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ESSAY OF THE WEEK'JUNGLE' INDEED
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Welcome back to “The Jungle.” That’s how writer Kim Kelly ends the article
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“The Jungle”
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revealed the atrocious conditions in U.S. slaughterhouses.

The book ultimately led to federal regulations (within four months of the
novel’s publication) forcing the owners of meatpacking plants to improve the
dangerous and disgusting working conditions endured by those unfortunate enough
to work in the animal slaughter business.

“Welcome back” refers to the Trump administration’s success in turning back the
clock, making conditions worse—for workers in corporate-owned slaughterhouses
and for consumers who eat the meat processed there.

Kelly’s article is one of two recent news stories that shine a light on the
darkest of industries—industrial meat—and reveal how our federal regulatory
agencies continue to enable industrial meat producers to thrive in what Pulitzer
Prize-winning Chris Hedges recently referred
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October 16 was World Food Day
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industrially produced meat, and why we should never give up the battle to end
factory farming, once and for all.

Read 'On World Food Day: Let's Boycott and Ban Factory Farms'
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ACTION ALERTSMOKIN' IDEA

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Here’s an idea: Let’s keep the Pesticide Giants
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The drug war [[link removed]] isn’t over yet, but it’s not too soon to advocate for regenerative organic
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Black-market marijuana is synonymous with pesticide-heavy
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Now that many states have chosen to legalize cannabis for medical and
recreational use, we have an opportunity to advocate for regenerative
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pesticides or synthetic fertilizers.

TAKE ACTION: Join our campaign for organic cannabis by signing this petition.
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ACTION ALERTWHO KNEW?

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When you buy certified organic processed meats (bacon, ham, salami, etc.) with
the words “uncured” and “no nitrates” on the package, you can safely assume
you’re avoiding cancer-causing substances, right?

Not if the meat you buy also contains non-organic celery powder produced with
chemical nitrate fertilizer.

When members of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) convene in
Pittsburgh this month, they’ll address several controversial issues, including
this one: Should celery powder be allowed in certified organic processed meats?

Celery powder? Controversial?

Surely something so harmless as celery powder couldn’t have anything to do with
the carcinogens
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It could. And it’s time the NOSB did something about it.

Read what OrganicEye has to say about it
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SIGN THE PETITION: Get carcinogenic nitrosamines out of organic meat by banning
celery powder!
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SUPPORT OCA & CCLWE'VE GOT YOUR BACK.
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Next week, as we have twice every year for the past couple decades, OCA will
send a representative to the bi-annual National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)
meeting.



We’ll present tens of thousands of signatures from consumers demanding that the
NOSB crack down on Big Fake Organic dairies that cheat the system.

We’ll present thousands of signatures from consumers telling the NOSB that any
ingredient used to process meat that causes that meat to become carcinogenic
should be banned from organic.

We’ll press for stronger, not weaker, organic standards.

We’ll argue that independent, authentic organic producers, motivated by fairness
and a commitment to consumers and to being good stewards of the land, should
write the rules for organic standards—not giant corporations, pressured by
shareholders to increase stock values.

We take seriously our role as protector of organic standards. It’s an important
piece of the work we do.

We wish we could bring all of you with us to Pittsburgh next week.

But we’ll settle for bringing your signatures, and your values and your spirit.

Your voices will be heard. We’ve got your back.

Make a tax-deductible donation to Organic Consumers Association, a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit
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Support Citizens Regeneration Lobby, OCA’s 501(c)(4) lobbying arm (not
tax-deductible)
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Click here for more ways to support our work
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VIDEO OF THE WEEKBLIND ACCEPTANCE

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Like millions of people, you’ve probably been trained by medical practitioners
to accept a growing list of ailments as just “part of the aging process.”



Only a handful of those practitioners will tell you that many of the
degenerative conditions you’ve come to accept as normal could in fact have as
much to do with what you eat, as they have to do with how old you are.

When it comes to the health of your eyes, blindly following your doctor’s
storyline about macular degeneration and aging could leave you, well, blind.

In this week’s video
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condition forecast to affect 196 million people by 2020.

Knobbe tells Dr. Mercola:

“Today, 20 percent of the world’s diet is wheat. In the U.S., 85 percent of that
is refined, meaning, it’s nutrient-deficient, kind of like sugar in a lot of
ways. If you advance to 2009, those four foods—sugar, refined white wheat flour,
polyunsaturated vegetable oils and trans fats—make up 63 percent of the American
diet. This is the recipe for disaster. This is what sits at the base of all of
this metabolic disease, including macular degeneration.”

Will your doctor tell you that the best way to avoid going blind is to change
the way you eat? Probably not, according to a new study
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Reporting
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Culturally and politically, we’re increasingly acknowledging that what we eat
plays a major role in our health. Which is why it’s especially strange that
healthcare providers know so little about it.

All the more reason to take control of your own health—starting with what you
eat.

Watch ‘Using Diet to Treat Macular Degeneration’
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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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LITTLE BYTESESSENTIAL READING

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Water Poisoning Alerts Hidden from Public
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The Age of Radical Evil
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Child Labor in Your Chocolate? Check Our Chocolate Scorecard
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Toxic PFAS Chemicals Found in Artificial Turf
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Back to the Earth: When It Comes to After-Death Care and Burials, Green Is the
New Black
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Revealed: Google Made Large Contributions to Climate Change Deniers
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Let Them Eat GM Cottonseed
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