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We Need Biden To Do These Things To Protect Our Food System — Immediately
Co-authored with Krissy Kasserman and Tarah Heinzen Meaningful action to reverse course on food and farm policy couldn’t be more urgent. The Biden Administration will inherit the most significant farm […]
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Tom Vilsack’s Cozy Relationship With Big Ag Makes Him A Non-Starter at USDA
Co-authored with Krissy Kasserman, Food & Water Watch Tom Vilsack wasn’t the right choice for Secretary of Agriculture in 2008 when President Obama nominated him to serve in that role. […]
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As We’re Giving Thanks, Let’s Resolve To Change Our Food System For The Better
Co-authored with Krissy Kasserman, Food & Water Watch Our holiday traditions are undoubtedly going to look very different this year. Fewer gatherings, less travel, smaller meals with immediate family. Even […]
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Mega-Mergers Are As Guilty As The Pandemic For Our Broken Food Supply Chain
Dairy farmers dump milk while hungry folks line up for hours at food pantries. Ranchers euthanize livestock while meat disappears from store shelves. These paradoxes are becoming familiar during the […]
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A New Bill In The House And Senate Will Reduce Pandemic Mayhem In Our Food System
My great grandparents once owned the only grocery store in their tiny, western North Dakota town, where they sold ground beef and roasts from cattle they purchased and processed locally. […]
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Why It Should Anger All Of Us That Trump Still “Has Monsanto’s Back” On Roundup
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announced last week its decision to reapprove glyphosate (the main ingredient in Roundup pesticides), giving its blessing for the continued use of the poison for another 15 years. […]
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EPA Gives Monsanto an Early Holiday Present
EPA’s release of its revised assessment of the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate (the main ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup), is just what we’d imagine Monsanto, and the rest of the agribusiness giants, […]
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Unsealed Documents Reveal Monsanto’s Attempts to Steer EPA Science on Roundup
Last week, a federal judge unsealed court documents pertaining to a lawsuit brought against Monsanto by users of the company’s weedkiller Roundup who have since developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The documents contain internal […]
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Did EPA Once Again Cave to Industry Pressure?
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held its long-anticipated Scientific Advisory Panel meeting on the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup weed killer. The panel was […]