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SIGN THE PETITION: Tell the DNC to Hold a Climate Debate and Include Agriculture!
Dear Supporter,
Whoa! Did you hear that?!
A presidential candidate on the debate stage talked about soil as a solution to climate change! One extolled the environmental benefits of cover crops and conservation easements! Another even name-checked two regenerative organic farmers!
The climate emergency is our most urgent crisis. It deserves its own debate—that debate must include a discussion of the power of regenerative agriculture to reverse global warming.
The Sunrise Movement has been pressuring the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to hold a #climatedebate. We agree! And we also think that just talking about fossil fuels and emissions reduction isn’t enough—the debate organizers need to give the regenerative agriculture solution equal time.
Fortunately, this election cycle, climate is getting more attention than it has in past presidential elections. Even better, many candidates have caught on to the fact that fossil fuel reduction alone won’t be enough to save us—we have to transform our food and farming system from one that degenerates health and the environment, to one that regenerates it.
Here’s what candidate Tim Ryan said during the last debate:
“But you cannot get there on climate unless we talk about agriculture. We need to convert our industrial agriculture system over to a sustainable and regenerative agriculture system that actually sequesters carbon into the soil. And you can go ask -- you can go ask Gabe Brown and Allen Williams, who actually make money off of regenerative agriculture. So we can move away from all the subsidies that we're giving the farmers. They haven't made a profit in five years. And we could start getting good food into our schools and into our communities. And that's going to drive health care down. That's another part of the health care conversation that we didn't even have. How do we start talking about health instead of just disease care?”
This topic deserves way more attention than it’s likely to get unless we have a national debate focused solely on climate change. That’s what the Sunrise Movement has demanded. Initially, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) initially refused. But then, both MSNBC and CNN announced they would broadcast candidate forums about climate change. Now the news is that the DNC may vote on the issue on August 23.
Let’s support the Sunrise Movement’s demand for a climate debate and let the DNC know we want one that includes agriculture!
Thank you!
Alexis, for the OCA Team
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