Bees are obviously associated with honey but consumers are generally unaware of how crucial bees are to human food production. It is estimated that one third of our plant products depends on the bee pollination. Honeybees and the wild honeybee…
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Consumer Alert – Open Letter to Bee Kind
Tagged with: AFB, American Foulbrood, animal rights, animal treatment, Bee Breeders, Bee colonies, Bee Conservation, Bee Kind, BeeKind, Bees, Campaigns, Grabouw, Grass Consumer Alert, Greg Aberdeen, Open Letter to Bee Kind, Sonia Mountford, Western Cape Bees, Wild Bees
Posted in CONSUMER ALERT, CONSUMER AWARENESS
Posted in CONSUMER ALERT, CONSUMER AWARENESS
Be Aware of the Dark Side of Cooldrinks
Soft drink consumers are being exposed to an avoidable, unnecessary cancer risk. Sonia Mountford from Grass has been waiting since January 2013 for a commitment by Coca Cola South Africa to align their use of the carcinogenic substance 4-MEI to that…
Tagged with: 4-MEI, Big Food, cancer, Carcinogenic, Coco Cola, Coke, Consumer Awareness South Africa, Cooldrinks, Megan Power, Sonia Mountford, South Africa consumer protection act
Posted in CONSUMER ALERT, CONSUMER AWARENESS
Posted in CONSUMER ALERT, CONSUMER AWARENESS
We’re all invited…
We’re all invited… to participate in public hearings on the Agricultural Product Standards Amendment Bill 2014, taking place around the country during the month of April 2015. See link below for schedule of when they’ll be in your area .1…
Tagged with: animal rights, animal treatment, animals, Certified Karoo Meat, Checkers Supermarket, Consumer Awareness South Africa, DAFF, Free Range protocols, Labelling, Organic, South Africa
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSUMER ALERT, CONSUMER AWARENESS, DAIRY, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, FARM, FREE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS IN SA, freerange, LABELLING, PIG FARMING, POULTRY FARMING
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSUMER ALERT, CONSUMER AWARENESS, DAIRY, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, FARM, FREE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS IN SA, freerange, LABELLING, PIG FARMING, POULTRY FARMING
Consumer Alert: Public Hearings on Agri Product Standards Amendment Bill 2014
Grass actively encourages consumer participation in South Africa to grow a conscious and informed consumer voice. This is vital to bring about true grassroots change in our dysfunctional food system. Here is your chance to actively participate – please attend one of the meetings…
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Consumer Action Alert
Tagged with: animal rights, animals, Cape Town, Checkers Supermarket, consumer alert, Consumer Awareness South Africa, Customer concerns, Factory farming, gestation crates, press release, sow crates, Woolworths South Africa
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSUMER ALERT, CONSUMER AWARENESS, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, PICK N PAY, PnP, Producers of meat, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSUMER ALERT, CONSUMER AWARENESS, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, PICK N PAY, PnP, Producers of meat, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
