PRESS RELEASES

As You Sow released its third “Pesticides in the Pantry” report today, ranking 17 major food manufacturing companies on their progress in pesticide reduction and the adoption of regenerative agricultural practices. 

A new report released today by As You Sow and the National Confectioners Association is the result of a three-year effort by a multi-disciplinary panel of four experts regarding the sources of lead and cadmium in cocoa and chocolate and how levels may be reduced in the future.

In a win for climate, biodiversity, and environmental justice, 33.7% — representing more than $13 billion in assets — of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) shareholders supported an environmental health resolution filed by shareholder representative As You Sow.

Following engagement with As You Sow, Restaurant Brands International (RBI), owner of Burger King, Popeyes, and Tim Hortons, today committed to eliminating PFAS from its food packaging by 2025 in all stores worldwide.

New testing data released by consumer protection group As You Sow finds cadmium, a non-essential heavy metal, in a range of spinach products.

Today, As You Sow released its second edition of Pesticides in the Pantry: Transparency & Risk in Food Supply Chains, a report examining the growing risk to food manufacturers posed by the use of synthetic pesticides in agricultural supply chains.

German chemical giant Bayer announced last week it will remove glyphosate — the active ingredient in Roundup — from all of its lawn and garden products in the U.S. by 2023.

Wendy’s has updated its Antibiotic Use Policy with a firm commitment to end all routine use of medically important antibiotics in its U.S. and Canadian beef, pork, and chicken supply chains by 2030.

Following engagement with As You Sow, The Kellogg Company announced Monday a commitment to phase out the use of glyphosate as a pre-harvest drying agent in its major wheat and oat supply chains by 2025. 

Today, As You Sow released its Pesticides in the Pantry: Transparency & Risk in Food Supply Chains report, examining the growing risk to food manufacturers posed by the use of synthetic pesticides in agricultural supply chains.