dedication, stamina and energy that the people from Food and Water show time after time, fighting to make real positive changes such as trying to prevent new fracking projects and stopping Holtec from dumping radioactive material into the Hudson river to name just two examples. I am proud to be a part of the work of Food and Water Watch and their efforts to protect our environment.

I have been a volunteer with Food & Water Watch since 2011. Over that time they have been instrumental in, among other actions, banning fracking, stopping fossil fuel infrastructure projects, and getting The All-Electric Building Act passed. This summer, they helped stop 1,000,000 gallons of radioactive waste-water from being dumped into the Hudson River. And that’s just in New York State.

On these campaigns, I have worked with and learned from enormously talented people who are dedicated to fighting environmental depredation. I am a better person for having known them and for having been a volunteer at Food & Water Watch.

FWW is a wonderful non profit that fights for clean water, clean food, climate change to name a few. They are an amazing Watch dog for all of us to make this world A better place.
I am proud to say that I am a volunteer for this amazing non profit.

I have found volunteering with Food and Water Watch to be very gratifying. Trying to solve some of the issues that plague agriculture. False climate solutions of carbon capture when it is an untested technology. Factory farming a corporate solution which has taken over the production of protein. The organizers whom I met were very knowledgeable about the issues. They were also interesting people who I wanted to build relationships with.

Food and Water Watch staff do a great job involving volunteers. They encourage the participation of community members in grassroots campaigns aimed at improving the lives and well being of all. They welcome new participants and do great educational webinars and trainings. They are an organization skilled at lobbying legislators and engaging in the political process.

Food and Water Watch works on an array of targeted areas that are a priority for all of us who care about safe food, clean water, and a livable climate. As a volunteer for FWW I have found their organizing to be very professional and a lot of fun! And they respect and value the work of volunteers. With help of FWW we kept a factory farm out of our county!

Food & Water Watch is a non-profit organization that is working to protect our food and water from the harmful effects of pollution and climate change. They are also working to ensure that everyone has access to clean, affordable food and water.
I am a big supporter of Food & Water Watch because of their commitment to environmental justice and their willingness to hold all politicians accountable, regardless of their political party. I was particularly impressed by their inclusion of criticism of Democrats in power at the March to End Fossil Fuels, where we had 75,000 marchers. This shows that Food & Water Watch is not afraid to speak truth to power, even when it is unpopular.
I also appreciate Food & Water Watch's invitation of the Green Party to the March to End Fossil Fuels. The Green Party is the only major political party that has a platform that is truly committed to addressing climate change. It is important to have a diversity of voices at the table when we are discussing solutions to this crisis.
I am also grateful to Food & Water Watch for their work on behalf of the Green Party. For example, Eric Weltman of Food & Water Watch spoke at our Green Party March To End Fossil Fuels Webinar. He also hosted a sign making party 45 minutes away from me, which I attended.
I highly recommend Food & Water Watch to anyone who is passionate about protecting our environment and ensuring that everyone has access to clean, affordable food and water. They are a five-star organization that is making a real difference in the world.
Why I gave Food & Water Watch five stars:
They are committed to environmental justice.
They are willing to hold all politicians accountable, regardless of their political party.
They include a diversity of voices in their work.
They support the Green Party.
They are making a real difference in the world.

I belong to a New York Chapter Food and Water Watch I love them because They have a complete set of excellently administered services. e.g. There is also Food and Water Action. They can protect us on federal state and very local levels. Their staff is stable and that helps them accomplish their goals. Another reason for their success is easy collaboration with other greens. I have no trouble finding them and asking them what they plan to do when a new issue arises. This year I went to downtown Manhattan where they were finishing up a demonstration where staff was getting arrested. I asked my question then and there and they had no question answering me!! They do wonderful in depth studies on issues as they arise.

Food & Water Watch is a great organization that is amazing at what they do. They organize everyday people into taking effective action to protect the environment. In my few years of being a volunteer there have been so many important victories that show members that they have an important individual impact when working together. A day or dollar spent helping Food & Water search is never one wasted.

This organization is a very strong, dependable promotor of environmentally responsible actions to protect the environment and help educate the public to the realities of unethical activities in industry and food and farm production. In spite of strong resisitence fed by public unawareness and corporate greed. They were critical in the successful effort to ban fracking in New York State. Banning fracking wastes in Connecticut.
I am pleased to volunteer with them when I can and financially support them as I can. The ethics of their founder, Wenonah Hauter, is admirable and she leads the staff to follow the same standards

Food and Water Watch is an amazing organization and full of amazing people!I I have volunteered with other organizations, but Food and Water Watch stands out because of the dedication of staff and volunteers. I never thought that I would testify before a legislature, but I felt so compelled to do so because of Food and Water Watch"s dedication to environmental causes. I am very committed to help Food and Water Watch achieve their goals and anyone else who cares deeply about our planet should join us .

For many years I have relied on Food & Water Watch for the science, policy and trusted public health information to plan strategic advocacy for environmental health protections, especially for clean energy, water quality and environmental justice. I know I can count on the integrity of Food & Water Watch's research and analysis to influence colleagues and policy makers who share our values for safe, healthy and sustainable communities.

Constant energy. Collaboration central. Grass roots fertilized.

This nonprofit is my all-time favorite as they pursue their goals with fervor despite a small budget. Their volunteers and staff have been remarkably successful in blocking dangerous fossil fuel projects by participating in public hearings, confronting public officials, and educating the public as to exactly why changes must be made. This group has also been fighting factory farming and other activities that befoul our precious drinking water. They are the most effective environmental group that I know and I've been proud to be a volunteer and donor. Highly recommended.

I rely upon Food & Water Watch to provide leadership throughout New Jersey on the issues I care most about, climate and climate justice. And they always come through! Food & Water Watch does a great job of organizing on the ground, providing people with the tools they need to educate themselves and others to win. And they make it an uplifting and joyful experience. What more can you ask for!

Tina Weishaus
Highland Park, NJ

Food & Water Watch is an excellent organization! All of its NJ regional leaders are knowledgeable, hard-working, & treat everyone with respect. I’ve been a volunteer for two years, & FWW makes it easy for volunteers to immediately start taking meaningful action to help protect our environment…from attending climate rallies & protests to giving public comment against proposed fossil fuel projects. I highly recommend getting involved with FWW!

We have been strong supporters of Food & Water Watch for several years. I cannot express how grateful I am for the amazing work F&WW does fighting the construction of fossil fuel projects that are contributing so much to the destruction of our planet. I can only say "thank you" to all those who support and work with this extraordinary group.

I have volunteered with Food & Water Watch for several years after a many years as an environmental activist and musician. It is among the most important groups working to fight the reality of climate change. I could not recommend it more highly. I am so grateful to be able to work with such an outstanding organization.

Food & Water Watch is a dedicated and professionally run national climate organization. In New York City, it works with other organizations to achieve their common goals. One example is that over the past year, the coalition successfully got the city to pass the NYC Gas Free bill. It is the most important bill of its kind. We are now working to get the bill passed statewide.

I am a proud Food & Water Watch volunteer and donor!

I care deeply about the climate, environmental justice, and rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. Food and Water Watch has been an energetic and expert leader in effective legislation, advocacy, and activism across New York State, and a wonderful collaborator with other organizations.

Food & Water Watch has called me to be active in the fight against climate change. Sometimes it's writing emails or letters, &/or making phone calls to local or federal officials to urge specific action on a particular piece of legislation or issue. Sometimes it's forwarding their emails to friends with like minds to act similarly, or writing one myself to consolidate a few. Also, often there are zoom events at which I learn a lot about specific issues.

