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BAYER</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Using a Trade Agreement to Bully Mexico Into Importing Monsanto-Bayer’s GMO Corn</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-1"><p>By Alexis Baden-Mayer, Political Director, OCA:</p>
  49. <p class=""><span class="">Mexico has been making bold policy moves against genetically modified crops and the toxic pesticides they were engineered to be grown with, by phasing-out imports of GMO corn and showing its support for </span><a class="" title="This external link will open in a new window" href="https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5723626&amp;fecha=17/04/2024#gsc.tab=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">food sovereignty, soil regeneration and agroecology</a><span class="">.</span></p>
  50. <p class=""><span class="">But, how serious could Mexico be, if it is now ceding its national sovereignty to a three-person panel of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) under which the United States is challenging its </span><a class="" title="This external link will open in a new window" href="https://apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api/Report/DownloadReportByFileName?fileName=Mexico%20Issues%202023%20Corn%20Decree%20to%20Substitute%20Gradually%20%20Biotech%20Corn%20Used%20for%20Human%20Consumption%20and%20for%20Animal%20Feed_Mexico%20City_Mexico_MX2023-0010.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2023 Corn Decree</a><span class="">?</span></p>
  51. <p class=""><span class="">Supposedly, Mexico wants food sovereignty and self-sufficiency, but apparently, it values trade with the United States and Canada so much that it is willing to let its democratically enacted laws be superseded by this so-called “free-trade” agreement. (What’s so “free” about it, if it can be used to force a country to import stuff it doesn’t want?!)</span></p>
  52. <p class=""><span class="">This is an absurd and illegitimate process where, under the dispute settlement provisions of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, three trade lawyers will decide whether Mexicans can be forced to eat the United States’ genetically engineered corn, soaked with Monsanto-Bayer’s toxins.</span></p>
  53. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/the-three-trade-lawyers-who-will-decide-whether-mexicans-can-be-forced-to-eat-the-u-s-s-genetically-engineered-corn-soaked-in-monsanto-bayers-toxins/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read or Listen: The Three Trade Lawyers Who Will Decide Whether Mexicans Can Be Forced to Eat the U.S.’s Genetically Engineered Corn Soaked in Monsanto-Bayer’s Toxins</a></strong></p>
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ACTION</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Mexico’s Right to Refuse GMOs</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-3" style="--awb-font-size:16px;"><p><em>The Organic Consumers Association (OCA), as well as the Mexico branch of OCA, <a href="https://organicconsumers.org/corn-class-action-lawsuit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Asociación de Consumidores Orgánicos</a>, and our sister organization, Vía Orgánica, have been fundamental drivers since the beginning of the class action lawsuit against GM corn, which began in July 2013 and in September of that year obtained a precautionary measure. The precautionary measure has stopped the commercial planting of genetically modified corn in Mexico, which is the center of origin and permanent protector of the diversification of corn. Our director of Vía Orgánica in México City, Mercedes López, is currently the representative of this <a href="https://sinmaiznohaypais.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">collective</a> demand that has managed to stop attempts to appropriate and contaminate a sacred seed for the Mesoamerican people. Corn is not just a staple food in this part of the world, but is also part of the cosmogony, tradition, legends, religion and rituals. It is important that those of us in the US work from this side of the border to make our voices heard in support of these groups&#8217; efforts. Please take action today!</em></p>
  56. <p>Mexico has banned the domestic production of genetically engineered corn since 2013.</p>
  57. <p>In 2023, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador issued a decree banning the use of genetically engineered corn for dough and tortillas. The 2023 Corn Decree additionally directed Mexican biosafety authorities to phase out genetically engineered corn from animal feed and other forms of human consumption.</p>
  58. <p>Mexico doesn’t want to import GMO corn, but using a 2020 so-called “free trade” agreement between Mexico, Canada and the United States, the U.S. thinks it can force it to do so.</p>
  59. <p>The U.S. has invoked the dispute settlement provisions of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which allows them to turn decision-making authority over to a three-person panel, appointed and paid for by the two countries.</p>
  60. <p>Now, three trade-lawyers-for-hire (not actual judges) are arbitrating the dispute. They have been given the power to decide whether the U.S. can force Mexicans to eat Monsanto-Bayer’s pesticide-drenched GMO corn.</p>
  61. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/the-three-trade-lawyers-who-will-decide-whether-mexicans-can-be-forced-to-eat-the-u-s-s-genetically-engineered-corn-soaked-in-monsanto-bayers-toxins/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Read more or listen to this amazing story: The Three Trade Lawyers Who Will Decide Whether Mexicans Can Be Forced to Eat the U.S.’s Genetically Engineered Corn</strong></a></p>
  62. <p><a href="https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/67470/action/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>TAKE ACTION: Tell the U.S. to Withdraw Its Complaint and Leave It Up to Mexico to Block Monsanto-Bayer’s Pesticide-Drenched GMO Corn!</strong></a></p>
  63. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-4"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/67470/action/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=TAKE%20ACTION%3A%20Tell%20the%20U.S.%20to%20Withdraw%20Its%20Complaint%20and%20Leave%20It%20Up%20to%20Mexico%20to%20Block%20Monsanto-Bayer%E2%80%99s%20Pesticide-Drenched%20GMO%20Corn!%3A%20https%3A//bit.ly/4dxZRxD" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  64. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start 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style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="T" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/T.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137698" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/T-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/T-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/T-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/T-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/T.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>HEALTH</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-6 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Experts Think Turmeric Can Help With Pain</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-5"><p>By Jennifer Anandanayagam, Health Digest:</p>
  65. <p>“Ibuprofen is a popular and effective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that many of us turn to for pain relief, bringing down a fever, and tackling something like delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) after a particularly grueling workout.</p>
  66. <p>However, taking ibuprofen daily comes with negative side effects. Chronic use of this drug has been associated with gastrointestinal issues like diarrhea, bleeding, nausea, ulcers, and an upset stomach. This is because regular ibuprofen use can affect your gut health. Other health concerns that come with overuse of this NSAID are heart failure, high blood pressure, kidney damage, liver toxicity, and stroke.</p>
  67. <p>With more and more people looking to alternative methods to combat pain with lifestyle practices like yoga, breathing exercises, and overall diet tweaks, one popular spice, in particular, has come to the forefront. We&#8217;re referring to the mildly aromatic and deep spicy yellow turmeric.”</p>
  68. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/is-this-popular-spice-an-effective-alternative-to-ibuprofen-what-doctors-say/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Read about how turmeric may be able to help with combat chronic pain</strong></a></p>
  69. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-6"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/is-this-popular-spice-an-effective-alternative-to-ibuprofen-what-doctors-say/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Experts%20Think%20Turmeric%20Can%20Help%20With%20Pain%3A%20https%3A//bit.ly/3QBr3lz" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  70. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-11 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start 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style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-13 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="sprayedveg" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/sprayedveg.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137697" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/sprayedveg-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/sprayedveg-400x210.png 400w, 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class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-8 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><strong><span style="color: #008080;">Pesticide Residues in Food Do Not Tell the Full Story on Hazards and the Importance of Organic</span></strong></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-7"><p>Beyond Pesticides reports:</p>
  71. <p>“According to a new analysis by Consumer Reports, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary has once again failed to accurately portray the safety of some of the most commonly sold fruits and vegetables in the United States. A review of seven years of PDP data show that 20% of the foods tested pose a “high risk” to the public and 12 specific commodities are so dangerous that children or pregnant people should not eat more than one serving per day, according to Consumer Reports analysis. Consumer Reports contend that U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) pesticide residue tolerances are too lenient.</p>
