Tag: Big Ag
Big agriculture’s dangerous role in spreading the next pandemic
Bird flu spreads through industrial farms while U.S. leaders prioritize big agriculture over public health.
‘Break up Big Ag,’ says Sanders after egg giant posts 718%...
Sanders joined Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Katie Porter, and others in questioning Cal-Maine Foods' claim that an avian flu outbreak is to blame for soaring egg prices.
Pesticide industry ‘helped write’ disinformation playbook used by Big Oil and...
New analysis sheds light on key tactics Monsanto used to distort science and spin the narrative in defense of its herbicide product.
Why food prices are rising even more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuvKoe9Ilvo
Monopolies are slowly killing rural America — and driving up the price you pay for food.
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.
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States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.