I've been on several gatherings carrying signs & yelling at different settings in New York City. My favorite, & most compelling was participating in a bus ride to DC one day, getting a briefing that night, & next day marching & getting a dismissed arrest to STOP ALL FURTHER FOSSIL FUEL DEVELOPMENT IN THE US in front of the White House, before taking a bus back. We did that with Native Americans who were leading the week's actions in 2021 starting on Indigenous People's Day.

Unfortunately my adult professional life was spent working for ExxonMobil or banks. Now I find myself fighting the lies XOM knew & continue to tell the public, or the banks who continue to fund those lies.

I am also a proud donor because I witness the effectiveness of the organization, & see their approval of Charity Navigator.

I have been involved with Food and Water Watch for about 6 years. I love that the focus is on both local and national issues. The organizers are so engaged--I can't believe how many of them know my name and remember details about me as a person as well as in my work as a volunteer. There are so many ways to get involved--sending text messages to supporters about important actions, making calls to representatives, attending protests and rallies, etc. The organization is focused on issues that truly matter.

Food and Water Watch is awesome! Doing such important work and the staff is passionate and helpful and friendly!

I have appreciated the efforts of Food and Water Watch to educate and provide organizational assistance related to the negative environmental impacts of crypto currency mining.

Food and Water Watch fights a never ending battle to protect our States food and water supply. They have achieved many victories such as banning Fracking in New York State and stopping a Liquid Natural Gas port off the coast of Long Island. They not only do the talk ( educate New Yorkers, politicians etc) but do the walk with constant visits to legislators district office , to our legislators up in Albany , and to our elected officials in Washington, D.C. Food and Water Watch has achieved a National Reputation as a force for effecting protection of our land water and a sustainable and safe food supply. Proud to be actively associated with this wonderful organization.

I volunteer with both Food and Water Watch and Food and Water Action regularly (and have done so for about 5 years). They do amazing necessary work. They are nimble, local and national and aren’t afraid to speak truth to power fighting fights that many groups would shy away from thinking they aren’t winnable. I don’t know of any other nonprofit that brings their particular skill set to the environmental movement. And you know what? They win: from ending fracking, to stopping pipelines, to fighting for renewables, fighting factory farms, calling out false energy solutions, initiating lawsuits and advocating for legislation that insures a safe, habitable future. They work well with allies and empower individuals to get work accomplished. They have experienced policy teams that do deep timely analysis on the science. They are well versed in the theory of change and happily train people in the trenches to put it to use. From civil disobedience to legislative advocacy, they are on the ground organizing the grassroots power necessary to win campaigns. I highly recommend their work.

I have been donating to Food and Water Watch for years and have included them in my will. That's because they do a great job of fighting for policies that really address the climate/ecocide crisis and protect frontline communities while calling out costly false solutions like carbon capture and storage and pay to play schemes like cap and trade and carbon offsets that enable fossil fuel polluters to keep polluting. Their campaigns work to put an end to fossil fuel extraction, sale and use, put an end to plastics that are made from fossil fuels and cannot be recycled and put an end to factory farms with their mono-crops, massive use of fossil fuel based pesticides and fertilizers that deplete the soil and kill pollinators and their giant animal feed lots that not only release vast amounts of methane but also cause terrible animal suffering. They also do a great job of putting on webinars that educate people about all of this and give them ways to get involved.

I have been asking Food and Water Watch for over 4 years to remove my address and the name of a woman for which I was her executor when she died over 4 years ago.
Another solicitation letter arrived today which I am sending back to FAWW with another request

FWW is a terrific leader and team player in the Climate Movement. They are highly organized, friendly and open to new participants and old ones too. Their strong organizational efforts create activism that is sustained over time. I always enjoy working with FWW staff and members and am thankful that they are in the mix of important climate movement organizations. Thank you, FWW!

Food and Water Watch has been an incredible asset to our community by providing “boots on the ground “ assistance with fighting the fracking pipelines . Ginny Marcille-Kerslake serves as a community watchdog and advocate for our community’s safety. Food and Water Watch has organized many campaigns and rallies to bring awareness to the dangers and health impacts of the oil and gas infrastructure and construction . We are thankful to have Ginny and Food and Water Watch fighting by our side day after day for the long haul !

Food and Water Watch is an exceptional organization. Unlike other green groups they don't water down their message so not to upset any of their donors. In this time of climate breakdown we need them more than ever to hammer away at the politicians on our predicament. Eric Weltman, senior organizer from Brooklyn, came up to Albany twice this past summer to join our summer protests to ban fossil fuel subsidies and stop new fossil fuel infrastructure. He and the rest of the FWW staff are all wonderful to work with. Looking for a group that deserves your support? You've found it!

Food and Water Watch Review - Warren Berger

I would give Food and Water a Five Star Rating for its goals and for its volunteer involvement to achieve those goals,

The goals are the following to protect food, water and climate:

*Banning fracking

*Shutting down factory farms

*Making sure communities across the country have access to clean water:

Food and Water Watch does this by:

* Not taking corporate funds

*Fighting greedy corporations and reckless government agencies

*Winning in the courts, in the halls of Congress, and on the ground in every state

*Building a powerful ground operation for bold operations which including volunteers in these operations.

As Food and Water Action proclaims “Fight Like You Live Here!” which with their great volunteer involvement they do to fight for bold solutions to environmental solutions.

Here in eastern Pennsylvania, Food & Water Watch has been extraordinarily valuable in getting people to pay attention to a dangerous pipeline project, Mariner East. They helped get the right people elected to local government, and they have been active in monitoring and reporting on the many problems and risks associated with Mariner East, and in organizing demonstrations. Outstanding work!

I have worked with two organizers from Food & Water Watch over the last four years and have been impressed with their commitment and professionalism. I learned a lot from working with them. Their hard work helped pull our disparate communities together to challenge a dangerous and unnecessary highly volatile liquids pipeline in our midst. The battle continues today.

Food and Water Watch Iowa has wonderful leaders that have trained and carefully helped me as a volunteer to write articles and promote clean food and water in Iowa. They are informed and professional at organizing and presentations are very interactive and effective.

I started interning with Food and Water Watch in October of 2020. I am having such a great experience with the organization! First of all, the org does such important work. FWW tackles consequential, high stakes issues that need to be addressed and they are not afraid to do so. FWW is serious about making real change, and as a volunteer/intern I can attest to this as I work on these campaigns. It does amaze me how as an intern I am working on campaigns that do have serious implications for the future of this country.

Furthermore, I have a great supervisor. Unfortunately, because of the nature of my internship, I do not get to interact with many folks at the org, but if they are all like my supervisor than I know they are doing well!

Overall, I constantly see movement towards change and it is testament to the power of the organizing that FWW does and the organization's commitment to bettering our world.

Over the years, attempting to make a better world for my family and friends, I joined and even started several organizations. For various reasons, despite the best intentions, many of these groups petered out, except for one: Food and Water Watch (FWW).

FWW works with local communities and government representatives to protect our environment and build a healthy, sustainable future. Although that is also the goal of many other organizations, FWW enjoys one particular advantage - its membership.

I have rarely had the privilege of working with such smart and dedicated and hard-working people.

Need to meet with your local, state or federal rep, virtually or otherwise? DONE.

Need constituent attendees? DONE.

Need phone callers, letters written to editors, visitors going door-to-door? DONE.

Need to support candidates who will lead the fight for infrastructure development,
public health and safety, and renewable energy? DONE.

