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The '''Center for Food Safety''' is , founded in 1997 by the [[International Center for Technology Assessment]] (ICTA) ([http://www.icta.org/template/index.cfm web]) [http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/10324.htm], describes itself as a "U.S. non-profit organization founded in 1997 " "that works to protect human health and the environment by curbing the use of harmful food production technologies and by promoting organic foods and other forms of sustainable agriculture. [http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org] Among the issues the organization works on are: genetically modified foods, organic food standards, aquaculture, animal cloning, food irradiation, sythetic hormones (such [[rBGH]]), and [[mad cow disease]]. " [http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org]  The organization received a four-star ("exceptional") [http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/10324.htm rating ] from the charitable oversight organization [[Charity Navigator]]. [http://www.charitynavigator.org]

==Front GroupStaff==According to ActivistCash.com, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) is a project of the [[International Center for Technology Assessment]] (ICTA) (Accessed August 2009: <ref>[http://www.ictacenterforfoodsafety.org/template/indexstaff_bios.cfm webStaff]), which is "headed by Center for Food Safety, accessed August 25, 2009.</ref> *[[Andrew Kimbrell]], who was mentored by Executive Director*[[Jeremy RifkinRebecca Spector]] at the , West Coast Director *[[Foundation on Economic TrendsDebi Barker]], International Program Director*[[Lisa J. Next to the UnabomberBunin]], Rifkin is perhaps America's most notable anti-technologistPh. CFS’s current focus is large-scale agriculture — specificallyD., Campaigns Coordinator*[[Bill Freese]], food technology. It is a major partner in the 'Keep Nature Natural' campaignScience Policy Analyst*[[Zelig Kevin Golden]], Staff Attorney*[[Jaydee Hanson]], Policy Analyst on Cloning and Genetics*[[George Kimbrell]], which receives funding from the Staff Attorney*[[organic food industryLorin Kleinman]]. CFS often participates in food scare projects managed by , Office Manager*[[Fenton CommunicationsMeredith Niles]], a WashingtonCool Foods Campaign Coordinator*[[Paige Tomaselli]], D.CStaff Attorney*[[William H. Wenzel]], Policy Advisor*[[public relationsHeather Whitehead]] firm often used by anti-industry activists." , True Food Network Director === Former Personnel===Staff profiles are available [http://www.activistcashcenterforfoodsafety.comorg/organization_overviewstaff_bios.cfm/oid/11here].

"CFS's relationship with its parent group (ICTA) is a curious one. Although CFS has its own tax ID number and files its own IRS returns*[[Andrew Kimbrell]], Executive Director*[[Joseph Mendelson, III]], Legal Director *[[George Kimbrell]], ICTA continues to solicitStaff Attorney *[[Bill Freese]], receiveScience Policy Analyst *[[Katherine McElhinny]], and spend grant monies on behalf Director of its smaller 'project.' For this reasonFoundation Relations *[[Rebecca Spector]], West Coast Director*[[Heather Whitehead]], True Food Network Director *[[Charles Margulis]], our financial profile shows financial support and budget numbers for the two entities combinedCA Outreach Coordinator*[[Will Rostov]]," ActivistCash wrote. CA Senior Attorney *[http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/11[Kevin Zelig Golden]], CA Staff Attorney

"The ==Advisory Board==Accessed August 2009: <ref>[http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/board_of_a.cfm Advisory Board], Center for Food Safety, under its façade of nonprofit watchdoggingaccessed August 25, 2009.</ref> *[[Melanie Adcock]] - Ecological Agriculture Program Officer, Foundation for Deep Ecology*[[Michael Colby]] - President, Food & Water*[[Jay Feldman]] - President, has all National Campaign Against the marks Misuse of a blackPesticides (NCAMP)*[[Joan Gussow]] - Professor, Columbia University*[[Tony Kleese]] - Sustainable Farming Program*[[Cheryl Long]] - Research Editor, Organic Gardening Magazine*[[Margaret Mellon]] -marketing campaignDirector, run on behalf Biotechnology & Agriculture Project, Union of organic and 'natural' foods. Its advisory board is packed with organicConcerned Scientists*[[Nora Pouillen]] - Chef & Owner, Restaurant Nora*[[Abby Rockefeller]] - President, The ReSource Institute for Low Entropy Systems (RILES)*[[John Stauber]] - former Executive Director, Center for Media & Democracy*[[Martin Teitel]] -foods activistsExecutive Director, including a registered 'natural foods' Council for Responsible Genetics*[[lobbyistRoger Blobaum]]- President, prominent members Blobaum & Associates*[[David Ehrenfeld]] - Professor of the Chefs CollaborativeEcology, Rutgers University*[[Jim Goodman]] & [[Rebecca Goodman]] - Farmers/Activists*[[Michael Hansen]] - Scientist, Consumers Union*[[Sheldon Krimsky]] - Professor, Tufts University*[[Howard Lyman]] - Executive Director, the research director Voice for Rodale Publishing’s Organic Gardening magazinea Viable Future*[[Rick Moonen]] - Chef & Co-Owner, Oceana*[[Philip Regal]] - Professor of Ecology, and the director University of the organicMinnesota*[[Mark Ritchie]] -foods industry’s largest accreditation service. In additionPresident, Andrew Kimbrell was the brains behind the multiInstitute for Agricultural & Trade Policy (IATP)*[[Michael Sligh]] -millionDirector, Sustainable Agriculture Program, Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI)*[[Richard Strohman]] -dollar Turning Point Project campaignProfessor of Molecular Biology, which ran a series University of fullCalifornia at Berkeley*[[Alice Waters]] -page New York Times advertisements trashing biotechnology and conventional agricultureChef," ActivistCash wrote.Author, & Owner of Chez Panisse

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