  72. <p>The Consumer Reports results fly in the face of the rosy outlook reported by the USDA in its 2022 PDP Annual Summary, which found that 99% of the fruits and vegetables the agency tested “had residues below the established [EPA] tolerances.” Agencies typically point to acceptable or legal residues as protective of health and the environment, despite potential adverse effects associated with inadequate assessment of health outcomes, such as endocrine disruption, vulnerable population groups, exposure to mixtures and synergistic interactions, and more.”</p>
  73. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/pesticide-residues-in-food-do-not-tell-the-full-story-on-hazards-and-the-importance-of-organic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Read the full article here: EPA’s methodology for calculating acceptable levels of pesticides in food has long been criticized as inadequate and more</strong></a></p>
  74. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-8"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/pesticide-residues-in-food-do-not-tell-the-full-story-on-hazards-and-the-importance-of-organic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Pesticide%20Residues%20in%20Food%20Do%20Not%20Tell%20the%20Full%20Story%20on%20Hazards%20and%20the%20Importance%20of%20Organic%3A%20https%3A//bit.ly/3Ut5rc9" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
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style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="R-insideout" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/R-insideout.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137696" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/R-insideout-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/R-insideout-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/R-insideout-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/R-insideout-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/R-insideout.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-9 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>BOOK CORNER</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-10 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Understanding and Fostering Resilience</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-9"><p>Sally Baker, Author, Chelsea Green Publishing:</p>
  76. <p>“Award-winning therapist Sally Baker shares her professional and personal experience of what it takes to survive trauma, providing practical guidance in the techniques she has refined working with an international array of clients – hypnotherapy, brain wave recursive therapy, EFT and more.</p>
  77. <p>To combat physical nasties we need a strong immune system. To combat negative life events we need resilience. In The Getting of Resilience from the Inside Out, award-winning therapist Sally Baker gives us a practical guide to developing a wider understanding of resilience and to fostering it so that we have the essential perseverance and drive to emerge successfully when confronted with life’s inevitable and often unexpected challenges. Sally explores some of the key family dynamics that can result in unhelpful ways of thinking about oneself which may undermine the natural development of resilience and in its place impose a cycle of self-sabotaging behavior.”</p>
  78. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/the-getting-of-resilience-from-the-inside-out/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>This book provides gentle, perceptive insight along with tried and tested self-help therapeutic tools</strong></a></p>
  79. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-10"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/the-getting-of-resilience-from-the-inside-out/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Understanding%20and%20Fostering%20Resilience%3A%20https%3A//bit.ly/3UQGEQH" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  80. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-17 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="f" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-7 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-18 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-19 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-6 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="AndreaMbees" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/AndreaMbees.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137695" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/AndreaMbees-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/AndreaMbees-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/AndreaMbees-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/AndreaMbees-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/AndreaMbees.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-11 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four" style="--awb-margin-top:10px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>SAVE THE BEES</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-12 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>How One Woman’s Mission to ‘Rewild’ Urban Spaces Is Saving Native Bees</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-11"><p>Dr. Joseph Mercola writes:</p>
  81. <p>“Story at-a-glance:</p>
  82. <ul>
  83. <li>Pollinator Advocates (PA) is an advocacy program founded by Andrea Montoya to reintroduce thousands of native plants to public spaces around Boulder, Colorado. The goal is to provide wild pollinators with a natural habitat that allows them to thrive for many generations to come</li>
  84. <li>With 35% of the world&#8217;s crops and 75% of flowering plants dependent on honeybees and other pollinators to reproduce, this type of advocacy is without a doubt one of the most crucial movements we should actively support</li>
  85. <li>A 2022 study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives estimates the loss of food production due to lack of pollinators led to 427,000 excess annual deaths worldwide</li>
  86. <li>There are small but impactful practices that you can do to help save the bees and other pollinators — more tips below”</li>
  87. </ul>
  88. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/how-one-womans-mission-to-rewild-urban-spaces-is-saving-native-bees/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Read more: How One Woman’s Mission to ‘Rewild’ Urban Spaces Is Saving Native Bees</strong></a></p>
  89. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-12"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/how-one-womans-mission-to-rewild-urban-spaces-is-saving-native-bees/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=How%20One%20Woman%E2%80%99s%20Mission%20to%20%E2%80%98Rewild%E2%80%99%20Urban%20Spaces%20Is%20Saving%20Native%20Bees%3A%20https%3A//bit.ly/4bt8lnX" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  90. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-20 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="g" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-8 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-21 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-22 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-7 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="Organic-R-Movement" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/Organic-R-Movement.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137694" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/Organic-R-Movement-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/Organic-R-Movement-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/Organic-R-Movement-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/Organic-R-Movement-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/Organic-R-Movement.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-13 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four" style="--awb-margin-top:10px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>REGENERATION</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-14 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Connecting the Dots to Grow the Organic Regenerative Movement</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-13"><p>Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association:</p>
  91. <p>In addition to highlighting positive solutions, it is important to keep in mind that people’s situations and perspectives are different. We all have different passions or priorities. One size or one approach does not fit all. Therefore, we need to integrate our green justice and Regeneration messages with the specific issues and concerns that are most important to grassroots constituencies, and then lay out, in everyday language, a strategy that makes people understand that we can actually solve the problems they care about the most, while also solving a host of other pressing problems at the same time. Only by starting from where people are at, and then connecting the dots, can we capture the attention and imagination of a critical mass of the global grassroots and get them to start thinking about how they can participate in our new Movement and new economy.</p>
  92. <p>Objective and subjective conditions for change are different in every country in the world, and to some extent differ as well in the sub-regions and local communities of these 195 countries. Everyday people everywhere, including the most impoverished and vulnerable communities, have their burning issues as well as their secondary issues, and an inherent desire to alleviate and, if possible, solve the problems that are pressing down on them, in many cases threatening their very survival. In the activist community, major focus areas, in most cases reflecting the concerns of everyday people, include inflation and the high cost of living, freedom of choice and Constitutional liberties, climate change, environmental pollution, health, social justice, jobs and economic justice, peace, and democracy. Unfortunately, campaigners, both on the local and national/international levels, often work in isolation from other sectors, each in their own separate silos. This perpetuates tunnel vision in the body politic, parochial or sectarian attitudes, political polarization, and an overall weakness in global civil society.</p>