Need to open your home to temporary FWW workers from other cities? DONE.

The energy and perseverance that the membership provides has enabled FWW to help municipalities take control of water and sewer systems from private for-profit corporations, to ban fracking and the spread of dangerous fracking waste into our waters, to stop the construction of accident-prone fossil fuel pipelines, and to promote green renewable non-polluting energy.

Food and Water Watch Forever!

I've been volunteering with Food & Water Watch for a little over a year, and am so happy with and impressed by the work they do and the projects I get to assist on. FWW has an incredibly strong commitment to engaging communities in their process, wherever they’re working. As FWW pursues different priorities across the country, the first step is always reaching out to residents in the neighborhoods most affected, listening to their feedback, and working with community members to ensure that local leaders are involved at every step. The issues FWW deals with are so central to people's wellbeing, and the organization is uncompromising in its commitment to fighting for the rights of all.

In addition to the on-the-ground organizing work, the resources FWW produces are incredibly high quality and reliable. I'll continue turning to them for information even after I’ve stopped volunteering.

Food and Water Watch has been helping the residents of Hudson County fight against a proposed fracked gas power plant. This plant would emit thousands of tons of pollutants into the air and endangering the lives of everyone in Hudson County. Food and Water Watch has been at our side throughout helping us organize and fight in a powerful way. I am indebted to the members of Food and Water Watch in their commitment to help us win this fight and defeat the construction of this plant.

I have been working with Walker organizing around issues of economic and housing justice, as well as mutual aid during COVID. He is a badass organizer and clearly dedicated to moving the world towards being a more just and more enjoyable place.

I give monthly to Food and Water Watch because they are doing incredible work to stop water shut offs during the pandemic. On top of their urgent water work, this nonprofit is taking on the fossil fuel industry and winning huge battles- stopping power plants and pipelines across the US. They know how to pick important fights, be strategic in battle and win. I donate to invest in our future.

Food & Water Watch has been great to work with in Iowa. They always provide really insightful, high quality research, particularly about the factory farm crisis in Iowa. Really appreciate their work!

I have had the pleasure of working with Food & Water Watch staff and fellow
volunteers on anti-fracking, clean water and community-aggregate clean energy campaigns. The assistance from staff and the confidence they inspire has enabled me, and other local volunteers, to approach our fellow residents on these vital issues in door-to-door canvassing, marketplace petitioning, etc. We are also encouraged to speak at local government meetings --- all of which develops our leadership. I have learned a lot and we are making an impact.

Food and Water Watch is a large international professional organization, that has
retained the fervor and passion typical of a local grassroots group.
There are very few national groups that truly encourage and support
local environmental orgs.
We were thrilled when F & WW's regional director, Eric Weltman, agreed to speak at
our local meeting, with only several days notice.
Sandra Kissam, Orange RAPP

F&WW shows up for all the right reasons. I have been impressed by this organization every time I see them speak on issues I care about. I joined them for a tour of areas adjacent to oil and gas fields to learn about the harms associated with gas storage and oil drilling and how I could participate in speaking to support a buffer zone. I read their alerts and they inspire me to get more engaged.

Food & Water Watch has been instrumental in the climate justice movement, being a reliable source for information and guidance for partnering organizations like Sunrise Movement. Their passion and power continues to build momentum for the movement at large and it's been a pleasure to collaborate and learn from them.

My time volunteering and interning at FWA was invaluable. I learned more about clean energy and the local and state political landscape than 4 years in higher education.

Food and Water is an exceptional nonprofit that speaks unapologetically to my values, which is rare for environmental nonprofits

Food & Water Watch is an incredible organization that does so much to uplift and educate volunteers and the community. I have phone banked with them and gone to several community volunteer meetings and each time I come away with so much more information about the causes they are fighting for. The staff are all incredibly passionate and never make me feel unintelligent for not knowing about or understanding a particular issue. They are on the frontlines and particularly with regards to the impact of gas facilities being too close to neighborhood communities.

Food and Water Watch is a great steward of my donation. I feel connected to their work and really appreciate that I hear from staff on all levels of the organization, not just the executive director.

I have been a supporter of Food & Water Watch for the last 5 or 6 years, but certainly more during the last year or two. I have been very impressed with the level of professionalism exhibited by this organization and it's leaders. I'm proud to have joined them as a co-sponsor of Empower New Jersey (People for Progress, Bus for Progress and Sunrise Jersey Shore). Empower New Jersey is a coalition of 80+ environmental/activist organizations who have come together to fight against fossil fuel projects. Food & Water Watch is one of the strong leaders of this coalition and the reason it continues to flourish.

They are doing great work on the ground, partner with communities, and follow through on their commitments.

5 years ago I started to look for an organization working for social justice I could be a part of as an activist. I wanted a community of caring people with a high level of professionalism. I wanted an organization where I could participate in NVDA with sufficient resources to get the best lawyers when arrested!

In the last few years the effectiveness of F & WW actions has been profound. From the Monday calls to Governor Cuomo to pickets in front of wherever we find him in and around the city. And then standing firmly behind the leadership when one of them confronts Cuomo face to face. F & WW helped get fracking banned in NY State!

The NYC chapter of F & WW is a diverse group that reflects the city itself. It is a welcoming place. There is no clique culture. I like the monthly meetings and occasional party.

Most of the environmental groups work together on the issues of environmental justice , so I miss very little with my focus here.

I can be as active as I want. I can stay away and then come back and be just as welcomed. Not being a creature of habit, this works well for me. Sometimes I wish there were more civil disobedience actions, but that is mostly my own impatience with the state of denial of our governmental leaders. (I'm a Baby Boomer who demonstrated against the Viet Nam war, nuclear power plants, Secretary Califano, et al. Deja vu all over again?)

I very much believe in the mission and the techniques of F& WW! They educate the public about dangers to the environment, and they smartly target the politicians who decide the legislation that will protect our food and water supply.

Interned with this organization my last semester of college and was one of the best experiences of my life. I still volunteer and go to events from time to time. It really strengthened my career path and helped me get a job in the community organizing field. I learned so much about local politics and is a great place to direct people who want to help in action against climate change in a more tangible way.

Food and Water Watch is doing very important work, raising awareness of climate change and actions needed to save our communities. They have a fabulous staff, lots of energy, and really know how to connect to the community. The work they are doing is URGENTLY needed!

I am so impressed with this wonderful nonprofit organization. Food & Water Watch is on the front line fighting to protect our citizens buy preserving America’s clean water and earth and fighting to repair the man’s made disasters to our environment such as Hydrofracking and gas and oil pipeline s . I have become a very active volunteer for this terrific organization

I've been a volunteer with Food and Water Watch (FWW) for over four years in Los Angeles. I continue to give my time to this organization because they are doing extremely important grassroots organizing work. My career as a volunteer with FWW began working on a food safety campaign, which brought together activists in the areas of labor, environment, and public health. I continued volunteering with FWW on other campaigns seeking to shut down dangerous infrastructure and expand renewable energy. Food and Water Watch practices a model of organizing that is extremely effective at educating and advocating for change while at the same time creating a community for people that is welcoming and safe. Whether its been making signs, speaking at a community meeting, or knocking on doors, I've always felt supported, welcomed, and empowered by this organization.

