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BLOG POST OF THE WEEKNO THANKS!

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It’s turkey time again.

Thanksgiving dinner means only one thing for millions of us: turkey. Of the 100
million turkeys on farms around the U.S., 46 million [[link removed]] of them will be eaten on Thanksgiving Day.

When turkeys arrive at our supermarkets, plucked and cleaned, there’s nothing to
alert us to the conditions endured by most of the birds that eventually land on
our holiday tables.

But the vast majority of turkeys come from industrial factory farms, where as
many as 25,000 birds—pumped full of antibiotics
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The lives of industrially produced turkeys are short and miserable. And the
environmental damage and human health consequences of supporting factory farm
turkey producers are well-documented
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What’s the alternative? Organic, pasture-raised turkey from farmers who treat
the birds humanely and are also good stewards of the land.

Read ‘Factory Farmed Turkeys—Nothing to be Thankful For’
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Holiday Turkey Buying Guide
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Map of regenerative turkey producers
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ACTION ALERTTOO UNCOOL FOR SCHOOL

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Can we get Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller off university campuses?



These two women [[link removed]] think so—if enough college students on campuses across the U.S. get involved.

In May, thanks to the inspiring work
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Gustafson—UC President Janet Napolitano declared a moratorium on the use of
Monsanto-Bayer’s glyphosate
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Napolitano also set up an Herbicide Task Force to consider the possibility of
phasing out these toxins altogether.

In November, the Herbicide Task Force is expected to make its recommendations to
President Napolitano who will then have to decide whether to leave her
glyphosate ban in place when she retires from her post next year.

It’s time for us all to speak up in favor of kicking Monsanto-Bayer
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campuses across the nation.

TAKE ACTON: Join the campaign for glyphosate-free and organic campuses
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK'CLEARLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY'
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Young climate activist Greta Thunberg says [[link removed]] that being on the autism spectrum means she sees things in “black and white.”

When it comes to the climate crisis, she’s not alone—in fact, at least 11,000
scientists agree with Thunberg that when it comes to climate change, there’s no
gray area.

In a report
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“We declare clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate
emergency. To secure a sustainable future, we must change how we live. [This]
entails major transformations in the ways our global society functions and
interacts with natural ecosystems.”

According to the Guardian
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“threatening natural ecosystems and the fate of humanity.”

Too many older adults may be too set in their ways to face the truth and change
their ways. But young activists like Thunberg see no future for themselves,
unless we unite around transformational system change.

Kids may be our best hope. In an article
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“But kids put it into perspective. If we don’t act, nearly one-third of the
world’s animal species will be gone by the time today’s high school students
reach retirement age. Some coastal U.S. cities will be mostly underwater by the
time today’s ten year olds start having grandchildren. 75 percent of babies born
today will experience deadly heat waves in their lifetime.

"Today’s youth are aware of all this—and when they hit their parents with a
little climate reality, well, it’s clearly hard to deny."

In her September interview with the Daily Show, Thunberg mentions a climate
strike that’s already taken place. But there’s another one coming up, on
December 6. If you can, round up some kids and join in
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Watch Greta Thunberg on ‘The Daily Show’
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TAKE ACTION: Organize or attend a December 6 climate strike.
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SUPPORT OCA & CRLSTOP THE INSANITY
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In an email, a farmer in Iowa told us that if he were able to attend the
November 9 Climate Summit in Des Moines, Iowa, he’d want to ask the audience
this:

“Could it possibly make sense that we have farmers contemplating suicide because
of low commodity prices, while agribusiness consortiums are tearing out the
Amazon rainforest to grow even more of these commodities and make them cheaper?”

If we lived in a world where sanity prevailed, the answer would be obvious.

But today’s industrial agribusiness fails the sanity test, on almost every
level.

Consumers can, and must, help change the system by supporting organic
regenerative farmers and boycotting industrial grain, meat, poultry and dairy
products.

But consumers can’t do it alone. And farmers can’t change the system alone,
either.

It’s time for a massive overhaul of U.S. food and farming policies. We can’t
just “tweak” Farm Bill policy here and there and expect to see large-scale
policy reform.

The farmer who wrote this email is a member of the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers for a
Green New Deal coalition, a joint project of OCA, Regeneration International and
the Sunrise Movement.

The coalition’s goal? Unite farmers and consumers around the call for a massive
overhaul of U.S. ag policy.

It’s time for policymakers to support the farmers and ranchers who give back to
their communities by growing healthy food while also being good stewards of the
land—instead of allowing agribusiness lobbyists to write policies that let the
big polluters and rainforest-destroyers and animal-abusers and
resource-extrators and producers of pesticide- and drug-contaminated “cheap”
food.

But just because it's time, just because it's obviously the only sane thing to
do, doesn't mean it will happen.

We have to work at it. We have to all get involved.

Please support this critical campaign—for yourself, for the farmers, for the
future of food, human health and Planet Earth.

You can help stop the insanity.

Make a tax-deductible donation to the national coalition of U.S. Farmers and
Ranchers for a Green New Deal!
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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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ACTION ALERTICE CREAM ON DRUGS?

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It’s been more than a year since we sued
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sourced” and “environmentally responsible.”



The lawsuit
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of glyphosate
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What’s happened since? Through our attorneys, we’ve continued to push for Ben &
Jerry’s to stop misleading consumers.

So far, Unilever hasn’t budged.

This week, things got a little more interesting: A consumer in Vermont just
filed a similar lawsuit
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There’s also this new bit of information: It seems that in addition to having a
pesticide problem, Ben & Jerry’s also has a drug problem.

How so? According to this report
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farm dairies in Vermont that supply Ben & Jerry’s sold antibiotic-contaminated
milk.

Yet despite the glyphosate in its ice cream, despite supporting dairies fueled
by pesticide-drenched GMO grains, despite contributing to the global antibiotic
resistance crisis
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We can’t think of any company that comes close to doing a better job than
Unilever at duping consumers into thinking the Ben & Jerry's brand is “socially
responsible.”

One of the latest examples of Unilever’s corporate hypocrisy? Ben & Jerry’s
joined other companies in signing a petition
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glyphosate as a dessicant (drying agent) on oats.

Seriously? From a company that supports the growing of more than 90,000 acres of
GMO corn in Vermont—much of it treated
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It’s time to ramp up the pressure on Unilever. It’s time for Ben & Jerry’s to
stop supporting the industrial "dirty dairy" system.

It's time for Ben & Jerry's to go organic.

Read ‘Ben & Jerry’s Drug Problem’
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Post on Ben & Jerry’s Facebook page
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Call Ben & Jerry’s: (802) 846-1500

Use this customer complaint form
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SIGN THE PETITION: Tell Ben & Jerry’s: Roundup Ready Ice Cream Isn’t Socially
Responsible. Go Organic!
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LITTLE BYTESESSENTIAL READING

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Roundup Weedkiller: 42,000 Plaintiffs Sue Bayer Over Glyphosate
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Cannabis in Modern Medicine
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Impossible Burger: So Many Reasons Not to Eat It
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Can Farmers and Ranchers Pull One Trillion Tons of Carbon Dioxide Out of the
Atmosphere?
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Fishery Collapse Confirms ‘Silent Spring’ Pesticide Prophecy
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New Lawsuit Alleges Ben & Jerry’s Deceives Consumers About Farming Practices
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