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A Call for the Food Movement to Rally Behind the Green New Deal

A Call for the Food Movement to Rally Behind the Green New Deal

By Ronnie Cummins “The Green New Deal we are proposing will be similar in scale to the mobilization efforts seen in World War II or the Marshall Plan … Half measures will not work … The time for slow and incremental efforts has long past [sic].” – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, then-candidate for the U.S. House of […]

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    Healthy Soil: Good for the Farmer, Good for the Planet

    Healthy Soil: Good for the Farmer, Good for the Planet

    Many people believe that if you just focus on soil health, everything else will follow. This principal is prominently featured in a recent New York Times Magazine article, “Can Dirt Save the Earth?” which examines the practicality of regenerative agriculture. Moises Velasquez-Manoof begins his lengthy piece with John Wick and his wife, Peggy Rathmann, two […]

    Boycott Factory Farm Foods: But Don’t Forget the Fish

    Boycott Factory Farm Foods: But Don’t Forget the Fish

    By Ronnie Cummins Factory farming and fish production are now a multi-trillion-dollar monster with a growing and devastating impact on public health, animal welfare, small farmers and farmworkers, rural and fishing communities, ocean marine life, water quality, air pollution, soil health, biodiversity and last but not least, global warming. Worldwide, two-thirds of all farm animals […]

    ‘The Dirt Cure’: Why Human Health Depends on Soil Health

    ‘The Dirt Cure’: Why Human Health Depends on Soil Health

    By Julie Wilson Our connection to nature is sacred, dating back to the beginning of our existence. It’s no wonder then that our health is intimately intertwined with the earth—from the soil beneath our feet, to the food we eat, to the water we drink and to the air that fills our lungs. In other […]

    Iowans Fight Back Against Factory Farms—So Can You

    Iowans Fight Back Against Factory Farms—So Can You

    Ready for some inspiration? Check out this video of a press conference that took place earlier this month in Iowa. The conference begins with the powerful voice of Diane Rosenberg, executive director of Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors. Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors is a member of the Iowa Alliance for Responsible Agriculture, a coalition […]

    Michael Pollan: Consumer Boycotts Are ‘Achilles Heel of American Capitalism’

    Michael Pollan: Consumer Boycotts Are ‘Achilles Heel of American Capitalism’

    Trump has dumped family farmers. That’s right, President Trump, who once claimed he’s “fighting for our farmers,” is passing policies that mostly benefit the big agribusiness corporations—not small farmers, and certainly not rural communities. Robert Reich, professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley, recently sat down with [see video above] Michael […]

    Monsanto’s Roundup Destroys Healthy Microbes in Humans and in Soils

    Monsanto’s Roundup Destroys Healthy Microbes in Humans and in Soils

    By Julie Wilson We’re only beginning to learn the importance of healthy gut bacteria to our overall health—and the relationship between healthy soil and the human microbiome. We know that the human microbiome, often referred to as our “second brain,” plays a key role in our health, from helping us digest the food we eat, […]