Tag: agribusiness
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.
European Commission gives green light to Bayer-Monsanto merger
"The coming together of these two is a marriage made in hell – bad for farmers, bad for consumers, and bad for our countryside."
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Teamsters launch largest strike against Amazon in US history to demand fair wages and...
Amazon workers launch historic nationwide strike, demanding better wages, safer conditions, and union recognition from the $2 trillion corporation.
Pregnant woman in labor cited under Kentucky anti-homelessness law
Pregnant homeless woman in labor ticketed under Kentucky’s anti-camping law, sparking national outrage over the criminalization of homelessness.
Elon Musk for Speaker of the House? Republicans float billionaire amid spending bill fight
Republicans propose Elon Musk as Speaker of the House after his role in sinking a spending bill, raising unprecedented ethical and governance concerns.
Israeli soldiers enforce kill zone in Gaza, targeting civilians and leaving bodies to rot
Israeli forces implement open-fire policies in Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor, targeting civilians and leaving corpses uncollected as a warning to others.
Syria’s new fundamentalist government: Women ‘biologically’ unsuited to politics, universities to be segregated
The comments provoked a firestorm of protest among Syrian women and, well, non-fundamentalists.