Food and Water Watch has honestly changed my life! I was intimidated by environmental activism, but knew in my heart that I wanted to participate and DO something. When I was introduced to the people at FWW, I became more at ease and comfortable with the idea of going out and talking to strangers about the climate issues happening in city. I learned how easy it is to get involved and how important it is to take action in your own city as those actions cause a ripple effect. The people that run FWW have a way of making volunteers feel comfortable and for me, I don't know everything there is to know about the little details of the political areas of environmentalism, but they've never once looked down on me for that; they educate others without demeaning them! I can freely ask questions without feeling dumb, and to me, that's SO important. FWW is like family now and I'm proud to stand beside them and fight to achieve environmental justice!

The team at Food and Water Watch go out of their to make themselves accessible to the community and welcome new people. They are helpful and engaging in guiding you through the work they do at FWW.

My community is being directly impacted by Costco chicken factories. and Food and Water Watch is doing a great job of community organizing! Thanks Food and Water Watch!!

Food and Water Watch does great work protecting New Mexico lands from fracking and other fossil fuel extraction. While it is a tough fight, I am glad to know FWW is there at every planning meeting, protest, and canvass event doing their best to halt the expansion of the extraction economy.

Food and Water Watch has been a strong ally to our work in New Mexico. Our constituency works to protect water, human health and the environment from the radioactive legacy due to past uranium mining. Food and Water Watch has joined in our efforts without hesitation demonstrating their commitment to environmental justice communities across New Mexico. Working with Food and Water Watch has been awesome!!

Food & Water Watch has provided important leadership for our work to regulate dairy factory farms in New Mexico. Eleanor Bravo, their director, is one of the most respected advocates in our state.

I am a retired teacher who has volunteered with Food & Water Watch since 2011. It is a well-run, effective organization filled with dedicated people who have made me feel very welcome. I wish I had worked there.

Thank you, Food % Water Watch, for all you do.

This valuable organization works diligently to ensure access to clean water in the state of New Mexico. Thank you for all your efforts on behalf of our community!

I have been a regular volunteer with this organization for 5 years now. They do great work and get things accomplished.
Very valuable to have them fighting for us all in times like these!

Food & Water Watch is an amazing organization and they are indeed making our world a better place!

I've had the great pleasure of volunteering with FWW for several years to protect my drinking water supply from the ill-conceived Pilgrim Oil Pipelines project. It has been an experience unlike any other I’ve had with a non-profit, a true partnership. Matt Smith and his colleagues are professional, knowledgeable and excellent organizers. Working with FWW has empowered me to advocate for my community, to rally grass roots support, and to educate my elected officials about the complicated issues surrounding this pipeline project.

FWW knows the importance of working together. They joined forces to form the Coalition Against Pilgrim Pipeline with 80+ other environmental, civic and faith-based organizations, and have built broad, bi-partisan support for sound environmental policies that will protect us all. Together we helped facilitate the creation of an alliance of 15 municipalities that partnered to help legally protect their water, property values and residents’ health. That is unprecedented!

Through this process I have met wonderful people who will be friends for life and together we have helped to grow a movement that is sorely needed right now. I started as a volunteer. I am now a donor and will be for life. Join us! Your support will be well rewarded!

Food & Water Watch came into my life when i started opposing a proposed oil pipeline in my neighborhood. They partnered with Sierra in supporting us and when the Sierra lead person left, Matt Smith of F&WW became our main source of support. Without Matt's experience and expertise and untiring efforts we could never have been successful in stopping this pipeline. He lead our meetings, gave us good advice, especially on organizing and NJ politics, helped us all learn new skills and made connections with many others around the area with whom we partnered successfully.
Now we are engaged in a similar fight to stop new gas-fired power plants and once again Matt is leading our efforts while making room for me to tackle issues and take initiatives.
F&WW remains focused on the key causes of climate change and water pollution and takes strong proactive action such as getting elected officials to oppose fossil fuel developments, while at the same time working hard to influence these same people to support renewable energy programs. They are one of the most effective organizations i have seen in terms of building grass roots support through door to door outreach.

They are one of the few national environmental groups that values and prioritizes organizing - and they win big victories. In New York, they played a huge role in winning the fracking ban and they continue to stop fossil fuel projects such as pipelines and other infrastructure that fuel the climate crisis. I'm a sustaining donor for their work and also work with them a lot. They rule!

What do I love about Food & Water Action/Watch-Fl.? Together Republicans and Democrats form bi-partisan alliances to S.ave O.ur S.unshine S.tate from the ravages of toxic land, water, and air pollution in our beautiful home, Florida. Our precious Florida is in crisis from toxic pollution! Our mission continues!
Respectfully,
Mrs. Ginger Goepper, M.A.
1000 Friends of Florida Anniversary Club member, Florida Conservation Coalition Team member

Food & Water Action-Fl.volunteer, Nat'l.,Fl.,and St. Pete Audubon member,steward volunteer
Tampa Bay Watch member, volunteer, Imagine Our Florida, Inc. Wildlife Passages Co-Chair
Florida Humanities Council member, supporter

Treasure Islettes Women’s Civic Assoc.- Donations Team Leader/ Program Coordinator

Treasure Island Historical Society Board member - THIS Facebook page manager

I wholeheartedly support the work of Food and Water Watch. The core mission of this organization is to protect human health by advocating for clean water and safe food. I can personally attest to the fact that this organization is very effective in fulfilling its mission.
We are being bombarded with environmental hazards which threaten food, water and air. Our government is weakening or eliminating sensible regulations which were designed to protect the environment and our health. We can always count on Food and Water Watch to be on the front lines in protecting us.
Here in Florida, I have collaborated with Senior Florida Organizer, Michelle Allen to achieve a statewide ban on the dangerous practice fracking. Michelle is a dedicated professional who will stop at nothing to protect the environment and public health. She and her colleagues work tirelessly and enthusiastically to protect our environment and you. If you care about the future, I urge you to support Food and Water Watch either financially or through volunteer work with them.
Karen Hudon

I have helped with office work, phone banking, public speaking, and recruiting volunteers. I am most interested and have been active in trying to prevent mining that leads to earth quakes. Oklahoma is a good example of this. I am also opposed to running pipelines across large parts of the country.

FWW is taking the stances no-one else is brave enough to take, and going about it in all the right ways! A great combination of grassroots and more establishment-aimed approaches.

It was an amazing experience to volunteer with Food and Water Watch for the People's Climate March in Chicago this year. Being a part of the work for banners and signs and getting the message out was inspiring, and seeing the unity of the March with all the front line communities was an unforgettable experience. FWW has helped me understand why climate justice is important to me, and I'm very glad that I've had the opportunity to work and learn from incredibly kind and strong environmental activists.

I have struggled with a lifetime of health issues. And as I researched and understood those problems, I discovered how much food and climate were an ongoing part of why so many people are chronically sick. As I managed to improve my health, and begin looking for ways to get involved in the fight, I found Food and Water Watch. It was a natural fit. I slowly got more involved in the local chapter, and became a regular volunteer. I also participate in various other groups for political change, and I think that more than any other group, I see these amazing people represented at events all over town, fighting for a sane and healthy planet.

I love their distributed work to volunteers model. I end up suggesting their tools and methods to other groups all over town in fighting for change. I couldn't be more impressed with using a little money to do an incredible amount. And I don't think I have seen a group whose impact is greater around town.

And on top of all that, they're just the nicest people ever. When you do something amazing for them, they share ideas for how to use that talent in other aspects of life. For example, I did a painting for them, and they were impressed, so they just started sharing with me places they knew of around town that sometimes allow artists to show their work, in the hope that it would increase my happiness and success. Their kindness is amazing, and working with them gives me hope for those of us who have struggled with the illness that comes of our unhealthy world.

