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TOP NEWS OF THE WEEK'LINKING ARMS'

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“Today, tens of thousands of young people with the Sunrise Movement are linking
arms with the tens of thousands of farmers and ranchers in this historic
coalition to demand a Green New Deal that reinvests in our family farms and
empowers them to be the heroes we need them to be to stop the climate crisis.” -
Garrett Blad, Sunrise Movement, September 18, 2019

Last week, Organic Consumers Association (OCA)
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Five members of Congress joined us in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington,
D.C., to call for a Green New Deal for farmers and ranchers. Earlier in the day,
we delivered a letter [[link removed]] to every member of Congress, signed by more than 500 individual farms, and 50
organizations representing more than 10,000 farmers and ranchers, asking
Congress to support the Green New Deal Resolution.

Representatives of the Women, Food & Agriculture Network [[link removed]] , Indiana Farmers Union [[link removed]] and American Sustainable Business Council
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Why is a consumer and environmental advocacy group like OCA so invested in this
new coalition?

Because we’re facing a food crisis. A soil crisis. A water crisis. And a climate
crisis. And there’s just no way we solve these interconnected issues without
“linking arms" and working together.

Read ‘Linking Arms: Farmers, Consumers and Climate Activists Launch National
Coalition for a Green New Deal’
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Read the press release
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More about the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers for a Green New Deal
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SIGN UP for the Regeneration International newsletter
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TAKE ACTION: Sign the Green Consumers for a Green New Deal petition
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TAKE ACTION: Make a tax-deductible donation to the national coalition of U.S.
Farmers and Ranchers for a Green New Deal!
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MILLIONS AGAINST MONSANTO'WHAT FOOLS'
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The nearly 18,000 cancer victims suing Monsanto
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accountable for concealing the truth about the potential dangers associated with
its flagship weedkiller, Roundup
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The Australian version of the popular news program, “60 Minutes,” earlier this
month ran a segment [[link removed]] about Michael Ogolirolo, an Australian landscaper who says exposure to Roundup
caused his leukemia.

The reporter interviewed Brent Wisner, the attorney who represented Dewayne
Johnson, in the first Roundup trial in the U.S. Wisner said that with Roundup,
we are right now at the “exact same moment” we were decades ago with cigarettes:

“Forty years from now we’re going to look back at this time and say, ‘what fools
we were, of course it [Roundup] causes cancer.’”

Wisner also told “60 Minutes” that Bayer is “just lying” when the company
continues to claim that Roundup is “completely safe.”

“We have their own studies that they themselves conducted that show when you
expose animals or humans to this, you see genetic damage, you see lymphoma.”

Meanwhile, back in the good old U.S. of A., Bayer is desperately trying to block
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backyard, St. Louis, Mo.

Watch the ‘60 Minutes’ segment on Roundup in Australia
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Read ‘Monsanto Makes New Bid to Block St. Louis Trial’
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TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to Ban Monsanto’s Roundup Weedkiller!
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SUPPORT OUR MILLIONS AGAINST MONSANTO CAMPAIGN
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ACTION ALERTYUCK!

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According to the company website, D’Artagnan’s foie gras “is considered a great
delicacy around the world.”

But if you’re eating D’Artagnan’s foie gras, what you’re actually eating is the diseased liver
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Samples of D’Artagnan’s foie gras, submitted by Organic Consumers Association
for independent lab testing, confirm
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hepatic lipidosis,” or what’s commonly known as fatty liver disease.

Setting aside the “yuck” factor for a minute, what do these test results mean?

They mean that the birds used to produce this “great delicacy” for consumers
lived painful, tortured lives.

Read ‘Tests Confirm: If You’re Eating this ‘Delicacy,’ You’re Eating a Diseased
Liver’
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TAKE ACTION: California Banned Foie Gras. Ask Your State to Do the Same.
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VIDEO OF THE WEEKSTRAIGHT TALK

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Less than a week after the launch of the national coalition
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member, sent us a video
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Hoffman’s message?

“I think America has to make some decisions about farmers and farming, and
making them viable . . . How we’re going to support people on the land is a
critical question right now.”

Hoffman and her partner, John Hogeland, are taking over her family’s Iowa farm, Whippoorwill Creek Farm
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As Hoffman has written
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transition to organic regenerative practices, to make a living:

But farming - even in a place like Iowa - is a profession that doesn’t pay. Not
“doesn’t pay” like teachers should be paid more or cooks make so much less than
waiters. No, farming at small scale like we are talking about doing on the farm
literally does not make any money. In fact, farmers often pay to farm.

A Green New Deal
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Hoffman.

Watch ‘A Young Farmer’s Plea for a Green New Deal’
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SIGN UP for the Regeneration International newsletter
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TAKE ACTION: Support the national coalition of U.S. Farmers and Ranchers for a
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NEW STUDYDIVERSITY RULES

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A new study confirms what most scientists already know, and what proponents of
industrial agribusiness either don’t get, or won’t admit: Nature abhors a
monoculture. The study suggests that by restoring biodiversity, we can vastly
enhance the soil’s potential to store carbon.

That’s good news for the climate. And there are co-benefits, too: healthier,
more resilient soil and plants, not to mention wildlife habitats.

Scientists have long believed that soil aggregates—clusters of soil
particles—were the principal locations for stable carbon storage. These clusters
develop when tiny particles of soil clump together.

Mycorrhiza—the microscopic fungi which live in healthy soils—produce sticky
compounds that help “glue” these clusters together helping to stabilize and
protect the carbon particles inside them.

Now, a recent study
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Center, suggests that this soil clustering is most efficient when soil has a
healthy “pore structure.” And the key to a healthy pore structure is plant
biodiversity. According to the report:

Soils from restored prairie ecosystems, with many different plant species, had
many more pores of the right size for stable carbon storage than did a pure
stand of switchgrass.

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ACTION ALERTWHAT'S FOR LUNCH?

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Schoolchildren deserve access to fresh, locally grown food. Yet the foods served
up by most school cafeterias are bad for kids, bad for local farm businesses and
bad for the environment.

Who gains when the school menu is full of chicken nuggets, “cheese” pizza,
french fries and tater tots? Giant food corporations that support factory farms
and chemical companies, like Monsanto.

Feeding kids processed food filled with cheap ingredients can have profound and
long-lasting health effects. Eating ultra-processed food is linked
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The “ Kids Eat Local Act
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schools source more local food, which would in turn give kids access to healthy,
nutritious lunches.

The “Kids Eat Local Act” would also help support local farms by creating more
market opportunities. What’s not to love?

TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to Support the “Kids Eat Local Act”
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LITTLE BYTESESSENTIAL READING

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Today’s Special: Grilled Salmon Laced With Plastic
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Don't Go Vegan to Save the Planet. You Can Help by Being a Better Meat-Eater.
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Genetically Engineered Animals: From Lab to Factory Farm
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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Yield Unintended Consequences, Yale Study Finds
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Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: If We Want a Future, Green New Deal Is Key
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A Big New Study Finds Bee-Killing Pesticides Aren’t Even Worth It for Soybean
Farmers
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The Link Between Fast Food and Teenage Depression
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