Tag: Big Ag
Big ag influence over UN Food Systems Summit criticized by green...
Industry-backed solutions and net zero targets are insufficient to slash agriculture’s emissions, some experts warn.
How to solve the big problems that small family farms are...
Direct sales and the organic label are not enough to keep family-scale farms viable.
2020 Democratic presidential candidates want to break up big agriculture monopolies
The trend of consolidation in agribusiness is wiping out small farmers and influencing the food choices made to consumers.
When will we start applying the precautionary principle to the chemicals...
Agencies consistently place a far higher value on corporate profits than they do on the children of the world.
We must tame Big Ag to tame climate change
Our response to climate change should not be separated from those who work the land, and the soil.
New investigation pins Koch brothers to ‘anti-transit canvassing campaigns’
While the development of public transit is seen by many as "positive for both impoverished communities and the environment," it hurts the Koch brothers' bottom line.
$3 million earmarked for ‘government-controlled propaganda campaign to convince Americans GMOs...
"This is a really clear example of Big AG influencing policy."
The Corporate Food Industry Continues to Fight Animal Reforms
Big food fighting FDA when it comes to food and animal safety.
The War on Weed Part II: Monsanto, Bayer, and the Push...
Why are powerful corporations, like Monsanto, suddenly backing the legalization of cannabis?
Putting Free Speech Out to Pasture
A small-town cartoonist in Iowa got the boot when he offended a Big Ag giant.
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The persecution of Steven Donziger
“Why am I the one being locked up? I helped hold [Chevron] accountable.”
The big lie in Rahm Emanuel’s Senate testimony
Now all eyes will be on Merkley – and other Democratic senators who profess that “Black lives mater” and that police need to be held accountable – to see whether they vote to confirm this tainted mayor and elevate him to a prestigious ambassadorship.
What is the Peace Dividend strategy?
Tell the truth about our endless wars and bloated DOD budgets!
Greta Thunberg on climate promises versus actions
Thunberg sat down in her Stockholm kitchen to talk about what she expects—and hopes—will come from the global event.
The hypocrisy of the federal spending debate
We must not let our lawmakers get away with this charade of fiscal responsibility to defeat Build Back Better.