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AFF: It’s time to move on from Dirty Dozen
This update was distributed by the Alliance for Food and Farming March 27, 2025: This year, we have enjoyed a...
AFF counters another misleading consumer guide to produce
This update was distributed by the Alliance for Food and Farming April 16, 2024. Sorry consumers but you must suffer...
Fighting dirty against the Dirty Dozen
The produce industry has felt attacked by Environmental Working Group’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, the Dirty Dozen, for...
AFF: What EWG doesn’t want you to know: Part 3
We know – Part 1 and Part 2 covered so much about what the Environmental Working Group (EWG) doesn’t want...
AFF releases ‘A Dozen Reasons’ to enjoy safe and healthy fruits and vegetables
It’s time for the Alliance for Food and Farming’s annual “A Dozen Reasons” list to celebrate the bounty of choices...
EWG releases 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce: The Dirty Dozen
March 20, 2024 WASHINGTON – Non-organic produce is loaded with fungicides that may harm human hormone systems, according to the...
Alliance for Food and Farming: Studies, government data discredit ‘Dirty Dozen’ list
March 18, 2024 WATSONVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Peer reviewed research published in the Journal of Toxicology found that the recommendation in the...
AFF: What EWG doesn’t want you to know: Part 2
As the Environmental Working Group (EWG) prepares to release its so-called “Dirty Dozen” list, which inaccurately disparages popular and more...
AFF: What EWG doesn’t want you to know: Part 1
As the Environmental Working Group (EWG) prepares to release its so-called “Dirty Dozen” list, which inaccurately disparages popular and more...
AFF: USDA PDP report shows strong compliance among growers
January 30, 2024 — Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its Pesticide Data Program (PDP) report focused on...
USDA: over 99% of fruit, vegetable samples below EPA pesticide benchmarks in most recent report
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today published the 2022 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary,...
Analysis: The dirty truth about the Dirty Dozen
How many fruits and vegetables do you eat each day? If you just sheepishly looked away, you’re not alone. According...
EWG’s Dirty Dozen losing its ability to scare consumers
The produce industry always dreads the release of the Environmental Working Group’s annual Dirty Dozen, as part of its Shopper’s...
AFF: Reassuring science refutes ‘Dirty Dozen’
The following is a March 15, 2023, blog post from the Alliance for Food and Farming: The safety and nutritional...
Blueberries, green beans added to 2023 Environmental Working Group Dirty Dozen list
WASHINGTON – Thirty years after a landmark National Academies of Sciences study warning of the dangers posed to children by pesticides, 75...
AFF: ‘Dirty Dozen’ discredited by peer reviewed research, government data
March 15, 2023 — WATSONVILLE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Peer reviewed research published in the Journal of Toxicology found...
AFF: Following the ‘Dirty Dozen’ list makes produce bill go up 48%
This is a blog post from the Alliance for Food and Farming on February 22, 2023: First, peer reviewed research...
The Dirty Dozen: Effects on produce consumption
What effect have lists like the Dirty Dozen had on produce consumption? Lauren Scott, chief strategy officer for the International...
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