  93. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/regenerators-rule-2-link-up-with-peoples-primary-concerns-and-connect-the-dots/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read about how the degenerate system that needs to be replaced, and can be replaced</a></strong></p>
  94. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-14"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/regenerators-rule-2-link-up-with-peoples-primary-concerns-and-connect-the-dots/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Connecting%20the%20Dots%20to%20Grow%20the%20Organic%20Regenerative%20Movement%3A%20https%3A//bit.ly/3yafUl9" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  95. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-23 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="h" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-9 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-24 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-25 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-8 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="via-woman-corn-vendor" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/via-woman-corn-vendor.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137719" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/via-woman-corn-vendor-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/via-woman-corn-vendor-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/via-woman-corn-vendor-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/via-woman-corn-vendor-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/via-woman-corn-vendor.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-15 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four" style="--awb-margin-top:10px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>GMOs</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-16 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Mexico’s New Food Rights Law</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-15"><p>By Alexis Baden-Mayer, Political Director, OCA:</p>
  96. <p>Mexico is taking action! It has a new law guaranteeing the right to adequate and sustainable food! The new General Law of Adequate and Sustainable Food (LGAAS by its Spanish acronym) took effect on April 18, 2024 and implementing regulations will be established within 180 days.</p>
  97. <p>This new law follows Mexico’s 2023 Corn Decree to gradually eliminate genetically engineered corn used for human consumption and animal feed and it includes mandatory warning labels on genetically engineered foods.</p>
  98. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/mexico-includes-gmo-labeling-requirements-in-ambitious-new-food-sovereignty-law/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Read more: Mexico Includes GMO Labeling Requirements in Ambitious New Food Sovereignty Law</strong></a></p>
  99. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-16"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/mexico-includes-gmo-labeling-requirements-in-ambitious-new-food-sovereignty-law/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Mexico%E2%80%99s%20New%20Food%20Rights%20Law%3A%20https%3A//bit.ly/4dyquCy" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  100. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-26 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="i" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-10 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-27 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-28 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-9 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="wecanwin" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/wecanwin.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137693" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/wecanwin-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/wecanwin-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/wecanwin-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/wecanwin-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/wecanwin.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-17 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four" style="--awb-margin-top:10px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>SUPPORT OCA &amp; RI</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-18 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Together We Can Win.</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-17"><p>In an era of corporate globalization and increasing industrialization and contamination of the food supply, green and progressive-minded people have no choice but to organize and campaign on a transnational basis. Isolated and fragmented citizens are no match for the Monsantos and the multinational grain cartels. But together we can win.</p>
  101. <p>OCA’s sister organization, Via Organica, and our Mexico team (over 50 staff members), have worked tirelessly for the last 15 years south of the border to ban GMOs and to promote organic and regenerative food and farming.</p>
  102. <p>One of the coalitions that Via Organica works with, Sin Maiz No Hay Pais (“Without Corn There Is No Country”) has demonstrated the power of over 300 organizations successfully working together, utilizing public education, GMO boycotts, and litigation.</p>
  103. <p>Please consider making a donation to help us continue our work to stop U.S. plans to bully Mexico into buying GMO corn and work towards food sovereignty for all:</p>
  104. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/ways-to-donate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Make a tax-deductible donation to Organic Consumers Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit</strong></a></p>
  105. <p><a href="https://regenerationinternational.org/ways-to-donate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Make a tax-deductible donation to Regeneration International, our international sister organization</strong></a></p>
  106. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-18"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//donate.organicconsumers.org/page/29500/donate/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Donate%20to%20Organic%20Consumers%20Association%0Ahttps%3A//orgcns.org/DONATE" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  107. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-29 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="j" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-11 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-30 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-31 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-10 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="Asparagus" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/Asparagus.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137692" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/Asparagus-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/Asparagus-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/Asparagus-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/Asparagus-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/Asparagus.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-19 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four" style="--awb-margin-top:10px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>ENVIRONMENT &amp; CLIMATE</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-20 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>The High Cost of Year-Round Asparagus</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-19"><p>Matthew Zuras writes for Epicurious:</p>
  108. <p>&#8220;How did this icon of spring go from seasonal treasure to year-round supermarket staple? Free trade and the war on drugs provide some clues.</p>
  109. <p>There’s a Christmastime scene in Alexander Payne’s Oscar-nominated coming-of-age drama The Holdovers, set in a fictional Massachusetts boarding school in the early 1970s, in which a group of students grumble over platters of chicken, potatoes, and vibrant, firm stalks of asparagus. It’s the setup for a joke as puerile as the schoolboys—the punchline being the slender green vegetable’s notorious ability to produce pee that smells like the mouth of hell.</p>
  110. <p>The joke also relies on a subtle yet stunning anachronism: There’s practically zero chance that any Bay Staters were eating fresh asparagus in December of 1970. Canned, maybe—but fresh? Nah.</p>
  111. <p>It’s strange to imagine such a scenario now. As I write this in late winter in New York City, it is possible for me to place an online grocery order and have hand-delivered before dawn tomorrow not one but multiple kinds of fresh asparagus: organic asparagus, pencil asparagus, jumbo asparagus (currently advertised as “peak quality”), microwavable bags of trimmed asparagus, non-microwavable bags of same, and just plain ol’ asparagus.&#8221;</p>
  112. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/the-high-cost-of-year-round-asparagus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read more about how this seasonal treasure has become to year-round supermarket staple</a></strong></p>
  113. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-20"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/the-high-cost-of-year-round-asparagus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=The%20High%20Cost%20of%20Year-Round%20Asparagus%3A%20https%3A//bit.ly/3QA9uSB" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  114. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-32 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="k" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-12 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-33 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-34 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-11 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="risingup" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/risingup.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137691" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/risingup-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/risingup-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/risingup-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/risingup-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/risingup.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-21 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four" style="--awb-margin-top:10px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>FOOD SOVEREIGNTY</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-22 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>GMO Bio-Imperialism</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-21"><p>Dr. Vandana Shiva writes for Navdanya International:</p>
