Food
Food should be good for you. But some foods aren’t. Pesticides are sprayed on millions of acres every year and some of them end up on your food. Our broken farm subsidy system encourages over production of the wrong food. EWG is pushing for better policy and more sustainable ways of farming that produce healthy food in a healthy environment.
"You know what courage means – it means never giving up, never sitting down, and never staying quiet when our health and our planet are at stake." - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer.
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There’s a lot of misconception out there when it comes to GMO labeling and the many implications of what we call the Deny Americans the Right to Know, or DARK, Act.
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Confused by the labels on turkeys? EWG helps you sort out the facts with a new label decoder.
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EWG’s Food Scores database is a one-of-a-kind tool that scores over 80,000 products based on three factors: nutrition, ingredient concerns and degree of processing.
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Want to avoid pesticides in produce? See which foods showed the highest and lowest concentrations of pesticides!
Read MoreEWG Co-Founder and President Ken Cook explains a short history of the Environmental Working Group and his vision for EWG in the next 20 years.
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Environmental Working Group President Ken Cook explains why you should support Washington State's I-522.
Read MoreEWG’s News Roundup (11/3): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
Read MoreWomen seeking to get pregnant could significantly improve their chances by eating conventional fruits and vegetables with fewer pesticide residues, or eating organic produce, according to a new study in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association.
Read MoreEWG’s News Roundup (10/27): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
Read MoreOrganic farming remains a bright spot in American agriculture. The price premiums enjoyed by organic farmers for many staple commodities like soybeans and corn remain higher than conventional prices.
Read MorePeople in developing nations don't go hungry because there's not enough food to go around. It's because they're poor.
Read MoreDuring Breast Cancer Awareness Month we reach out to friends who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, celebrate remissions and comfort those who have lost loved ones.
Read MoreEWG’s News Roundup (10/6): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
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Eradicate poverty. End hunger. Reduce inequality. Stop climate change. Such huge, idealistic goals may seem impossible.
Read MoreAs Congress begins debate on food and farm policy, some of the nation's top chefs gathered on Capitol Hill today to urge lawmakers to protect the nation’s most effective anti-hunger program from budget cuts.
Read MoreThe Trump administration delayed a long-awaited update to nutrition labels on packaged food Friday, launching yet another assault in its war on good food policy.
Read MoreThe overuse of antibiotics to raise livestock is creating superbugs, bacteria resistant to antibiotic drugs such as penicillin. San Francisco could soon become the first U.S. city to require major grocery stores to tell consumers if meat comes from animals given antibiotics.
Read MoreAttached is a letter signed by EWG in support of proposed legislation that would require large grocery chains in San Francisco to report antibiotic use policies associated with their fresh meat and poultry to the city.
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