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Tag: food system

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.

How the Braiding Seeds Fellowship works to uproot racism in the...

This Petersburgh, New York, organization fights racial injustice in the food system.

World told act now or face 136 years of hunger, report...

The report blames the combined crises of conflict, climate change, high food prices and mounting debt, all of which are denying billions of people the right to adequate food. 

Global food crisis looms as pollinator decline threatens yields of nutrient-rich...

New research reveals pollinator shortages impacting up to two-Thirds of farms worldwide, jeopardizing global food security.

Study links common foods to elevated PFAS levels in humans, raising...

Research finds coffee, eggs, white rice, and seafood contribute to higher concentrations of harmful ‘forever chemicals.’

Food companies intentionally make their products addictive, and it’s leading to...

Foods with unnaturally high levels of sugar and salt keep Americans snacking their way to obesity.

The GOP’s Stalinesque Plan 2025 to shape the future of US...

The conservative think tank Heritage Foundation wants to rid the USDA of sustainability, climate change mitigation, and racial equity.

Climate change and overuse degrade half of Earth’s pasture lands, endangering...

The UNCCD’s latest report reveals the alarming degradation of global rangelands, emphasizing the urgent need for sustainable management to secure food supplies and protect pastoral communities.

New study finds $1 trillion worth of food waste generated per...

The study is a global estimate on food waste at retail and consumer levels and helps to provide "guidance for countries on improving data collection and suggests best practices in moving from measuring to reducing food waste."

Green New Deal XXIII: Fixing our broken food system means ending...

We need to rethink how we grow our food in a biodiversity-friendly way that mitigates rather than accelerates the climate breakdown.

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Elon Musk’s billionaire welfare: How the world’s richest man built his empire on government...

An extensive Washington Post investigation has revealed a very different reality—one where Musk’s business empire has been deeply dependent on taxpayer money.

We’re seeing the beginnings of mass noncompliance

But just last week we saw the first glimmer of what mass noncooperation can look like—and it created some new cracks in the Trump-Musk administrative coup. 

Ocasio-Cortez blasts GOP for letting Elon Musk kill drug pricing reform

She slammed the Republican Party for allowing Elon Musk to derail bipartisan drug pricing reforms, calling the move a clear example of oligarchic control over American politics.

Sanders and others introduce Social Security Expansion Act to protect seniors, people with disabilities...

The legislation would apply the Social Security payroll tax on income above $250,000 to ensure Social Security is fully funded for the next 75 years.

Trump-appointed official plans to cut Social Security workforce by 50 percent, closing field offices...

Acting SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek orders mass layoffs, raising concerns of service collapse and benefit delays for millions of Americans.