  115. <p>“Over the past few decades, GMO crops have been imposed in countries around the world, touted as a solution to food insecurity and malnutrition crises. However, hunger, disease and malnutrition have increased, while biodiversity has declined and toxins have spread. GMO imperialism has destroyed the lives and livelihoods of small farmers and biodiversity in the centers of origin. These centers of biodiversity origin are the cradles of the world’s food supply and protection against disease, climate challenges, natural disasters or other obstacles to food production.</p>
  116. <p>In Mexico, which is the center of origin of corn, there has been a long struggle by society and organized communities against GMO imperialism which threatens the subsistence and culture of local peoples. It is following this mobilization that the Mexican society obtained a ban on planting genetically modified corn through a collective lawsuit brought against the companies Bayer-Monsanto, Syngenta and Corteva Agriscience. This ban is still in effect.</p>
  117. <p>Recently, the Mexican government issued an executive order phasing out the use of glyphosate and banning the use of genetically modified corn in tortillas, a staple food. Faced with this decision, the US government, on the basis of the United States-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement (USMCA), activated the dispute resolution mechanism with the aim of canceling the order and forcing the introduction of GMOs into the country.”</p>
  118. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/gmo-bio-imperialism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Read why citizens are rising up against the unscientific, anti-democratic and anti-ecological imposition of GMOs by multinationals and the US government</strong></a></p>
  119. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-22"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/gmo-bio-imperialism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=GMO%20Bio-Imperialism%3A%20https%3A//bit.ly/4bs5yLJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  120. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-35 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="l" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-13 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-36 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-37 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-12 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="NDF" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/NDF.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137690" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/NDF-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/NDF-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/NDF-600x315.png 600w, 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  121. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/we-shouldnt-have-any-beef-with-conscientious-farmers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>We Shouldn’t Have Any Beef With Conscientious Farmers</strong></a></p>
  122. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/the-11-most-sustainable-meats/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The 11 Most Sustainable Meats</strong></a></p>
  123. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/virus-hunter-at-center-of-lab-leak-theory-grilled-by-congressional-committee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Virus Hunter at Center of ‘Lab Leak Theory’ Grilled by Congressional Committee</strong></a></p>
  124. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/update-electronic-id-mandate-is-another-hit-to-small-farmers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Electronic ID Mandate Is Another Hit To Small Farmers</a></strong></p>
  125. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/certainly-intimidation-louisiana-sues-epa-for-emails-with-journalists-and-cancer-alley-residents/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Louisiana Sues EPA for Emails With Journalists and Cancer Alley Residents</strong></a></p>
  126. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/this-storybook-cottages-native-plant-wonderland-shows-how-gorgeous-no-grass-can-be/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>They Transformed a Sad, Junk-Filled Yard Into a DIY Native Plant Wonderland</strong></a></p>
  127. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/bayers-monsanto-wins-reversal-of-185-million-pcbs-verdict-in-washington-court/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bayer’s Monsanto Wins Reversal of $185 Million Pcbs Verdict in Washington Court</a></strong></p>
  128. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/orangutans-use-of-medicinal-plant-to-treat-wound-intrigues-scientists/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Orangutan’s Use of Medicinal Plant To Treat Wound Intrigues Scientists</a></strong></p>
  129. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/florida-governor-bans-cultivated-meat-in-fight-against-elites/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Florida Governor Bans Cultivated Meat in Fight Against “Elites”</strong></a></p>
  130. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/the-celestial-garden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The Celestial Garden, Growing Herbs, Vegetables, and Flowers in Sync with the Moon and Zodiac</strong></a></p>
  131. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/cicadas-rising/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Cicadas Rising: A Visual Guide to 2024’s Rare Dual Appearance</strong></a></p>
  132. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/new-laws-protect-bird-friendly-yards-from-neighborhood-rules/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Laws Protect Bird-Friendly Yards From Neighborhood Rules</a></strong></p>
  133. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/paints-and-pesticides-linked-to-als-risk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paints and Pesticides Linked to ALS Risk</a></strong></p>
  134. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-38 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-14 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-39 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-40 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div style="text-align:center;"><a class="fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type" style="--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#f9225b;--button_border_hover_color:#f9225b;--button_gradient_top_color:#095150;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#095150;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#ffffff;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#ffffff;--button_margin-top:20px;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/8003/subscribe/1"><span class="fusion-button-text">SUBSCRIBE TO BYTES</span></a></div><div style="text-align:center;"><a class="fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type" style="--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#f9225b;--button_border_hover_color:#f9225b;--button_gradient_top_color:#095150;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#095150;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#ffffff;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#ffffff;--button_margin-top:10px;--button_margin-bottom:10px;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://donate.organicconsumers.org/page/29500/donate/1"><span class="fusion-button-text">DONATE</span></a></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-41 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></p>
  135. <p>The post <a href="https://organicconsumers.org/organic-bytes-newsletter-850-mexicos-right-to-refuse-gmos/">Organic Bytes Newsletter #850: Mexico’s Right to Refuse GMOs</a> appeared first on <a href="https://organicconsumers.org">Organic Consumers</a>.</p>
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  142. <title>Mexico Includes GMO Labeling Requirements in Ambitious New Food Sovereignty Law</title>
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  156. <description><![CDATA[<p>May 8, 2024  |  by Alexis Baden-Mayer Organic Consumers Association          Mexico is taking action! It has a new law guaranteeing the right to adequate and sustainable food! The new General Law of Adequate and Sustainable Food (LGAAS by its Spanish acronym)</p>
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  164. Mexico is taking action! It has a new law guaranteeing the right to adequate and sustainable food! 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fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-46 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:22.08%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:22.08%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-25"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mexico is taking action! It has a new law guaranteeing the right to adequate and sustainable food! The new </span><a href="https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5723626&amp;fecha=17/04/2024#gsc.tab=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">General Law of Adequate and Sustainable Food</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (LGAAS by its Spanish acronym) took effect on April 18, 2024 and implementing regulations will be established within 180 days. This new law follows Mexico’s </span><a href="https://apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api/Report/DownloadReportByFileName?fileName=Mexico%20Issues%202023%20Corn%20Decree%20to%20Substitute%20Gradually%20%20Biotech%20Corn%20Used%20for%20Human%20Consumption%20and%20for%20Animal%20Feed_Mexico%20City_Mexico_MX2023-0010.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2023 Corn Decree</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to gradually eliminate genetically engineered corn used for human consumption and animal feed.</span></p>
