Stories by Dave Murphy

 Dave Murphy is the founder and executive director of Food Democracy Now!, a grassroots movement of more than 350,000 American farmers and citizens dedicated to creating a more sustainable future. You can follow him at @food_democracy subscribe to Dave Murphy's feed

Exposed: How Whole Foods and the Biggest Organic Foods Distributor Are Screwing Workers

Posted on: Jan 31, 2013, Source: AlterNet

United Natural Foods Incorporated, the largest wholesale distributor of organic and “natural” foods in the U.S., is currently under investigation for 45 violations of federal labor law.

90 Percent of People Want Labeling on Engineered Food, But We Still Don't Have it: Why Is that?

Posted on: May 29, 2012, Source: AlterNet

More than a million people have asked the FDA for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered food, yet we still don't have it. Why? Here's a little history lesson.

Breaking: Obama Campaign Stop at Factory Farm Propaganda Site, Billed as "Grassroots Event"

Posted on: May 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Family Farmers Are the 99 Percent: How Occupy Wall Street Is Bridging the Rural/Urban Divide

Posted on: Dec 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Even though it took economic collapse to wake the American people up to the vast harms caused by unchecked corporate power, farmers have known this for decades.

If You Eat, You Better Occupy Wall Street

Posted on: Oct 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet

OWS has sprung from frustration with the collusion between Big Business and elected officials. And nowhere is that collusion so great as in food and agricultural production.