Volunteering with Food and Water Watch has changed my life. Not only do they support great causes, but the organizers are fabulous leaders and awesome to work with!

I first "met" Food&Water Watch when I attended a presentation on fracking waste at a local library. I knew a lot about fracking and gas pipelines, but I knew very little about fracking waste. I hoped I might find out more about the location of proposed pipelines. An hour later I'd forgotten all about the pipelines and was ready to sign up to get more involved in banning fracking waste from my town. I waited impatiently for the email telling me what the next step was. By the third meeting of our small group we had collected hundreds of signatures, including the mayor's, and were ready to present an ordinance to our town council last summer. That is still in progress. None of this would have ever happened without an amazing volunteer coordinator/lecturer/mentor from Food&Water Watch with a tremendous amount of experience and materials to support us. When we were able to speak at our town's ordinance review committee last month I felt prepared. When the legal questions came I was so proud to ask if the expert we had brought along could help us answer those questions.

I don't think our town council had ever seen that type of legal expertise from a local group trying to present an ordinance draft. The looks between council members were priceless. The mayor's office was very happy to have her help them with legal experience in fracking waste bans.

I'm not sure how our ordinance will fare but I am optimistic; in the meantime this non-profit has been instrumental in passing a similar ordinance covering all five boroughs of NYC. They have already helped five other towns do the same in my state and several hundreds towns in a neighboring state. As a concerned citizen with no prior experience in changing laws I never would have expected to be this successful on my first try. But with F&WW's expert mentor and experience to support us it has become possible. I have already helped another town to get started with what I have learned.

Food & Water Watch has been a tireless companion in our effort at local town levels to get ordinances in place to ban fracking waste from coming into, or being used in our towns. Jen Siskind has been, and remains, a bottomless source of information and energy in this effort. And because of Food & Water Watch's involvement, we are succeeding!

I've been extremely impressed by Food & Water Watch for over a year now. Their mail-out information was very detailed and precise and first drew my attention to the important issue of fracked gas pipeline expansion and waste disposal. I found their members were willing to go and speak all over my state and help people to take local grassroots action. They are supportive with advice and data. They personally helped me try to work in my area. And I know they're working hard all over the country and have been out at Standing Rock, too!

I was able to spend a fantastic summer volunteering with FWW. This organization has an important environmental mission and I thoroughly enjoyed being apart of issues on a national and local level. By volunteering I was able to learn about the process of protesting and educating others on things that matter. Eleanor and Lars are absolutely fantastic, experienced, and intelligent leaders. I was able to attend protests against Fracking on Public Lands, and organize phone banking events. I also got to table at Grower's Markets. This was extremely informative. FWW provides hands on opportunities to volunteer and a staff with passion that is hard not to admire. No other nonprofit I've volunteered at has so much trust and reverence for their volunteers. By being given responsibility I was able to help vocalize the injustice of the oil and gas industry.

Food & Water Watch has helped me open my eyes to the fracking problem here in New Mexico. With Eleanor & Lars' support we have been making inroads with our local politicians to understand that water is more precious than oil.
I first read of FWW from a letter Eleanor wrote to our local newspaper & then heard her speak at our County Commission meeting and got her business card to follow up. Her assistant Lars' youthful exuberance towards these important issues reminded me of myself 40+ yrs. ago.
I must thank all at Food & Water Watch for having such astute employees leading the charge to ensure all of us a cleaner environment.
Tom Ruhl

I've been volunteering with Food & Water Watch for 3+ years. It's been a terrific experience. The staff is friendly and supportive, always willing to assist with materials, expert advice, instruction and their personal time. I love the way they provide support at the grassroots level and are inclusive with individuals and other organizations. They've also included me in staff training, which has been greatly appreciated. Working to label GMOs, support better food policy, protect against privatization of public water and ban fracking waste importation (my state has no drilling) and build national support to keep fossil fuels in the ground, fracking out of national parkland and move to 100% renewables without compromising their integrity or policy is why I will remain involved with them far into the future.

Food & Water Watch, along with Local Water Alliance, was responsible for galvanizing support for a ballot initiative in Hood River County, Oregon that banned commercial water bottling, throwing a stick in Nestlé’s wheel as it attempts to build a water bottling plant in Oregon. The people who work for Food & Water Watch are down to earth, strategic, and truly care about protecting the American peoples’ drinking water. It is a great organization to stand behind.

I got involved as a volunteer with FWW about 6 months ago because I was worried about fracking coming to Maryland and in particular Frederick County. Their support in organizing and executing actions and their leadership on the issue has been invaluable. I particular, I have been working closely with Thomas Meyer, who is professional and knowledgeable. I am so incredibly grateful for FWW!

I have been working with FWW for several years and they are effective, hard working and fun. Lena Smith is who I work most closely with in my area and she is very talented and supporting collaboration across multiple organizations to facilitate policy and management changes that will protect you food and water.

Holding ourselves and our leaders accountable is the purpose of my activism and FWW is an organization that truly helps me accomplish this goal. I am most grateful.

Dan Bailiff

Years ago I found Food and Water Watch when I was looking for a group who is not influenced by industry, is inclusive and collaborative, and gets real stuff done. The folks with Food and Water Watch get real stuff done. Their research is based on sound science and is readily available for everyone. I volunteer with the groups in Detroit and Ann Arbor and am very happy to have been working side-by-side with incredibly compassionate and creative folks. Pretty much all tactics are embraced - and new ones created.

I have the opportunity to work with this organization from the Detroit office. They are fighting against water shut offs in the poorer neighborhoods. They have also been working with city council to come up with a reasonable water affordability plan. This effort is essential because water is a basic human need and right.

Without the efforts of this group, their organizers and volunteers, many in the City of Detroit would have a difficult time accessing clean water.

This is just part of what the organizer do for our city a day its surrounding area. They have worked tirelessly to bring affordable fresh fruits and vegetables to the food desserts that pocket the city.

I volunteered with FWW to stop fracking in Los Angeles. As I got to know the local organizers (Alex Nagy & Walker Foley) I saw that this organization was thoughtful, strategic, and organized in a way that builds long-term change.

The first time, I heard about Food & Water Watch is when they hosted a movie screening for "Gasland," at my university. After watching this documentary, I learned what fracking meant and the serious implications on our health and the environment. Since then, I have volunteered for them whenever possible to raise awareness among vulnerable communities. Food and Water Watch protects our most valuable resources including Food and Water safety. As a Public Health educator, mother and concern citizen, I highly recommend them for all the outstanding work they do to protect the environment and our health. Thumbs up!

I started volunteering with Food & Water watch about a year an a half ago and it has been a very empowering experience. I came in knowing very little about the issues that affect food and water in Colorado and have grown to understand what these issues are, like Fracking and anti-biotic resistance, but better yet, I have learned how I can change these issues. I have become more comfortable in my own voice through the various trainings and events that I have been able to work on with the organizers of Food & Water watch. I can honestly say that I wouldn't be where I am today in organizing if it weren't for the folks sat Food & Water watch.

I first learned of FWW by an event they held to carpool whoever wanted to visit a community in Colorado impacted by fracking, with local community members present to tell their tales. Wow. This takes money, and they can't do this often, therefore; but what a showstopper this was. I'm grateful they put this experience together.
The organizers in Denver are passionately driven by the mission of the organization, highly informed, humble to any personality type, welcoming and comforting, appreciative of veteran volunteers and new people testing the waters of their involvement. They're a dedicated bunch.
The volunteers FWW and its cause just happen to attract are gracious, passionate, silly-fun, discerning, and heart-warming people. If you're looking to get involved, this is a great organization; and you can do so on a very involved level or a once in a while, non-committal level. Your voice and efforts are valuable, no mater how you use them. I'm proud to volunteer with them. Presently, our causes are around banning fracking in Denver area and Denver's water supply, fighting for safe antibiotic use in the food supply - only as needed for animal health, and proper food labeling, especially as it pertains nowadays to GMOs, as we desire the ability to make informed choices of what we put into our bodies.