  165. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Article 1 lays out the purpose of the law, which includes (this is a shortened excerpt of the text):</span></p>
  166. <ul>
  167. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">To promote, protect, respect, and guarantee the right to adequate food and the human rights with which it has interdependence;</span></li>
  168. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">To prioritize the right to health, the right to the environment, the right to water and the best interests of children, in policies related to adequate food by the Mexican State;</span></li>
  169. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">To encourage the production, supply, fair and equitable distribution and consumption of nutritious, sufficient, quality, harmless and culturally adequate food, while avoiding food waste;</span></li>
  170. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">To strengthen the country&#8217;s self-sufficiency, sovereignty and food security; and</span></li>
  171. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">To promote the informed consumption of healthy and nutritious food.</span></li>
  172. </ul>
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style="--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#eded21;--button_border_hover_color:#f9225b;--button-border-radius-top-left:4px;--button-border-radius-top-right:4px;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:4px;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:4px;--button_gradient_top_color:var(--awb-custom_color_3);--button_gradient_bottom_color:var(--awb-custom_color_3);--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#006466;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#006466;--button_padding-top:12px;--button_padding-right:4px;--button_padding-bottom:12px;--button_padding-left:4px;" target="_self" href="https://organicconsumers.org/take-action/"><i class="fa-broadcast-tower fas button-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="fusion-button-text">Take Action</span></a></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-26"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Article 4 defines the right to food as (this is the full text):</span></p>
  174. <ol>
  175. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The ability to meet food needs, such as the combination of nutritional products for physical and mental growth, development and maintenance, and physical activity that is sufficient to meet human physiological needs at all stages of the life cycle, according to sex and occupation;</span></li>
  176. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The availability of food, which is the possibility of every person to feed themselves properly, either directly through the work of the land, by the sustainable management of biodiversity, water and knowledge, or through efficient and affordable supply systems;</span></li>
  177. </ol>
  178. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">III. Physical access to food, which is the possibility that any person can have materially within reach the food or the means to obtain it, especially the sectors of the population that are in a vulnerable situation;</span></p>
  179. <ol>
  180. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Economic access to food, which consists of the income of individuals or their families and the cost of food or the means to obtain it, have an adequate balance, so that they can acquire it, or their necessary means of production in the supply systems, without putting at risk the satisfaction of other basic needs;</span></li>
  181. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The acceptability and cultural relevance of food, which consists of considering the values not related to nutrition that are associated with food and food consumption, as well as the well-founded concerns of consumers about the nature of the food available;</span></li>
  182. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Sustainability, consisting of food production having a reduced environmental impact, with respect to biodiversity and ecosystems, in order to enable access to food for present and future generations;</span></li>
  183. </ol>
  184. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">VII. The free distribution of the inputs necessary to produce adequate food, as well as the free distribution of seeds of the country&#8217;s agrobiodiversity;</span></p>
  185. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">VIII. Biocultural wealth, emphasizing gastronomic diversity and agrobiodiversity, as well as the link between food and culture, and</span></p>
  186. <ol>
  187. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Access, disposal and sanitation of water for personal and domestic consumption in a sufficient, healthy, acceptable and affordable way, in the terms of the sixth paragraph of article 4 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, and its regulatory legislation.</span></li>
  188. </ol>
  189. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Article 5 obligates Mexican authorities “to promote, respect and protect the exercise of the right to adequate food, in accordance with the principles of universality, interdependence, indivisibility, progressiveness, subsidiarity, environmental sustainability, precaution, social participation, gender and age equality, best interests of children, cultural diversity, efficiency, free competition, transparency and accountability. This includes the adoption of measures that prevent individuals from depriving people of access to adequate food.”</span></p>
  190. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the Second Title, Chapter 1 promotes “exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life.”</span></p>
  191. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chapter 2 guarantees the right of children and adolescents to receive adequate food at school, free of charge or at affordable prices. This chapter bans foods that “exceed the maximum limits of calories, added sugars, saturated fats, sodium … both inside and in the vicinity of basic education schools.” It also establishes nutrition education to include (full text):</span></p>
  192. <ol>
  193. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The meaning of proper food;</span></li>
  194. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The cultural, ecological, economic and social relevance of the regular consumption of local food;</span></li>
  195. </ol>
  196. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">III. The promotion of local food consumption and production, through the promotion of community orchards;</span></p>
  197. <ol>
  198. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The way of reading and interpreting the labels and nutritional information of the products;</span></li>
  199. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The types of food and beverages, their contents and the quantities that can affect health, as well as the practical consequences of that damage on the individual and the community;</span></li>
  200. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Nutritional guidance for the preparation of nutritious, sufficient, sustainable and quality diets according to the context and requirements of the person;</span></li>
  201. </ol>
  202. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">VII. The promotion of the consumption of natural products, and</span></p>
  203. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">VIII. The importance of education and physical activation for the achievement of a healthy life.</span></p>
  204. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chapter 3 requires food to be “truthful, clear and understandable about their origin, calories, added sugars, saturated fats, sodium and critical nutrients.” This chapter also requires producers and distributors of processed foods to “warn … when their products contain ingredients that directly come from the use of genetically modified organisms.” And it gives consumers the right to request and receive information from Food producers and distributors “regarding the inputs or processes they use to generate their products.”</span></p>
  205. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chapter 4 creates “regulatory baskets” for the delivery of food assistance and specifies that they will include “whole cereals (preferably corn and its derivatives), legumes (primarily beans), fruits, vegetables, animal products and other foods that are produced locally or regionally, according to the time of year and derivatives of sustainable production, as well as those that, by culture and traditions, are part of the diets in a specific region.”</span></p>
  206. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chapter 5 creates “community canteens” for the delivery of food assistance that prioritize “the acquisition of nutritious food from small and medium-scale local or regional producers, including farmers in family or backyard gardens.” This chapter requires that all “establishments that provide food or beverage services” (full text):</span></p>
  207. <ol>
  208. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Guarantee a minimum standard of food safety;</span></li>
  209. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Offer non-bottled natural water, suitable for human consumption, at no cost to consumers;</span></li>
  210. </ol>
  211. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">III. Place in a visible place, and in the menus messages that promote healthy eating;</span></p>
  212. <ol>
  213. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Limit the reuse of oils or other fats in frying, in accordance with the regulatory provision;</span></li>
  214. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Limit the availability of salt, except at the request of users, and</span></li>
  215. <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Offer healthy, nutritious and appropriate food options and preparations on your menu.</span></li>
  216. </ol>
