dirty dozen

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...

1 week ago 3 minute read

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...

12 months ago 4 minute read

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...

1 year ago 4 minute read

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...

1 year ago 4 minute read

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...

1 year ago 4 minute read

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...

1 year ago 3 minute read

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...

1 year ago 4 minute read

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...

1 year ago 5 minute read

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...

1 year ago 3 minute read

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...

1 year ago 3 minute read

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,...

1 year ago 2 minute read

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...

2 years ago 6 minute read

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...

2 years ago 5 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

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...

2 years ago 6 minute read

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...

2 years ago 4 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

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...

3 years ago 3 minute read

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