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If ever there were a time to connect the dots between soil health, food and climate that time would be now. Or better yet, yesterday.

A new study by Oxford University scientists suggests that 248,000 people will die each year in China by 2050 because of climate- linked decreases in food production. India faces a yearly loss of 160,000 people, with Vietnam, Bangladesh and the U.S. next in line, according to the study, published in “The Lancet,” a UK medical journal.

The study’s authors conclude that reduced consumption of fruit and vegetables pose a deadly health risk. Why will so many people be at risk? Because thanks to global warming, there won’t be enough fruits and vegetables to go around.

From a Climate News Network report about the study:

The authors calculated the change in the number of deaths attributable to climate-related changes in weight and diets for the combination of four emissions pathways (one high, one low and two medium) and three socio-economic pathways (sustainable development, middle of the road, and more fragmented development).

The model projects that, by 2050, climate change will lead to per-person reductions of 3.2% in global food availability. Consumption of red meat is projected to fall by 0.7%, but that of fruit and vegetables by 4%. These changes will be associated with 529,000 annual climate-related deaths worldwide.

That sounds like a high-falutin scientific calculation better left to those who work at the level of university scientists.

But here’s a simple truth we can all grasp. During the past 40 years, nearly one-third of the world's cropland (1.5 billion hectares) has been abandoned because of soil erosion and degradation. Much of that erosion and degradation are directly tied to modern agricultural practices, which by every measure have failed to live up to their promise to "feed the world." Toxic chemicals which destroy the soil’s critical microbial structure, and excessive tilling have not only destroyed an alarming amount of the world's soil, these practices also destroy the soil’s natural ability to draw down and sequester carbon.

Therein lies the rub. Modern industrial food production is a huge contributor to global warming. Global warming will eventually make it impossible for us to produce enough food if we continue to use modern industrial food production methods.

There’s a better way. Organic regenerative agriculture and holistic management practices can both feed the world, and cool the planet. It’s time.

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Cute goats. Rescued chickens. Sixty—yes, 60!—beehives. 

David Young tends them all.

Young, a transplant from Indiana, now lives in New Orleans. He has managed to turn 30 neighborhood lots in the Lower Ninth Ward, abandoned after Katrina ravaged the region in 2005, into an urban food garden.

Last year, Young fed over 2500 pounds of food to his neighbors. Who says you have to live on a farm in the country to grow food?

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On October 15-16, people from all over the world who have been harmed by Monsanto will convene in The Hague, Netherlands, for the International Monsanto Tribunal.

Witness selection is nearly complete. A panel of distinguished judges has been installed. Monsanto has been invited. And plans for the People’s Assembly, two days of workshops and strategy sessions that will also be held in The Hague, are nearly final.

The Monsanto Tribunal is a citizens’ tribunal. It is being organized by the people, for the people, to draw attention to Monsanto’s crimes against human health and the environment.

As with any people-powered citizens’ initiative, the Monsanto Tribunal is also being funded by—the people.

OCA has committed a substantial amount to make sure witnesses who can’t afford their own travel expenses are able to attend. This week, we’re reaching out to you to help raise the necessary funds. And we’re hoping you will reach out to your personal networks, too.

For those of you on Facebook, there’s an easy way to let your friends know about the Tribunal, and encourage them to support it. Here’s how it works:

1.    Go here. 
2.    Instead of clicking on the “Donate” button, click on “Create Fundraiser.”
3.    In the box that pops up, write “Monsanto Tribunal” in the field marked “Fundraiser Title.”
4.    In the “Tell Your Story” field write a few lines explaining to your friends and family why the Monsanto Tribunal is important, and why you personally hope they will support it.
5.    Set a deadline and a goal—how much do you want to raise?
6.    If you like, upload your photo, or another photo that you think will inspire your friends to donate.
7.    Click “Create.”
8.    Now, Invite your Facebook friends to your fundraiser, the same way you’d invite them to an event 

That’s it! 

If you’re not on Facebook, but you want to donate directly to the Monsanto Tribunal, please click here. Thank you!

The factory farm industry is so full of bad actors it’s tough to say who’s the worst.

But Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) surely belongs at or near the top of the list.

Besides Tyson’s well-documented animal abuse record, its callous disregard for the safety of its employees, and its role as one of this country’s worst polluters, Tyson is also actively lobbying to prevent Congress from passing legislation that would provide basic protections for the farmers who raise the animals, under contract, destined for Tyson’s processing plants.

Why? So Tyson Foods Chairman John Tyson can protect his billions in profits.

Over the years, the farmers who work for Tyson have watched their incomes drop, while Tyson himself has been feathering his nest thanks to higher and higher profit margins. Tyson doesn’t even pay farmers enough to meet their operating costs. Of growers whose sole source of income is chicken farming, 71 percent of are living below the poverty line.

New but yet-to-be-enacted rules under the Packers and Stockyards Act would help protect farmers who supply chicken to Tyson. But if Tyson has its way, those rules will never see the light of day.

TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to stop the Tyson Foods Anti-Farmer Act!

General Mills claims that its Nature Valley granola bars are “Made with 100% Natural Whole Grain Oats.” Given that claim, and given that there are no commercially grown genetically engineered oats (at least, not yet), you’d naturally expect Nature Valley granola bars to be free of glyphosate, right?

You would be wrong. Testing by an independent laboratory reveals that Nature Valley granola bars do indeed contain glyphosate, the key (and cancer-causing) ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup.  

We thought you’d like to know. We also thought you’d agree that General Mills should be forced to stop deceiving you and millions of other consumers.

So today, OCA and our allies, Beyond Pesticides and Moms Across America, sued the junk food giant and its Nature Valley subsidiary for violating the District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act (“DC CPPA”), D.C. Code §§ 28-3901, et seq. by making “false and misleading representations and omissions” about its Nature Valley products.

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