Super Chefs Against Superbugs is a movement of chefs who want to stop the overuse of antibiotics in the production of chickens, cows, and pigs. These chefs spend the majority of their days thinking about food: where to buy it, how to prepare it, how it was grown or raised. Food is their livelihood and they are committed to speaking out for a more sustainable food system that does not misuse antibiotics in food animal production at the expense of human health.
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On April 23, some of the country’s most celebrated chefs will come to Washington to ask President Obama, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and Congress to shine a light on antibiotic overuse and to end these practices that threaten our health.
 | Jeremy Barlow Sloco, Nashville | Jeremy Barlow is author of "Chefs Can Save the World," a call to action to those who cook, urging them to use their collective power to overhaul the nation’s food system. Barlow is executive chef and owner of Sloco, a Nashville neighborhood sandwich shop that operates sustainably, using approximately 99 percent locally grown food. He was founder of Tayst Restaurant and Wine Bar, Nashville’s first certified green restaurant and its executive chef from 2004-2013. A 2011 featured chef at the James Beard House, he attended the Chefs Boot Camp for Policy and Change in 2012, hosted by the James Beard Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts. He is co-chair of the Food Policy Council for metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, which advises the city. |
 | Tom Colicchio Craft Resturants, New York | Perhaps best known for his role as a judge on the popular reality TV series Top Chef, Tom Colicchio has become one of the country’s most popular chefs. He advocates for ending hunger in America and more sustainable food production. |
 | Rock Harper DC Central Kitchen, Washington | Rock Harper is committed to serving his community through good food raised responsibly. He directs kitchen operations at DC Central Kitchen, a nonprofit offering job training, meal distribution, and local farm partnerships to help alleviate poverty, hunger, and homelessness. Harper won the third-season competition of the television show "Hell's Kitchen." |
 | Maria Hines Tilth, Seattle | Winner of the 2009 James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northwest, Maria Hines is the chef and owner of three award-winning restaurants in Seattle: Tilth, The Golden Beatle, and Agrodolce. She is also known as a contestant on the reality TV show Top Chef Masters. |
 | Joe Simone Hope & Main Nonprofit and Sunnyside Dining, Warren, RI | A graduate of Brown University with a degree in mathematics, Joe Simone learned to cook in France, Greece, and Italy, where he has traveled extensively. He picked up a love of Mexican cuisine while working as a personal chef in San Francisco. Simone was featured on the PBS series "The Chefs of Cucina Amore," where he prepared Italian specialties . He was also the executive chef at Tosca in Hingham, MA, and has worked at Al Forno in Providence and the Papa-Razzi franchise. |
 | Sam Talbot Top Chef Alumnus, New York | Chef, author, and television personality, Sam Talbot is currently a host of AOL’s GMC “Trade Secrets” online show. He was also the former founding Executive Chef of the Surf Lodge in Montauk, NY, and Imperial No. Nine, a sustainable seafood restaurant in the Mondrian Soho Hotel in New York. During Talbot’s tenure, Imperial No. Nine received two stars from New York Magazine, a 25 rating in Zagat, and was a Michelin Guide-recommended destination. He is also the author of The Sweet Life: Diabetes without Boundaries, published by Rodale Books. |
 | Mark Williams Executive Chef Brown-Forman Crop, Louisville, KY | A connoisseur of food and wine pairing, Mark Williams is the founder and leader of Slow Food Bluegrass, a driving force behind the Slow Food international movement, which supports sustainable local food and celebrates traditional regional cuisine. He has traveled extensively to hone his craft and has had the honor to prepare dishes for U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, sports greats Muhammad Ali and Arnold Palmer, and chefs who inspired his cooking including Julia Child and Jean-Louis Palladin. |
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) today introduced the Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act, a bipartisan bill that would eliminate certain antibiotic-related practices that contribute to the rise of drug-resistant bacteria and endanger human health. The legislation is co-sponsored by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jack Reed (D-RI), Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA).
More infoThis bibliography lists the latest published scientific and economic literature concerning the contribution of routine antibiotic use in food animals to the growing public health crisis of human antibiotic resistance. Research on how antibiotic use in food animal production contributes to the growing health crisis of antibiotic resistance dates back more than 30 years.
More infoPew Charitable Trusts today applauded Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Susan Collins (R-ME), for introducing the Antimicrobial Data Collection Act, which would require the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to report more information on the annual sales of antibiotics used among industrial farm animals. The bipartisan bill would also give the agency a deadline to finalize policies proposed last year to eliminate the use of antibiotics for growth promotion purposes in meat production.
More info"As a nation, we need to exercise greater care with our use of antibiotics, in both humans and animals, so that these medications remain effective in treating serious bacterial infections."
More infoSuperChefs Against Superbugs, an initiative of the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming, is a movement of chefs nationwide who have expressed their support of ending the misuse and overuse of antibiotics in food animal production. As a result, the SuperChefs are urging the Food and Drug Administration to strengthen its antibiotic policies.
More infoIt used to be easy to treat healthy children with common bacterial infections; a regimen of antibiotic pills could usually wipe out the disease. Today, patients might need to go home on intravenous antibiotics because oral therapies will no longer work. Antibiotic resistance is to blame.
More infoA past bout of salmonella led Maine resident Danielle Wadsworth to travel to Washington, D.C. this week to argue for stronger regulations to curtail the use of antibiotics in livestock farming. She took part Wednesday in "Supermoms Against Superbugs," an initiative of the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming.
More infoDr. Cecilia Di Pentima is in Washington, D.C., for “Supermoms against Superbugs” to push for laws to curtail the use of antibiotics in livestock farming — one of many fronts in the battle to preserve the effectiveness of the medicines. Family physicians in the South, including Tennessee, have also been identified as inadvertent purveyors of drug-resistant bacteria by prescribing too many antibiotics.
More infoEach year, tens of thousands of Americans die and hundreds of thousands are hospitalized because of bacterial infections resistant to antibiotics. Antibiotic overuse on industrial farms is a big part of the problem. The largest U.S. meat and poultry producers feed antibiotics to healthy animals over much of their lives to make them grow faster and to compensate for the overcrowded and unsanitary conditions in which they are bred and slaughtered.
More infoOn behalf of the undersigned organizations representing medical, public health, scientific, agricultural, environmental, animal protection, and other organizations, we urge you to include H.R. 820, the Delivering Antimicrobial Transparency in Animals (DATA) Act, as part of the final Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA). This legislation provides a reasonable, common-sense approach to better understanding antibiotic use in agriculture.
More infoWe have an amazing roster of more than fifty moms, dads, and other caregivers ready to take Washington by storm. Hailing from 25 states, each supermom and superdad has a unique story to tell about why we need to stop overusing antibiotics on industrial farms, including moms who almost lost children to antibiotic-resistant infections and pediatricians who fight superbugs every day.
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