Center for Food Safety

The Monarch butterfly is one of the most recognizable pollinators in North America, but its populations have declined dramatically over the last few decades. 🦋

The good news? After more than a decade of advocacy, the Monarch is finally on the verge of receiving protections under the Endangered Species Act.

Now we need to make sure those protections are strong enough to help this iconic species recover before it’s too late.

We’re urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to move forward with meaningful protections for Monarch butterflies, and we’ve made it easy to take action.

Comment PROTECT below 👇 and we’ll send you everything you need to make your voice heard. 💛

🐝🌼 This Pollinator Week, we’re celebrating the species that keep our ecosystems and food systems thriving.

When most people think of pollinators, they think of bees. But pollinators come in all shapes and sizes: butterflies, beetles, moths, flies, birds, bats, and many other animals help move pollen from flower to flower, making plant reproduction possible.

Nearly 1 in 3 bites of food we eat depends on pollinators. They support healthy ecosystems, biodiversity, and the fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds that nourish our communities.

Yet many pollinator populations are in decline due to habitat loss, pesticide use, climate change, and industrial agriculture.

At Center for Food Safety, we’re working to protect pollinators by challenging harmful pesticides, advocating for stronger environmental protections, and defending the habitats these essential species need to survive.

🌸 Every pollinator matters. This week and every week, let’s celebrate and protect the creatures that help keep life blooming.

Cancer rates in lowa are rising faster than anywhere else in the country. 📈

Politicians blame individual choices, but the real villain is the industrial farming covering the state.

We went, tested the water, and found cancer causing levels of chemicals running through lowa.

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Producer & Host: Katie Nixorf
Editor & Motion Graphics: Lewis Wilcox
Videographers: Jack Davis, Jack Belisle

For more than 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has helped prevent the extinction of 99% of the species under its protection. 🦋

But today, wildlife faces mounting threats from industrial agriculture, toxic pesticides, and habitat destruction - while species can wait years, even decades, for federal protection.

Congress must act now to strengthen the ESA, protect science from political interference, and ensure endangered species get the protections they need before it’s too late. 🌱

From pollinators to birds to marine life, entire ecosystems are depending on it. 🐟

Comment PROTECT 👇to send a message to Congress demanding stronger protections for endangered species.

Emails obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show Bayer discussing legal strategy with the United States EPA - including plans to raise Supreme Court issues - while agency policy decisions were actively shifting in the company’s favor.

In this hearing, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confronted Lee Zeldin with those records.

She pointed to messages indicating Bayer would “bring up some legal/judicial issues” and even offer a “small thanks” tied to agency actions - while pressing on whether those conversations influenced EPA policy.

At the same time, the administration moved to boost glyphosate production and support legal protections that could shield Bayer from liability.

All while this issue heads toward the Supreme Court.

“Do you understand the conflict of interest that is before the American people right now?”

That’s the question.

📢 For decades, Center for Food Safety has taken the EPA to court to hold it accountable when decisions put corporate interests ahead of public health.

Big update out of the House 👇

The pesticide liability shield has been removed from the Farm Bill.

This provision would have made it harder to hold pesticide companies accountable for harm - even when products are linked to serious health risks.

Today’s vote shows that pressure works. But we’re not done.

The Farm Bill still faces an uncertain path in the Senate, and the fight for real protections continues. ✊

When a corporation thanks a federal agency for a policy change, we should all be paying attention.

Emails obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show Bayer discussing legal strategy with the United States EPA - including plans to raise Supreme Court issues - while agency policy decisions were actively shifting in the company’s favor.

In this hearing, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confronted Lee Zeldin with those records.

She pointed to messages indicating Bayer would “bring up some legal/judicial issues” and even offer a “small thanks” tied to agency actions - while pressing on whether those conversations influenced EPA policy.

At the same time, the administration moved to boost glyphosate production and support legal protections that could shield Bayer from liability.

All while this issue heads toward the Supreme Court.

“Do you understand the conflict of interest that is before the American people right now?”

That’s the question.

📢 For decades, Center for Food Safety has taken the EPA to court to hold it accountable when decisions put corporate interests ahead of public health.