  217. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the Third Title, Chapter 1 includes (summarized excerpt):</span></p>
  218. <ul>
  219. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The storage of basic grains and seeds that serve as a strategic reserve for the food security of the population in conditions of food, health or humanitarian emergency;</span></li>
  220. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The reduction of food loss and waste, through the promotion of short marketing chains, direct sales by producers, and the organization of buyers’ clubs to facilitate consumers to make direct purchases as a group.</span></li>
  221. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The criminalization of anti-competitive behavior against new producers or distributors when it interferes with the right of the population to adequate food.</span></li>
  222. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A ban on the use of substances harmful to health and the environment, in the production, transport, storage or packaging of food of any kind. “The special legislation on health and environmental protection will establish the list of harmful substances based on the current regulatory and legal framework established by the competent authorities and the corresponding sanctions, taking into account the principles of precaution, prevention and sustainability.”</span></li>
  223. </ul>
  224. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chapter 2 calls for “special policies in favor of small and medium producers” and requires at least 15% of government purchases of food and primary inputs to be purchased directly from small and medium-scale producers, in the agricultural, livestock, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries sectors, as long as they “meet the conditions and requirements for the supply of adequate food, and within the budgetary limits for government purchases that each agency or entity has.”</span></p>
  225. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chapter 3 creates “a storage program of strategic reserves of basic grains and seeds, which allow to overcome shortages and give continuity to productive activity.”</span></p>
  226. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the Fourth Title, Chapter 1 lays out principles of food production (summarized excerpt):</span></p>
  227. <ul>
  228. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">All people have the right to have the appropriate conditions for food production.</span></li>
  229. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Food production must seek self-sufficiency in each locality and region of the country.</span></li>
  230. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The family or community production of food for self-consumption will be considered a priority.</span></li>
  231. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The maintenance of the ecological balance, as well as the conservation and regeneration of natural resources, will be, in all cases, a fundamental factor for decision-making in terms of production methods and to ensure the sustainable use of these resources.</span></li>
  232. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Organic waste is recognized as essential elements for soil regeneration and will be managed for the benefit of sustainable food production.</span></li>
  233. </ul>
  234. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chapter 2 lays out additional principles, including ((summarized excerpt):</span></p>
  235. <ul>
  236. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Self-sufficiency and food sovereignty;</span></li>
  237. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The preservation of the health of all people involved in food chains from production to consumption;</span></li>
  238. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Environmental sustainability and the care of the biodiversity and agrobiodiversity of the different regions of the country;</span></li>
  239. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The effective participation and incorporation, as well as respect for the rights of farmers and others who work in the countryside, indigenous and Afro-Mexican peoples, rural and fishing communities in national development, considering especially the inclusion and participation of women and young people under decent work conditions;</span></li>
  240. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The development of the productive capacities of the rural and urban population that, due to their conditions of vulnerability, need it most;</span></li>
  241. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The production of equitable conditions for access to markets, especially for the promotion of small and medium-scale production, including family farming, and</span></li>
  242. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The preservation of the use of traditional techniques and ancestral knowledge for food production.</span></li>
  243. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The production of food in schools.</span></li>
  244. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Support for the recovery of native seeds and plants.</span></li>
  245. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Local food storage so that the risk of loss is diversified and for the ease of food distribution in the case of an emergency.</span></li>
  246. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">An adequate and sustainable infrastructure for the capture, storage and conduction of water useful for the production of food.</span></li>
  247. </ul>
  248. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The new law establishes a National Interagency System of Health, Food, Environment, and</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
  249. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Competitiveness with a mandate to define national food policy under the new framework.</span></p>
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  283. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mexico has been making bold policy moves against genetically modified crops and the toxic pesticides they were engineered to be grown with, by phasing-out imports of GMO corn and showing its support for </span><a href="https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5723626&amp;fecha=17/04/2024#gsc.tab=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">food sovereignty, soil regeneration and agroecology</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
  284. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But, how serious could Mexico be, if it is now ceding its national sovereignty to a three-person panel of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) under which the United States is challenging its </span><a href="https://apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api/Report/DownloadReportByFileName?fileName=Mexico%20Issues%202023%20Corn%20Decree%20to%20Substitute%20Gradually%20%20Biotech%20Corn%20Used%20for%20Human%20Consumption%20and%20for%20Animal%20Feed_Mexico%20City_Mexico_MX2023-0010.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2023 Corn Decree</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">?</span></p>
  285. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Supposedly, Mexico wants food sovereignty and self-sufficiency, but apparently, it values trade with the United States and Canada so much that it is willing to let its democratically enacted laws be superseded by this so-called “free-trade” agreement. (What’s so “free” about it, if it can be used to force a country to import stuff it doesn’t want?!)</span></p>
  286. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is an absurd and illegitimate process where, under the dispute settlement provisions of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, three trade lawyers will decide whether Mexicans can be forced to eat the United States’ genetically engineered corn, soaked with Monsanto-Bayer’s toxins.</span></p>
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It was allowed to do so, even though it doesn’t have anything to gain or lose by the decision, but the CUSMA panel </span><a href="https://cban.ca/canada-argues-against-mexicos-restrictions-on-gm-corn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">prevented</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the </span><a href="https://cban.ca/take-action/cusma/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Canadian Biotechnology Action Network</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and the </span><a href="https://canadians.org/update/we-support-the-right-of-the-people-of-mexico-to-determine-their-own-relationship-with-corn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Council of Canadians</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, as well as </span><a href="https://foodtank.com/news/2024/01/genetically-modified-corn-tribunal-raises-concerns-with-first-decisions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">National Farmers Union of Canada and Farm Action of the U.S.</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from submitting testimony.</span></p>
  288. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What’s up with that? Not only can three trade lawyers decide whether to strike down the democratically enacted laws of a supposedly sovereign country, but they can tell anyone who doesn’t like that to just shut up about it and refuse to even acknowledge them! Even if these people are the farmers who will be impacted by the decision! </span><a href="https://foodtank.com/news/2024/01/genetically-modified-corn-tribunal-raises-concerns-with-first-decisions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Food Tank</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reported that:</span></p>
  289. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“In its response inviting </span><a href="https://www.iatp.org/sites/default/files/2023-11/7.%20FOTE%20Leave%20Application%20-%20timestamped%20%286-nov-2023%29.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Friends of the Earth</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (FOE) to submit comments on the science justifying Mexico’s concerns about the safety of GM corn in its tortillas, the panel stipulated that such comments must:</span></p>
