This Earth Day, we wanted to take a moment to thank you for your continued support! We are honored by how many of you have joined and supported us in our efforts towards a just and sustainable food supply that supports both healthy people and a healthy planet.
One of the primary reasons CFS challenges agricultural biotechnology and other forms of industrial agriculture is the ties these technologies have to the continued—and often increased—use of toxic pesticides. As people who care about the environment, most of us have read (or have at least heard about) Rachael Carson’s seminal work on the subject, Silent Spring (1962), which alerted the world to the dangers of chemical pesticides.
In honor of Earth Day, CFS invites you to join us in celebrating the life and legacy of Rachel Carson. All this week and the next, A Sense of Wonder, a film about Carson starring Kaiulani Lee, is airing on PBS stations across the country. The documentary-style film takes the form of two interviews with Rachel Carson during the last year of her life, as she battles breast cancer and her critics in the wake of publishing Silent Spring.
As a scientist, a writer, and a woman, Rachel Carson has inspired generations. As an activist she fought governmental negligence and unbridled corporate interest. Through her scientific integrity and elegant prose she became one of the 20th century’s most prescient scientific authors. And as an individual she battled economic adversity, family tragedy and gender stereotyping. She also reminds us that we each have not only the ability to make a creative difference in this world-we also have the responsibility to do so.
That responsibility is one the Center for Food Safety takes very seriously, and we thank you for your support and your dedication to our food, our farms, and our environment. Together, we are creating a new food future!
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