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Organic Consumers Association was founded in 1998, in part to shut down plans by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow foods containing genetically engineered ingredients…
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Corporate Bailouts for Corporate Criminals? Demand a #JustRecovery Now!
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Corporate lobbyists have no shame. Neither does Congress. Or the Trump administration.They’re using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to shovel taxpayer dollars into corpor…
Read moreApocalypse Now: Stop the Madness
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COVID-19 has now violently emerged, alongside the Climate Emergency, as an existential threat. Our health, economic livelihoods, climate stability, democracy—our very survival as a human …
Read moreURGENT: Tell Congress: Pass a COVID-19 Stimulus Plan That Helps People, Not Corporations
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Trump wants a $500 billion slush fund to bail out his favorite corporations—including his own—that would be doled out in secret. We can’t let Trump get away with stealing fr…
Read moreThe Right to (Healthy) Food in a Pandemic
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With one in nine Americans already struggling to put food on the table, food insecurity and lack of access to healthy food are problems in the best of times. Now, the COVID-19…
Read moreBernie’s Green New Deal Has a Bold Plan to Revolutionize Our Food & Farming System
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The majority of people still equate the words “Green New Deal” with a plan to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy technologies. Very few people who hear or read those w…
Read moreWhere Do the 2020 Presidential Candidates Stand on GMOs?
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We’ve investigated each of the 2020 Presidential candidates to learn where they stand on GMOs by looking into who is funding their campaigns, what their records are as elected …
Read moreSave the Planet—by Destroying Farming?
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In a hall filled to the rafters with agroecological and regenerative farmers, a man approaches the podium. Most already know what he’s going to say, but they’ve come to listen…
Read moreBen & Jerry’s Will Stop Claiming Their Products Are Made with Milk from ‘Happy Cows’
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Ben & Jerry’s will no longer state on its packaging that the milk and cream used in its ice cream comes from “happy cows.”That’s (a little) good news for consumers who have been misled for year…
Read moreAntibiotics Are Losing Their Effectiveness. The Pork Industry Knows Why
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You probably don’t give antibiotics much thought—until you need them. But what happens if you need them, and they don’t work?The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says antibiotic-r…
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