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Maisie Ganzler

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Don’t Fall for the Fearmongering, Bon Appétit is Ready for California’s Proposition 12!

Don’t fall for the fearmongering, Bon Appétit is ready for California’s Prop 12 — and we’re proving the pork industry can make the necessary changes to improve animal welfare if it chooses to. Read our open letter to the California Department of Food and Agriculture's Animal Care Program.

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Rebel Ventures Named Bon Appétit’s Annual Gift Recipient

Chief Strategy and Brand Officer Maisie Ganzler looks back on Bon Appétit's holiday tradition of supporting special charities, and shares about the 2019 recipient, Rebel Ventures.
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International Buyers Must Prevent Thailand Backtracking on International Convention on Work in Fishing

Why the Thai government must follow through on its promise to ratify the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention on work in fishing (C.188), which is essential to protecting the working conditions of fishers on Thai vessels and to eliminating labor abuses in the supply chains of international brands
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No Free Lunch: What “Gestation-Crate-Free” Pork Actually Means

“Gestation crate free” means no use of gestation crates, right? To the large pork producers, apparently not. Here's how I wound up in a hog barn in Pennsylvania.

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Farmworker Awareness Week and ‘Food Chains’: Inching Towards Justice

As this year’s Farmworker Awareness Week approaches, hundreds of Bon Appétit cafés around the country are preparing to spread the word about how few pennies per pound farmworkers earn for commonly picked produce items, and 20 locations are hosting a screening of the documentary Food Chains.

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Eat Local Challenge: Is It Still A Challenge the 4th Time Around?

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Is Climate Change Impacting the US Food System or Vice Versa?