Food and Water Watch found me when I went to see Gasland II at my university. I'm grateful for their efforts to seek out students like me to join them in their campaigns. I attend monthly potluck meetings where I am always welcomed. Food and Water Watch encouraged and trained me to write my story of environmental awareness, they helped me develop and feel confident about my public speaking skills at neighborhood council meetings and public policy meetings, and most of all, they helped me realize that phone banking, protesting, canvassing, giving public testimony, petitioning and lobbying are critical in helping to protect our resources. The staff at Food and Water Watch work tirelessly all over Los Angeles to promote clean air, water and food and to protect our environment and they do this inclusively, humbly and with grace.

I've been working with Food and Water Watch as head of Take Back the Tap at Portland State University. They have been incredibly important in reducing and banning plastic bottle use across the country, and in the development of student activists. The staff work hard to make positive change, and never stop trying to develop their volunteers into tomorrows leaders.

Food & Water Watch is an amazing organization. They are fearlessly leading the charge against fracking in the United States, and they are working with front line communities throughout the nation to directly resist fossil fuel expansion in the communities who are already overburdened by the oil and gas industry. The people at Food & Water Watch are some of the most genuine, hard-working people I have ever met. They are not influences by big money - all of their donations come from the grassroots, from people like you and I. They don't devote their resources to regulations - they demand a ban on fracking and other forms of extreme oil & gas extraction. I am continually amazed at how active this organization has been on so many important issues.

I have had the pleasure of volunteering with Food & Water Watch organizers in the Los Angeles area. I got involved because I wanted to learn about issue campaigns and fight for things I care about. The Food & Water Watch staff and other volunteers were extremely welcoming and were so willing to let me become involved. I learned so much from them. The organizers are knowledgeable and passionate, and they do really great work here in LA and around the country.

I've been volunteering with and collaborating with Food & Water Watch California since 2013. They are wonderfully relentless, consistent, tenacious and responsible. As a fellow organizer for an environmental organization I admire F&WW's attention to detail and organizing skills. I like their frank and direct approach and I have yet to meet anyone on their staff who I wasn't impressed with.

Food and Water Watch has been extremely helpful in helping our community group organize to fight fracking in our city. We started Stop Fracking Long Beach in Long Beach, Ca originally in support of fracking statewide, we didn't realize to what extent our city was being fracked. (Apparently Oil & Gas doesn't think the public should know.)
When we found out how severe fracking and oil extraction was we were intially overwhelmed, we are small group standing against one of the largest and wealthiest industries in the world. I heard about FWW and was lucky enough to join them for a massive statewide rally in Oakland. they covered the costs of transporting a busload of us from Southern California. The event was so powerful, very inspiring to be amongst thousands of Californians to demand a ban on fracking and to take swift action against climate change. The event was so well organized and only captured the emotion of the movement, but ended with workshops and conferences and ways to organize locally. I now know that our small group is part of a massive coalition of independent groups who will organize and fight to protect our health and safety from the threats of fracking and extreme extraction.
They have provided training and helped us develop research as we approach local officials. They have introduced us to local residents in nearby cities who share our concern. We will win this fight to protect California's water against Big Oil and I know Food and Water Watch will be a major part of that victory. Thanks F&WW, we wouldn't be able to do it with you.
-Elliot Gonzales
Stop Fracking Long Beach

Food and Water Watch is an impressive organization. Their staff are informed, energized and committed to every community and cause I have seen them engaged in whether on a local or national level. The training and support they provide for others is superior and should serve as a model for other organizations

I first learned about Food & Water Watch as we searched for an organization to help us oppose fracking and its infrastructure. So many large environmental organizations wanted us to support them, but Food & Water Watch was one of the few who reached out to support us, a small grassroots organization called FreshWater Accountabiity Project. Along with our coordinator here in Ohio, Alison Auciello, we were able to mount protests, organize rallies, provide testimony, have action alerts issued, and be provided handouts, information and support as needed. We were even provided with sign-on's to petitions and a lawsuit to oppose the environmental destruction caused by fracking and its toxic and radioactive waste. We are heartened to hear that Food & Water Watch takes NO corporate donations, so they are not compromised in their efforts to truly protect the environment. Food & Water Watch is my favorite "big green" for good reason. I'll be a supporter for them forever, because we will never forget how they supported us when we first started out and really needed it - and how they continue to do so!

I appreciate the hard work on behalf of Oregon issues that we see at FWW. They have supported our GMO labeling efforts, are trying to stop Nestle from taking Oregon spring waters, and are working to let our legislators know what importance these issues have for all of us. I have enjoyed all the work i've been able to do with FWW and that they appreciate what i can offer for my time.

I've been volunteering and working in the environmental community for four years and volunteering with Food & Water Watch for three. During that time I've worked on everything from labeling genetically engineered foods to helping establish local bans on fracking to organizing to end the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in factory farming. Through all of it I've had the pleasure of working with and alongside some of those kind, competent, and dedicated human beings I've ever known.

More so than any other organization or group I've worked with Food & Water Watch prioritizes integrity and effectiveness in all their endeavors. I've never felt like I've been tasked with busy work or that my time and energy is anything less than sincerely and deeply valued. I feel proud every time I'm out in public representing this organization and excited when I'm able to discuss with my friends all the incredible work I've been able to take part in.

On a personal level I'm humbled to be a part of this inspiring and energizing community of organizers and activists. On a political level I'm grateful that Food & Water Watch continues to set the standard for what an environmental organization can be by remaining uncompromising and compassionate in its vision and practice. If you value clean water, edible food, and a livable planet I can think of no place your time would be better spent than supporting Food & Water Watch.

I trust Food & Water Watch to safeguard issues that are most important to me! They have the planet's best interest in mind and they get results.

This is a wonderful, dedicated organization. I have attended rallies with them and can attest to how well they are informed, how eloquently they speak for our safety, and how effectively they partner with other organizations to help their cause reach critical mass and raise public and legislative awareness.

Food & Water Watch is one of the leading organizations in bringing to light the many issues we all are facing in trying to keep our food and water clean, safe, and accessible. The organization goes above and beyond the call of duty and provides information and petitions that are timely and easy to use. I am proud to be a supporter of FWW.

I live on wild land over Monterey County shale, and have my own well. I have seen the test drills erected in fields near me. It is so scary to me to see them. I support Food and Water Watch and trust they will help us ban fracking and do many other things to protect our food and water. It is such important work.

I was not aware of the politics of water/food until I heard then read W. Hauter's book.. After reading the book I knew F&WW was a very important non-profit to support. I get their emails and find their information is very helpful and easy to understand!

The goals and objectives of FWW match my own philosophy of trying to live, eat and maintain a healthy and sustainable lifestyle and planet for us all. Only, by myself I'm just one person and can't make much of a dent in any cause. FWW gives me power through its membership to actually make a difference.

I love that Food & Water Watch covers the critical issues of safe food and water, the absolute essentials for our existence and for a sustainable world. Thank you for speaking for us all!

