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BLOG POST OF THE WEEKCONSUMER POWER

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Think consumer boycotts don’t have much power? Think again.

Back in the day before Congress killed
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(GMA) spent millions of dollars in California to defeat a citizen ballot
initiative in 2012 that would have required labels on GMO foods.

That made the GMA and its members—including organic and natural brands
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Brands weren’t too happy about that. So when a similar initiative came on the
ballot in Washington, the GMA tried to protect brands by illegally laundering
donations to the anti-labeling campaign.

From then on, it was all downhill for Monsanto’s Evil Twin
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Read ‘Consumers Force Lobbying Group for Big Food Brands to ‘Re-Brand’ Itself’
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MILLIONS AGAINST MONSANTOJUST BAN IT

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As if we needed more evidence of the dangers posed by Monsanto’s
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A newly published study adds to the ever-growing pile of evidence in support of
the cancer-causing potential of the weedkiller active ingredient glyphosate. Glyphosate
[[link removed]] herbicides like Roundup are used on over 85% of genetically modified crops.

The new study shows that a very low concentration of glyphosate (in the parts
per trillion range and thus environmentally relevant for everyone) can trigger
breast cancer when combined with another risk factor.

The statistics
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year—that’s 41,760 women.

Meanwhile, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency drags its feet, and
Monsanto’s parent company continues to insist
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the world— 9.4 million tons
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Because well, you know, corporate profits—the market for glyphosate is predicted
to reach $12.54 billion
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Read ‘Glyphosate Can Trigger Aggressive Breast Cancer When Combined With Another
Risk Factor’
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TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to Ban Monsanto’s Roundup Weedkiller!
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Make a tax-deductible donation to the Millions Against Monsanto Campaign
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SUPPORT OCA & CRLONE-TWO PUNCH
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The shift from agrarian societies to industrial, to digital, has come at a high
cost when it comes to the general public’s knowledge of agriculture. The value
of that loss cannot be over estimated when it comes to consumer campaigns and
the role they can and must play in promoting the system changes we need for a
just transition to sustainable agriculture, sector-wide. - Institute for
Agriculture and Trade Policy, August 8, 2019

The crumbling of Big Food’s biggest lobbying group, the Grocery Manufacturers
Association, and the association's recently announced plan to reinvent itself as
the Consumer Brands Association, proves the power of consumer campaigns that
target corporate greed and corruption.

OCA took some heat when in 2012 we first launched the “Traitor Boycott,”
targeting the organic and natural brands that had been scooped up by Big Food
corporations. But the campaign had an impact, even if it took several years for
that impact to be fully realized.

The combination of consumer campaigns and consumer education delivers a one-two
punch to Big Brands and the Big Food corporations that own them.

According to a report in Money magazine:

As consumers come to place higher importance on fresh, healthier foods, and no
longer feel compelled to stick with the grocery brands from their childhoods,
the sales of plenty of old-fashioned classics are suffering.

And from the Wall Street Journal:

The classic consumer food companies—makers of cereals, snacks, soups and
condiments—are no longer the staples of pantries or portfolios. Shares of some
are down by a third or more over the past year as strategies to boost sales
fail, and consumers embrace fresh food and new brands.

We have a long way to go before we rid the world of corporations whose food
destroys our health, and whose production practices destroy our environment. But
thanks to you, we're making progress.

Please consider making a donation today to help us grow our consumer campaign
and education work. Thank you.

Make a tax-deductible donation to Organic Consumers Association, a 501(c)(3)
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VIDEO OF THE WEEKDIRTY DEALS

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This week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue threw small and mid-sized
independent family farmers under the bus when he said
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“In America, the big get bigger and the small go out. I don’t think in America
we, for any small business, we have a guaranteed income or guaranteed
profitability.”

Yet we sure as heck do have guaranteed income and guaranteed profitability for Big Ag and Big Food and
Big Farms— in the form of billions of dollars in subsidies
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waterways and provide contaminated ingredients for junk food.

Who doesn’t Perdue and his U.S. Department of Agriculture want to support? Farmers like
Phillip and Dorathy Barker, who farmed for 40 years in North Carolina.

In this video
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“Forty years. We’ve been in dairy for 40 years. Not everybody wants to be big,
big, big . . . We tried to sell into school systems, but we couldn’t because of
the way the system is locked in.”

The “system” Barker refers to is the institutional food system dominated by
three giant corporations—Aramark, Compass Group and Sodexo—which locks out
independent farmers like the Barkers in favor of exclusive relationships with Big Food companies like Tyson (the No.1
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And of course, whether it’s here in the states like North Carolina, or anywhere
else in the world, farmers of color are the ones hit first and worst by the
destructive business practices of Big Ag and Big Food.

Watch the Real Meals Campaign video
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Read ‘Real Meals, Not Dirty Deals: A National Coalition Calls for Food Justice’
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TAKE ACTION: Join the Real Meals Campaign
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SAVE ORGANIC STANDARDSORGANICEYE
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Who owns the organic
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Sure, we have laws governing organic certification, and certifiers who are
responsible for making sure producers adhere to those regulations.

But as we’ve reported
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That’s where OrganicEye, a new project of Beyond Pesticides, comes in.

OrganicEye, a watchdog group led by organic industry veterans Mark Kastel, Jay
Feldman and Terry Shistar, plans to keep a close eye on all things organic.

They’re counting on consumers to help.

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LITTLE BYTESESSENTIAL READING

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Fake Meat Is Junk Food
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Google Becomes Evil
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Guess Which Candidates Support the Farmers Bill of Rights?
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Milk? Sugar? Microplastics? Some Tea Bags Found to Shed Billions of Particles
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Uncovering How Microbes in the Soil Influence Our Health and Our Food
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Quiz: Veggie Burger or Dog Food?
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Beauty Company Must Pay FTC $1.76M for Falsely Labeling Products as Organic and
Vegan — How Not to Get Duped
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