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Citing what it says is mounting public support, a group of environmental, legislative and farm leaders called Tuesday for a moratorium on new confined animal feeding operations, saying the large-scale livestock-raising facilities pollute Iowa's water and air and harm rural communities.
Read moreWhen Donald Trump told gathered supporters in D.C. Wednesday afternoon that “we’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, and we’re going to the Capitol,” they didn’t wait. They started to march right away.
Read moreThe transition from an industrial, polluting, wasteful agricultural system to one that supports the health of our soil, our crops and our people requires committed farmers—and committed leaders.
If, like us, you dream of an organic, regenerative food system led by independent family farmers, then news that Joe Biden has asked Tom Vilsack to return to his Obama Era post as Secretary of
Read moreIf you think the people President-Elect Joe Biden appoints to lead the executive branch should be people who 1) don’t have ties to agribusiness, fossil fuel companies or corporate lobbyists, 2) represent the diversity of America, and 3) are ready to act with the urgency that the climate, economic, health and farm crises demand, please sign this petition in support of the climate justice cabinet.
The Sunrise Movement and Justice Democrats have proposed a
Read moreDonald Trump had to withdraw scientist Michael Dourson’s Environmental Protection Agency nomination. A hired-gun for Monsanto, Dow and DuPont, there were even Republican Senators who couldn’t bring themselves to vote for him.
Read moreThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are known as Death, Famine, War and Conquest. One could say that in the U.S. military, the “Four Horsemen of Pharma” are these four drugs: pyridostigmine bromide (PB), mefloquine (Lariam®), smallpox vaccine and anthrax vaccine.
Read moreYou may have heard that Bill Gates is so rich that his investments make money faster than he can donate it.
But, the cash that appears to stack up, even as it's given away, is actually a sleight of hand.
Gates’ trick is self-dealing; he donates to the companies he invests in.
As revealed by investigative
Read moreThe transition from an industrial, polluting, wasteful agricultural system to one that supports the health of our soil, our crops and our people requires committed farmers—and committed leaders.
If, like us, you dream of an organic, regenerative food system led by independent family farmers, then reports that Joe Biden is considering former North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp as a potential
Read moreThe city of Berkeley, California, is trying to make its residents healthier. As part of a health initiative, Berkeley is getting ready to become the first city in the US to require large grocery stores to stop selling junk food and candy in checkout aisles. The new rule is expected to go into effect March 2021.
Read moreThe cars that typically throng the huge highways weaving through Los Angeles are such an established part of the city’s fabric that when the coronavirus pandemic hit, their sudden absence felt bizarre to locals even eerie. But many Angelenos have now discovered a new sort of relationship with their streets.
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