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The '''Center for Food Safety''' is 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]]. 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]
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The '''Center for Food Safety''', 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" "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. 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]
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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]
  
 
Note: The Center for Food Safety is not the same organization as the [[Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition]], which is part of the [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]. [http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/]
 
Note: The Center for Food Safety is not the same organization as the [[Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition]], which is part of the [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]. [http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/]
  
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==Front Group==
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==Staff==
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According to ActivistCash.com, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) is a project of the [[International Center for Technology Assessment]] (ICTA) ([http://www.icta.org/template/index.cfm web]), which is "headed by [[Andrew Kimbrell]], who was mentored by [[Jeremy Rifkin]] at the [[Foundation on Economic Trends]]. Next to the Unabomber, Rifkin is perhaps America's most notable anti-technologist. CFS’s current focus is large-scale agriculture — specifically, food technology. It is a major partner in the 'Keep Nature Natural' campaign, which receives funding from the [[organic food industry]]. CFS often participates in food scare projects managed by [[Fenton Communications]], a Washington, D.C. [[public relations]] firm often used by anti-industry activists." [http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/11]
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Accessed August 2009: <ref>[http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/staff_bios.cfm Staff], Center for Food Safety, accessed August 25, 2009.</ref>
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*[[Andrew Kimbrell]], Executive Director
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*[[Rebecca Spector]], West Coast Director
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*[[Debi Barker]], International Program Director
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*[[Lisa J. Bunin]], Ph.D., Campaigns Coordinator
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*[[Bill Freese]], Science Policy Analyst
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*[[Zelig Kevin Golden]], Staff Attorney
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*[[Jaydee Hanson]], Policy Analyst on Cloning and Genetics
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*[[George Kimbrell]], Staff Attorney
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*[[Lorin Kleinman]], Office Manager
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*[[Meredith Niles]], Cool Foods Campaign Coordinator
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*[[Paige Tomaselli]], Staff Attorney
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*[[William H. Wenzel]], Policy Advisor
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*[[Heather Whitehead]], True Food Network Director
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=== Former Personnel===
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Staff profiles are available [http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/staff_bios.cfm here].
  
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"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, ICTA continues to solicit, receive, and spend grant monies on behalf of its smaller 'project.' For this reason, our financial profile shows financial support and budget numbers for the two entities combined," ActivistCash wrote. [http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/11]
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*[[Andrew Kimbrell]], Executive Director
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*[[Joseph Mendelson, III]], Legal Director
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*[[George Kimbrell]], Staff Attorney
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*[[Bill Freese]], Science Policy Analyst
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*[[Katherine McElhinny]], Director of Foundation Relations
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*[[Rebecca Spector]], West Coast Director
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*[[Heather Whitehead]], True Food Network Director 
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*[[Charles Margulis]], CA Outreach Coordinator
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*[[Will Rostov]], CA Senior Attorney
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*[[Kevin Zelig Golden]], CA Staff Attorney
  
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"The Center for Food Safety, under its façade of nonprofit watchdogging, has all the marks of a black-marketing campaign, run on behalf of organic and 'natural' foods. Its advisory board is packed with organic-foods activists, including a registered 'natural foods' [[lobbyist]], prominent members of the Chefs Collaborative, the research director for Rodale Publishing’s Organic Gardening magazine, and the director of the organic-foods industry’s largest accreditation service. In addition, Andrew Kimbrell was the brains behind the multi-million-dollar Turning Point Project campaign, which ran a series of full-page New York Times advertisements trashing biotechnology and conventional agriculture," ActivistCash wrote.
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==Advisory Board==
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Accessed August 2009: <ref>[http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/board_of_a.cfm Advisory Board], Center for Food Safety, accessed August 25, 2009.</ref>
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*[[Melanie Adcock]] - Ecological Agriculture Program Officer, Foundation for Deep Ecology
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*[[Michael Colby]] - President, Food & Water
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*[[Jay Feldman]] - President, National Campaign Against the Misuse of Pesticides (NCAMP)
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*[[Joan Gussow]] - Professor, Columbia University
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*[[Tony Kleese]] - Sustainable Farming Program
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*[[Cheryl Long]] - Research Editor, Organic Gardening Magazine
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*[[Margaret Mellon]] - Director, Biotechnology & Agriculture Project, Union of Concerned Scientists
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*[[Nora Pouillen]] - Chef & Owner, Restaurant Nora
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*[[Abby Rockefeller]] - President, The ReSource Institute for Low Entropy Systems (RILES)
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*[[John Stauber]] - former Executive Director, Center for Media & Democracy
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*[[Martin Teitel]] - Executive Director, Council for Responsible Genetics
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*[[Roger Blobaum]] - President, Blobaum & Associates
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*[[David Ehrenfeld]] - Professor of Ecology, Rutgers University
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*[[Jim Goodman]] & [[Rebecca Goodman]] - Farmers/Activists
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*[[Michael Hansen]] - Scientist, Consumers Union
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*[[Sheldon Krimsky]] - Professor, Tufts University
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*[[Howard Lyman]] - Executive Director, Voice for a Viable Future
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*[[Rick Moonen]] - Chef & Co-Owner, Oceana
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*[[Philip Regal]] - Professor of Ecology, University of Minnesota
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*[[Mark Ritchie]] - President, Institute for Agricultural & Trade Policy (IATP)
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*[[Michael Sligh]] - Director, Sustainable Agriculture Program, Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI)
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*[[Richard Strohman]] - Professor of Molecular Biology, University of California at Berkeley
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*[[Alice Waters]] - Chef, Author, & Owner of Chez Panisse
  
 
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Web: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/<br>
 
Web: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/<br>
  
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*[http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/11 Profile: Center for Food Safety], ActivistCash.com.
 
  
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Latest revision as of 01:04, 25 August 2009

The Center for Food Safety, founded in 1997 by the International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA) (web) [1], describes itself as a "U.S. non-profit organization" "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. 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." [2]

The organization received a four-star ("exceptional") rating from the charitable oversight organization Charity Navigator. [3]

Note: The Center for Food Safety is not the same organization as the Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, which is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [4]

Staff

Accessed August 2009: [1]

Former Personnel

Staff profiles are available here.

Advisory Board

Accessed August 2009: [2]

Contact Details

The Center for Food Safety
660 Pennsylvania Ave, SE, #302
Washington DC 20003
Phone: (202) 547-9359
Fax: (202) 547-9429
Email: office AT centerforfoodsafety.org
Web: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch articles

References

  1. ↑ Staff, Center for Food Safety, accessed August 25, 2009.
  2. ↑ Advisory Board, Center for Food Safety, accessed August 25, 2009.
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