Food & Water Watch is a non profit group that works to protect our food, water, and fish. In this day and age when there are so many challenges to keeping our food and water safe for consumption this group invaluable! They work with legislation to get change done where it matters most! They keep the public informed about issues that need attention and effort from all of us who care about our environment and health. I am proud to be a supporter! I'm glad there are people like those who work for Food & Water Watch who are willing to work hard and fight the fight!

I think Food & Water Watch does a great job of keeping me up-to-date with relevant issues in the space. They also do a great job of applying their funds well to protect our food and water supplies. Everyone deserves the right to nutrition and I'm confident Food & Water Watch is helping us achieve that.

Food and Water Watch is great in supporting the campaign against fracking and making people aware of its dangers. I have participated in collecting petition signatures and holding up signs to protest. Their activity to support EPA regulations is also important. I learned a lot by attending EPA hearings in Phila.

I think this is a non-profit that is doing good things to improve and protect our food and water quality. Mainly against polluters of farmland and water resources. They work at bringing the dangers of pollution to the public's attention.

I have been active in Food and Water Water Watch for about a year. I know they are effective because I have marched against fracking and delivered petitions to our two Senators on their behalf. I also support them financially.

We need all of the "eyes & ears" we can get out there making sure that the quality of what we consume is maintained at a very high level. Food & Water Watch does just that!

Food and Water Watch looks out for all of us by doing the best they can to make sure the essentials of life - the food we eat and the water we need to live - remain pure and free of contamination. I'm quite active locally in environmental issues, and the staff at Food and Water Watch have always been immediately accessible, personable, and eager to help. I'm quite particular about where I send my money, but I've been so impressed with the work they do that i signed up for monthly donations.

They're doing a superb job protecting our food and water.

We are a small, but growing, grassroots volunteer organization dedicated to ensuring safe affordable food and water for everyone. We are mostly unpaid volunteers and concerned citizens. The national organization researches threats to our food and water supply, and supports our local efforts. Locally, we spread information about threats like fracking and unlabeled GMOs, and promoting legislation across the country to ban fracking, label GMOs and keep private companies from taking over the public water supply. We petition at local events, make phone calls, screen movies, and write editorials, all on a shoestring budget. In my area, we have also fought against a liquid natural gas pipeline through the New Jersey Pinelands - the largest fresh water aquifer in North America, a precious resource that we believe should be protected over gas company profits. Through our efforts, combined with other local organizations, the original proposal was defeated, but the gas company quickly maneuvered to give itself a chance to bring it up again. The Governor supports the pipeline. The fight isn't over.

Food and Water Watch gives its volunteers great support, helping community members organize around issues that are important to their community. Public awareness is huge and F&WW pools its vast resources and teaches organizing strategies to empower the community in its efforts.

My final Capstone assignment required that I ask four questions of a non-profit regarding water issues. I held out little hope that I would find anyone as late in the day as when I began calling. At the Oregon office for Food and Water Watch, I reached a fantastic person named Julia. Julia was professional, helpful, incredibly well-versed, articulate, and just a real pleasure to speak with. Julia was the kind of well-informed, passionate professional that I hope to be someday soon. Thank you Food and Water Watch, thank you Julia!!

Food and Water Watch uses fear with technically inaccurate information to cause political change. Example, banning hydraulic fracturing. The effects of a successful program to ban an activity that is safe, and has been used over 2.5 million times since 1949 (JPT July 2010), would cause increased energy costs for all, and hurt the poorest in society the most.

I wanted to reach out to Pennsylvanians and let them know about the dangers of Hydraulic Fracturing. I have never done anything like this before so I needed some support and guidance. I reached out to Food & Water Watch and was immediately connected with Sam Bernhardt who works for Food & Water Watch. He has been assisting and guiding me in many helpful ways. I wanted to do an event for the Global Frackdown on October 19th and Sam helped me with a few connections to find a location, discuss what I was best suited for, and obtain supplies to accomplish my goal. I was able to accomplish this and had a wonderful event at the Doylestown Farmer's Market. Sam then followed-up with me and we discussed the event and our next steps to help inform Pennsylvanian's about the dangers of Fracking. We are planning a screening of Gasland II at Snipes Farm and Nursery in Morrisville PA hopefully on 12/6/13 at 6:30. I did not have to make these strides alone. I was guided and encouraged the entire time. Thanks Food & Water Watch!

I had the opportunity to volunteer as a summer intern in Food & Water Watch's Oakland office. I could not imagine a more rewarding experience. Not only is everyone who works there extremely knowledgeable and kind but they value the time and experience of their volunteers. I was given so many opportunities to truly be part of the team and learn new skills. I always felt like I was actually contributing to FWWs work and that my efforts were making a difference.

I worked with Food & Water Watch on a statewide GMO labeling campaign and was truly impressed by the professionalism of the staff and volunteers working with the organization. Food & Water Watch has an incredible reputation amongst it's members, the public, organizations, the media and legislators. Everyone was invited to participate in the campaign and was was able to contribute their skills to make the campaign a success. Food and Water Watch trains their volunteers and provides them with materials to educate the community on issues like GMO's, fracking, climate change and factory farms. If you want to make a difference, this organization will give you the vehicle to make change happen in your community.

I signed a F&WW petition one day to label genetically-engineered foods and a few days later got a call inquiring if I'd like to help out. Over the next few weeks and months I had fun meeting and working with a small community of other volunteers, of all ages, united around a common concern, all giving freely of their time to make a difference. My volunteering ranged from phone banking, petition signing, making signs for demonstrations, helping put on movies at churches and libraries, and doing PR for events. I learned it feels rewarding be working towards making a difference. And even small volunteer jobs are important. Volunteering for F&WW is a feel-good activity and they are a quality organization.

I've been a Food and Water Watch volunteer for a year and i have to say that it has changed my life. I signed petitions, wrote letters, made phone calls for years but FWW pulled me out of that comfort zone and into "real" activism. So far, I've worked on the Let Me Decide campaign for GE food labeling. It has given me the chance and the confidence to get out there and talk to people and actually have an influence on how people view our broken food system. I've worked a booth at our local Farmers Market five times this past summer. I've attended the labeling hearings in our state. I've even had a few articles published this past summer and fall. I've learned so much and am grateful for the opportunities that have come my way over the last year. I would never had done this if I had not met the FWW grass roots organizer last year. It's been a truly rewarding year as first a volunteer and then as the local co-ordinator. Activism does make you feel good!

I met the folks at Food Water Watch in my community when I realized the oil fields near my
house we're and are being fracked for oil and gas. Since that time I have found FWW a valuable
resource to both me and the condo association I live in. Their tireless concern and efforts for us
all for the basic rights we all deserve such as clean air, clean water and clean food sources
need to have the support of each and every one of us! -DebA

I have volunteered in various capacities over the past few years with Food and Water Watch. I became involved with them when I submitted a form on their website stating I was interested in volunteering. I was contacted promptly and have always felt that my time and skills are valued. Food and Water Watch is a great organization, affecting real systematic change and it's exciting to be a part of that.

I have volunteered for Food and Water Watch countless times over the past three years. During that time, I have been deeply impressed with the organization and with their volunteer management. Food and Water Watch is very strategic--they understand politics and how to build political power. I have always felt that my time as a volunteer is respected and well-utilized. I have had uniformly positive interactions with their staff. And I have learned so much!
I am also a donor. I feel good donating to Food and Water Watch because I know it is money that will be used effectively. I also appreciate their high level of financial transparency. They post audited financial statements and 990 forms on their website for anyone to download: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/about/financials-and-charity-ratings/

active work for food and water safety. work with other motivated volunteers to protect the most basic elements of life.