  290. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“exclude any discussion of ‘glyphosate-based herbicides and Bt endotoxins,’ which is a factual issue not before this Panel, and focusing solely on the ‘human health and environmental impacts of the GM white corn.&#8217;”</span></p>
  291. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Exclude what? Those are the main human health concerns.</span></p>
  292. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Bt endotoxins are one of the two main forms of genetic modification in corn, inserting a bacteria into the corn genome to kill the European corn borer and other pests. As </span><a href="https://www.iatp.org/sites/default/files/2023-11/7.%20FOTE%20Leave%20Application%20-%20timestamped%20%286-nov-2023%29.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">their letter outlines</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, FOE’s submission would present a raft of new evidence that the Bt endotoxin, which acts on the gut of the corn borer, may well affect the guts of organisms that consume genetically-modified Bt corn. With huge increases in recent years in Mexico and the U.S. in gut-related diseases, from Crohn’s to leaky-gut, what could be more germane to questions of human health?</span></p>
  293. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Perhaps only the possible residues of glyphosate sprayed liberally on the other variety of GM corn engineered to tolerate Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides. Residues are a proven problem and much recent evidence links low-levels of exposure over long periods of time to kidney, liver, and other health problems.</span></p>
  294. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Most GM white corn from the U.S.—which is not the familiar sweet corn—has both traits, so most GM corn coming into Mexico may present risks from both Bt and glyphosate residues. Indeed, </span><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21683565.2017.1372841" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">both have been found</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in tortillas and other corn-based consumer products in Mexico.</span></p>
  295. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“How is the panel going to assess Mexico’s claim that it is taking precautionary measures to protect public health if those risks are excluded from the outset? One hopes that the panel misunderstood some of the technical language in FOE’s letter. If not, the restriction exhibits either a profound misunderstanding of the science of GMOs or a systemic bias that excludes the main health risks under discussion, accepting as given the U.S. stance that GMOs are “substantially equivalent” to their conventional counterparts, so no further study is needed.</span></p>
  296. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Mexico is insisting that its high levels of consumption of minimally processed corn call for precaution in the absence of scientific evidence of safety. In fact, civil society groups here recently urged the Mexican government to initiate a USMCA counter-suit against the U.S. for these reasons. Whatever the motivations, the panel’s restrictions suggest a cultural insensitivity that does not bode well for a body empowered to rule on the health, environmental, and cultural integrity of Mexico’s cherished corn culture and diet.”</span></p>
  297. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following the publication of Food Tank’s article, the panel withdrew the exclusions it had placed on Friends of the Earth.</span></p>
  298. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who are these people running this CUSMA panel anyway?</span></p>
  299. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christian Häberli, Hugo Perezcano and Jean Kalicki.</span></p>
  300. <p><a href="https://www.internationaltradeinstitute.com/educators/dr-christian-haberli" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christian Häberli</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a Fellow of the World Trade Institute. Häberli was a trade negotiator for Switzerland in the Global Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization (1986 to 2007). He was Chair of the WTO Committee on Agriculture (2005 to 2007) and served as Chair (every other year) of the Joint Committee of the Agriculture Agreement Switzerland–EU (2002 to 2007).</span></p>
  301. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Throughout his entire career, Häberli served as a panelist in WTO and bilateral trade disputes (1996 to 2020). In that role, he drafted “the most damaging decision in the history of world trade agreements.” That’s according to F. William Engdahl’s 2006 article, “</span><a href="https://www.globalresearch.ca/wto-gmo-and-total-spectrum-dominance/2202" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">WTO, GMO and Total Spectrum Dominance</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” that became part of his 2007 book, </span><a href="https://www.globalresearch.ca/seeds-of-destruction-the-diabolical-world-of-genetic-manipulation/25303" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seeds of Destruction: the Hidden Agenda of GMOs</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. According to Engdahl:</span></p>
  302. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“On February 7, 2006, a private organization with unique powers over world industry, trade and agriculture, issued a Preliminary Draft Ruling on a three-year-old case. The case was brought by the Bush Administration in May 2003 against European Union rules hindering the spread of genetically-engineered plants and foods. The WTO ruling … will have more influence over life and death on this planet than most imagine. </span></p>
  303. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The ruling was issued by a special three-man tribunal of the World Trade Organization, in Geneva Switzerland. The WTO decision will open the floodgates to the forced introduction of genetically-manipulated plants and food products &#8212; GMO, or genetically-modified organisms as they are technically known &#8212; into the world&#8217;s most important agriculture production region, the European Union. </span></p>
  304. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The WTO case arose from a formal complaint filed by the governments of the United States, Canada and Argentina &#8211; three of the world&#8217;s most GMO-polluted areas. </span></p>
  305. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The WTO three-judge panel, chaired by Christian Haberli … ruled that the EU had applied a &#8216;de facto&#8217; moratorium on approvals of GMO products between June 1999 and August 2003, contradicting Brussels&#8217; claim that no such moratorium existed. The WTO judges argued the EU was &#8216;guilty&#8217; of not following EU rules, causing &#8216;undue delay&#8217; in following WTO obligations.</span></p>
  306. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The secretive WTO tribunal also ruled, according to the leaked document, that in terms of product-specific measures, the completion of formal EU government approval to plant specific GMO plants had also been unduly delayed in the cases of 24 of 27 specific GMO products that the European Commission in Brussels had before it. </span></p>
  307. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The WTO tribunal recommended that the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), the world trade policeman, call on the EU to bring its practices &#8216;into conformity with its obligations under the (WTO&#8217;s) SPS Agreement.&#8217; That was the notorious Sanitary and Phytosanitary escape clause of the agribusiness industry allowing it to use WTO trade supremacy to trample national rights to care for the health and safety of their citizens. Failure to comply with WTO demands could result in hundreds of millions of dollars in annual fines.”</span></p>
  308. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In September 2006, the WTO tribunal reversed its decision, noting that “the European Commission had in the meantime changed its procedures to approve a number of different GMO varieties for commercial use and that a moratorium or official prohibition no longer existed. Unfortunately, it was true.”</span></p>
  309. <p><a href="https://www.cigionline.org/people/hugo-perezcano-diaz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hugo Perezcano</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a Mexican-Canadian attorney and international trade consultant in private practice. He most recently worked at the Canadian </span><a href="https://www.cigionline.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Centre for International Governance Innovation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (CIGI). Before working at CIGI, Perezcano worked for the Mexican government’s Ministry of Economy for nearly 20 years, serving as head of the trade remedy authority, and formerly as general counsel for international trade negotiations. He was lead counsel for Mexico in investor-state dispute settlement cases under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and other international investment agreements as well as in dispute settlement cases between states conducted under trade agreements that include NAFTA and the World Trade Organization agreement.</span></p>
  310. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Perezcano has presided on panels in several trade disputes, and in one, he was found by a Canadian court to have failed to disclose a significant conflict of interest. He wrote a decision in favor of Mexico, failing to reveal that Mexican officials were communicating with him during the arbitration and had invited him to join two rosters of trade agreement arbitration panels, a lucrative incentive to decide the case in their favor. According to </span><a href="http://osler.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Osler.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">:</span></p>
