It was once a rhetorical musing. Now it’s the critical question of our time as
scientists grapple with tricky questions about life—and larders—in a
climate-changing world.
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ESSAY OF THE WEEKLIFE AND LARDERS
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What will we eat in the future?
What was once a rhetorical musing has now become the critical question of our
time, as scientists grapple with tricky questions about life—and larders—in a
climate-changing world.
Agriculture is both a key contributor to climate change and one of the sectors
most vulnerable to those changes.
That fact alone should send an urgent message that the way we farm has to
change.
Instead, what we are witnessing is a stubborn cadre of policymakers, tech
companies and big agribusinesses that believe that business as usual can be
maintained with a just a few tweaks to the system.
But the science is telling a different story.
Read ‘How Climate Change Is Changing the Menu—and What We Can Do About It’
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Learn more about U.S. Farmers & Ranchers for a Green New Deal
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ACTION ALERTCOW FLIPPING?
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You’ve heard of cow tipping and house flipping. But how about cow flipping?
There are lots of organic dairies
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But some “Big Organic” (as in, not really organic) dairies are taking advantage
of a loophole in the Origin of Livestock Rule by “flipping” dairy cows in and
out of organic production.
Cow flipping lets these organic imposters
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organic—like “ spray-dried bovine plasma
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It’s time to close this loophole.
Cow flipping hurts consumers who think their “certified organic” milk is
produced by dairy farmers who follow the rules. And it hurts the small dairy
farmers whose prices are undercut in the market by factory farm-style dairies
that cheat the system.
SIGN THE PETITION: Tell the National Organic Program: Don’t let 'Big Organic'
dairies cheat family farmers and consumers.
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MILLIONS AGAINST MONSANTOWHY NOW?
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Why is it especially urgent that we ramp up the campaign against Monsanto’s
Roundup weedkiller right now?
Because the evermore corrupt federal government and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) continue to put the profits and campaign donations of
chemical/GMO/pesticide companies like Monsanto ahead of the public interest.
And that poses an increasingly dangerous threat to our health, environment,
climate and our children.
The EPA—especially under Trump, but also under the next administration, too—will
never ban Roundup, or any of the scores of toxic chemicals threatening our
lives, without massive grassroots pressure.
OCA and our allies, after 20 years of steady campaigning, have created a growing
awareness and resistance against the Poison Cartel.
At the same time, the pro-organic, anti-GMO movement has created massive demand
for organic and regenerative food.
But we need to push harder. We need to foment a grassroots uprising in the U.S.,
part of an international Millions Against Monsanto campaign.
We need to drive Roundup off the market and Monsanto/Bayer into bankruptcy.
We need to put the Poison Cartel out of business.
But we can’t do it without you.
URGENT: A generous donor has offered to match donations to our Millions Against
Monsanto campaign through midnight PST, October 13. Please make your donation
today, either online, by phone or by mail.
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ACTION ALERTMORE, PLEASE
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California did it. Can your state do it, too?
This week, California regulators said that beginning November 8, manufacturers
of the pesticide chlorpyrifos can no longer sell the brain-damaging pesticide in
the state. Distributors have to stop selling it by Feb. 6, 2020, and it will be
against the law to use it beginning Dec. 31, 2020.
Chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxic organophosphate insecticide that, even at very low
levels, has been linked to severe birth defects, brain damage and mental
disorders in children, including ADHD and autism
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Then along came Trump and his “ pay for play
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Now it’s up to the states. Could yours be next?
TAKE ACTION: Ask your Governor and state legislators to ban chlorpyrifos!
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BLOG POST OF THE WEEKA BETTER WORLD
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Can the organic
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A new report
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The report, “Organic Agriculture and the Sustainable Development Goals,”
examines how organic farming can help meet many of the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) proposed by the United Nations and its member states under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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The agenda is a plan of action
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the next 15 years.
Organic agriculture can help achieve eight of those goals, according to the
IFOAM report. Which ones? And how? Read our blog post
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Read ‘Can Organic Farming Save the World? Yes. But Only Through a Transformation
in U.S. Food & Farm Policy’
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK60 YEARS
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Unless we stop abusing the world’s soil, we’ve got 60 years
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" The Need To GROW [[link removed]] ", an award-winning new film narrated by Rosario Dawson
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to save the world.
To celebrate the film’s worldwide release, our friends at Food Revolution
Network are teaming up with Earth Conscious films to offer it to you for
free—but for only five days.
“The Need to GROW” focuses on how regenerating soils will:
• Store more water in our environment to prevent drought and flood
• Create high-powered nutrient density in ways that can restore human health
• Protect our drinking water and oceans from harmful chemical contaminants
• And reverse climate change by storing huge amounts of carbon in the soil!
Don’t miss out! Watch the entire film, free, from Food Revolution Network and
Earth Conscious films, but only until October 15
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Missed the date? Watch the “Need to GROW” trailer
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LITTLE BYTESESSENTIAL READING
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Should Kids Avoid This Kind of Milk?
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Organic Apples Have More Diverse Microbiome Than Chemically Grown Ones
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Organic Chicken Less Likely to Harbor a Dangerous 'Superbug'
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Farm to Hospital Bed: This Hospital Uses Its Roof to Feed Thousands
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Heart Disease May Be Linked to Pesticide Exposure
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Seafood Can Resolve Many Nutrient Deficiencies
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Can Your Neighborhood Affect Your Blood Pressure?
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