F&W is a great organization focusing on issues vital to life that we can win. They should get seven stars.increase

I have volunteered with FWW many times in the past because I believe that their mission to protect our food and water supply is one of the most crucial to maintaining our world. Their advocacy campaigns are effective. The stories they unearth are compelling. The people working there are world-class passionate activists who care for the health of everyone everywhere. I learn so much every time I join forces with them.

FWW is an absolutely superb nonprofit.

Food & Water Watch has been a wonderful part of my life for the past year and a half. I came to them interested in learning about environmental organizing my freshman year of college. I began working with them by being Take Back the Tap volunteer at my university. Since my engagement with them, I have learned helpful skills and strategies to help me build my Take Back the Tap campaign as a coordinator and environmental organizer! I was so excited by the positive work they are doing to engage students on campuses across the country, that I also joined them as a volunteer in their office, helping other students engage with their resources. Food & Water Watch is a dedicated, intelligent, and fierce non-profit that is extremely accessible to all people, especially students who want to make a difference on their campus!

My experience volunteering at Food & Water Watch has given me valuable skills that I can continue to use throughout my life. The staff provides thorough, are well informed on the issues at hand, and always helpful with any questions. Events are always well received in the community with creative, fun, and interesting actions regarding important issues. I feel it's crucial to have organizations like FWW work on national issues while organizing on local levels to protect our most valuable resources. My time volunteering at FWW has helped me become more motivated for social change and I am very grateful for time spent helping such a great organization and I hope to continue in the future as needed.

I have volunteered with Food and Water Watch for the past several years. I have gained tremendous knowledge and skills and most importantly have had the opportunity to come in contact with and learn from many outstanding people. Food and Water Watch cares about many of the issues that I care about (i.e. factory farming, hydrofracking, protecting water rights and many others). More importantly, Food and Water Watch is proactive and works continuously and tirelessly to protect people and our precious environment.

The materials, the opportunities, and the experiences they offer are first rate. This in an organization that I am absolutely proud to be associated with. Tia Lebherz has been an incredible mentor and I am fortunate to call her a friend. As a volunteer and as an intern I was treated with the utmost respect. Keep on keeping on Food and Water Watch!

When I volunteered at FWW-Portland,OR it was wonderful! The people involved and the purpose(es) kept me coming back.

I have attended numerous events where FWW-Portland,OR was either the sponsor or a participate, and all events have been outstanding. Julie D at FWW-Portland,OR conveys a enormous amount information that is crucial to the cause. She has been wonderful at each event.

Food and Water Watch does an excellent job at recruiting organizers who in turn do yeomans work in getting volunteers what they need and service the mission they're dedicated to.

The success of many non-profit organizations is measured not by how much money they generate for their investors, but by the broader goals of raising awareness and increasing education of particular issues and creating change in the way society and politicians approach life-altering decisions which will have a profound impact on future generations. Food and Water Watch is such an organization.

My support for Food and Water Watch is based upon many factors. First, the mission of the organization is one in which I truly believe. Safety, accessibility, and sustainability of our food and water supplies should be guaranteed to all people, and I believe that eventually, with Food and Water Watch at the advocacy forefront, this will become a reality. Second, Food and Water Watch is not an organization that fights at the national level. Instead, it is very much a grassroots organization, working at local levels to inform citizens and strive for change. Third, I have found the folks at Food and Water Watch to be not only committed and passionate to the organization's mission, but responsive and well-organized. I receive regular emails from the organization keeping me up-to-date on the goings-on of its various campaigns.

I simply cannot say enough great things about Food and Water Watch and its staff. I will continue to support Food and Water Watch and hope others do the same.

I chose to support Food and Water Watch because I believe in what they research and expose regarding the top two of our basic needs in life. I recently volunteered at a Harbor Festival in Morro Bay, CA, that I love to attend and have many friends who also attend and volunteer for. I helped to tell people about genetically modified salmon, teaching them what it means and how it is a bad idea. I also helped to gather signatures for a proposal to the congress to halt this practice. I enjoyed working with Marie Logan who had contacted me regarding this. I learned a lot from her and hope I was able to contribute to the cause for Clean Pure Water and Naturally Healthy Foods. 15 December 2011

The folks at Food and Water Watch were a pleasure to work with; they are genuinely passionate about the work they do and they go out of their way to stay informed about issues on a local and global scale. Furthermore, their work brings together diverse organizations in order to build powerful movements that intersect environmentalism, social justice, economics, and health concerns. Within the scope of their GE Salmon campaign, I thought it was especially great that they were collaborating with Native American nations and working-class fishing communities, which often find less support from "traditional" environmental organizations. If anything, I hope that they continue to pursue these alliances in order to continue their emphasis on the "justice" component of "environmental justice".

I have been involved as a volunteer for Food & Water Watch for almost 2 years. The staff is well-organized, well-educated, and truly committed to safe food and safe water. They are quick to provide whatever we need in the local communities to keep momentum going. We have had access to several documentary films about the food industry to screen locally, and our local and state representatives respect the work that Food & Water Watch does around the country. I have worked with Colorado State University students on getting rid of plastic water bottles as well as local organic farmers who want a fair Farm Bill in 2012. I am passionate about working for food and water safety, and will continue to volunteer with F&WW.

My first experience with FWW was in Ft Collins, Colorado. What i saw was this: cattlemen, union workers, farmers, and back yard gardeners all in the same room and all working on the same problem. The problem was and still is corporate control. The event lasted about two hours. All of the panel members and all of the short time speakers were ordinary folks like I knew in our farm area when I was a kid. I decided to learn more and became a member. I have been with them for about a year and am now a volunteer local organizer. During the summer, I tabled at the local Farmers Market and FWW reimbursed me for all the expenses. The is an organization made up of ordinary (extra ordinary) people that respect the earth.

I've volunteered with FWW for 1 1/2 years now, and have been impressed by the following: 1) The paid staff that train us, guide us, stand beside us at public gatherings are very humble, down to earth folks who work on a shoestring budget. I feel that donors get an incredible amount of tangible and intangible product from just the few paid staffers (and many volunteers). 2) This organization calls a spade a spade, and does not care who the evil-doer is-one recent example was the scathing article by FWW staff about WholeFoods and Stonyfield Farms, and their collusion with the FDA to make the organic label as murky as possible. 3) Whether one is Democrat, Republican, Independent, Green, Martian, or whatever, FWW's M.O. appeals to most everybody. At a recent outdoor fair that we tabled at, we had a number of conservative farmers, ranchers, and rural folk who were just as offended as everybody else that the federal Farm Bill funnels the lion's share of grants and funds to Monsanto, Cargill, ADM, and mostly leaves out the organic producers and local farmers. Perhaps the only people not helped by FWW are corporate agribusiness and the fracking industry, two groups that have way too much money to spend on lobbying in our nation's capital. I am proud of FWW's personnel, tactics (lawful and peaceful), and results, and will continue to help FWW get the word out.

I ws interested in donating to Food & Water Watch and then changed my mind after visiting their Web site. They have not posted any financial information other than a vague pie chart, which tells me nothing. I work hard for my money, and if an organization tells me that it doesn't take money from corporations or the government, then I want to see an Annual Report that supports that claim!

While Food & Water Watch loves to bash corporate greed, it has not made an effort to be transpartent about its own funding sources. The organization, now in its 4th year, has never issued an annual report, nor does it post its 990s on its website. One would have to wonder what this organization is trying to hide.