Tag: agriculture industry
Millions who prepare America’s food go hungry: Why food service workers...
Food service workers prepare meals for millions but often can’t afford to eat themselves, facing low wages, food insecurity, and corporate resistance to change.
Mexico pushes forward with ban of GMO corn, does not apply...
Under Mexico's new rule, the country will begin revoking permits allowing the import of GMO corn for animal feed and stop issuing any new permits by 2024.
Organic farms are under attack from agribusiness, weakened standards
For agrarian justice, family-scale organic farms deserve our support.
Rural politics, climate change and the 2020 elections, Part I
The solution is to reverse the balance of power between rural communities – particularly small farms – and the corporate giants that govern them, while promoting economic dynamism to build local wealth and restore the ecological balance to agriculture.
Taking farmers for a ride
Trump’s trade disruptions are inflicting real pain, but they’re also exposing the frailty of an agriculture economy built for big business.
Bayer, Monsanto acquisition a go
On June 7 "one of the world's largest pesticide producers will be combined with the world's largest seed company."
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Sanders demands senate scrutiny of RFK Jr. over war on science
Senate Democrats say Kennedy has undermined scientific agencies as preventable diseases surge.
Just like a Hegseth (thank you, Mr. Dylan)
A display of manly leadership to justify a failing regime?
Ecuador agrees to pay Chevron after tribunal ruling as Amazon communities condemn ‘defeat for...
Ecuador’s plan to send $220 million to Chevron under an ISDS award draws fierce backlash from Indigenous groups, human rights advocates, and lawyers who say the ruling rewards corporate pollution.
The next wars are always here
Because the next wars were always here, looming. We just need the clarity to see them and the force to stop them before they begin.
Instacart algorithms drive secret grocery price hikes
New report finds algorithm driven tests can charge shoppers up to 23 percent more for the same cart.