Staff Bios

The Center for Food Safety (CFS), a national non-profit organization founded in 1997 by Andrew Kimbrell, works to protect human health and the environment by curtailing harmful food production methods and by promoting organics and other sustainable alternatives.  CFS has a successful track record of using multifaceted strategies, including legal actions, policy initiatives, and public education, to accomplish its goals.  CFS has won several groundbreaking lawsuits against government agencies, including the EPA (including the historic Mass v. EPA global warming Supreme Court case) and USDA.

CFS also has significant success working with policymakers and has sponsored national and state legislation.  Each year, our science team publishes numerous reports, many of which have been used by government agencies and in policymaking.  Our online activist network – the True Food Network – is a group of more than 75,000 active individuals that regularly send comments to federal agencies, corporations, and other decision makers.

Contact Information:
National Headquarters:
660 Pennsylvania Ave., SE Suite 302, Washington, DC 20003
P: (202) 547-9359 F: (202) 547-9429

West Coast Office:
2601 Mission St., Suite 803, San Francisco, CA 94110
P: (415) 826-2770 F: (415) 826-0507

Learn more about CFS at www.centerforfoodsafety.org

Navdanya International, founded in India by physicist and internationally renowned activist Dr. Vandana Shiva, works to defend and protect nature and the rights of people to access to food and water and dignified jobs and livelihoods.  Navdanya’s guiding principles include building safe, secure food models to alleviate poverty, hunger, and protect natural resources, including water scarcity; and that local, ecological food systems are critical to ensuring both food and energy security in this time of climate chaos.  Navdanya offers viable and visionary perspectives that provide equity, peace, and sustainability for people and the planet. Engaging in policy advocacy, grassroots organizing, and science-based research, Navdanya has a unique capacity to link research and policy to action at local, domestic, and international levels.  Through its research and on-the-ground actions, Navdanya also is actively involved in rejuvenating indigenous knowledge and culture.

For more information about Navdanya International, contact Debbie Barker, 202 547-9359, ext. 12 or navdanyaus@gmail.com.  You can also visit Navdanya at: www.navdanya.org and www.navdanyaus.org