  311. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The Court held that Mexico’s arbitral appointee, Perezcano, had a duty to disclose Mexico’s offers to appoint or nominate him to the arbitration rosters, as the offers were valuable professional opportunities that gave rise to justifiable doubts as to his impartiality or independence under the authoritative IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration. Perezcano had incentive to please Mexico after being notified of the appointments, and confirmation of his appointment to one of the panelist lists occurred the day the Award was issued. The failure of Mexico and Perezcano to disclose the communications and offers during the arbitration compounded the finding of a reasonable apprehension of bias.</span></p>
  312. <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“However, exercising its discretion not to set aside the Award under Article 34(2) of the Model Law, the Court found that this reasonable apprehension of bias did not undermine the reliability of the result and did not produce real unfairness or real practical injustice. Although it appeared that Perezcano spent significantly more time on the case than his co-arbitrators on the Tribunal, evidence did not show that the other two arbitrators passively accepted Perezcano’s views in drafting the Award or in deliberating — the presumption of impartiality and independence therefore prevailed. All three arbitrators signed the Award and shared the same view as to the disposition of the arbitration. Further, the potential prejudice flowing from redoing the arbitration would have been significant: wasted time, resources, fees, and witnesses’ recollections for events which took place approximately 20 years ago.”</span></p>
  313. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Perezcano’s unethical undisclosed communications with one of the parties to a dispute he was deciding underscores how unjust the whole system is. Unlike countries’ courts where the judges are either appointed by elected officials or elected themselves and are paid by the taxpayers they serve, and then are assigned cases randomly, in trade dispute resolution, the arbiters are appointed by the parties and there’s a huge incentive to try to serve their interests in the hopes of being appointed again. There’s a huge financial conflict of interest built into the system.  </span></p>
  314. <p><a href="https://kalicki-arbitration.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jean Kalicki</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was a partner at Arnold &amp; Porter where she worked for 17 years prior to becoming an independent arbitrator in 2016, so her corporate conflicts of interest list must be significant, though it is not publicly available. She’s among the top arbitrators globally, ranked “Most In-Demand.”</span></p>
  315. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why should trade lawyers like Christian Häberli, Hugo Perezcano and Jean Kalicki have the power to decide whether Mexico must import pesticide-drenched GMO corn?</span></p>
  316. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They shouldn’t! Trade agreements shouldn’t supersede the laws of sovereign countries!</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
  317. <p><a href="https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/67470/action/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to Get Out of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement!</strong></a></p>
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  327. <title>The Getting of Resilience from the Inside Out</title>
  328. <link>https://organicconsumers.org/the-getting-of-resilience-from-the-inside-out/</link>
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  331. <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 21:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
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  338. <description><![CDATA[<p>Award-winning therapist Sally Baker shares her professional and personal experience of what it takes to survive trauma, providing practical guidance in the techniques she has refined working with an international array of clients – hypnotherapy, brain wave recursive therapy, EFT and more.  May 7, 2024 | Source: Chelsea Green | by Sally</p>
  339. <p>The post <a href="https://organicconsumers.org/the-getting-of-resilience-from-the-inside-out/">The Getting of Resilience from the Inside Out</a> appeared first on <a href="https://organicconsumers.org">Organic Consumers</a>.</p>
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  341. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-23 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-52 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:19.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:19.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:25px;--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-15 hover-type-none" style="border-radius:20px;"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="R-insideout" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/R-insideout.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137696" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/R-insideout-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/R-insideout-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/R-insideout-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/R-insideout-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/R-insideout.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-27 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-font-size:30px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:30;line-height:1.4;">The Getting of Resilience from the Inside Out</h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-32" style="--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-margin-top:10px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Award-winning therapist Sally Baker shares her professional and personal experience of what it takes to survive trauma, providing practical guidance in the techniques she has refined working with an international array of clients – hypnotherapy, brain wave recursive therapy, EFT and more.</em></p>
  342. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-33 fusion-text-no-margin" style="--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;"><p style="text-align: center;">May 7, 2024 | Source: <a href="https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/the-getting-of-resilience-from-the-inside-out/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chelsea Green</a> | by Sally Baker</p>
  343. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-34"><p class="has-drop-cap">To combat physical nasties we need a strong immune system. To combat negative life events we need resilience. In <em>The Getting of Resilience from the Inside Out</em>, award-winning therapist Sally Baker gives us a practical guide to developing a wider understanding of resilience and to fostering it so that we have the essential perseverance and drive to emerge successfully when confronted with life’s inevitable and often unexpected challenges. Sally explores some of the key family dynamics that can result in unhelpful ways of thinking about oneself which may undermine the natural development of resilience and in its place impose a cycle of self-sabotaging behaviour. Coping strategies, such as heightened anxiety, non-confrontational behaviour, people-pleasing habits, along with ‘adult failure to thrive’, are just a few of the learnt strategies often originally forged out of powerlessness in response to less than ideal early life experiences. These strategies however can be re-assessed and the misplaced guilt, shame and self-blame that have affixed these behaviours, often for many years, can be resolved and released, making way for the getting of resilience from the inside out.</p>
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  353. <title>New Laws Protect Bird-Friendly Yards From Neighborhood Rules</title>
  354. <link>https://organicconsumers.org/new-laws-protect-bird-friendly-yards-from-neighborhood-rules/</link>
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  357. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 19:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
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  364. <description><![CDATA[<p>A blossoming legislative trend prevents homeowners associations, which set landscaping rules for a growing number of Americans, from forbidding native plants.  Spring 2024 | Source: Audubon | by Zoe Grueskin  Even as her yard blossomed with black-eyed Susans and milkweed, Melinda Soltys didn’t consider herself a gardener; she just wanted to</p>
  365. <p>The post <a href="https://organicconsumers.org/new-laws-protect-bird-friendly-yards-from-neighborhood-rules/">New Laws Protect Bird-Friendly Yards From Neighborhood Rules</a> appeared first on <a href="https://organicconsumers.org">Organic Consumers</a>.</p>
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  367. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-24 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-53 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:19.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:19.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:25px;--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-16 hover-type-none" style="border-radius:20px;"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="birding" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/03/birding.jpg" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-136652" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/03/birding-200x105.jpg 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/03/birding-400x210.jpg 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/03/birding-600x315.jpg 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/03/birding-800x420.jpg 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/03/birding.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-28 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-font-size:30px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:30;line-height:1.4;">New Laws Protect Bird-Friendly Yards From Neighborhood Rules</h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-36" style="--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-margin-top:10px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>A blossoming legislative trend prevents homeowners associations, which set landscaping rules for a growing number of Americans, from forbidding native plants.</em></p>
  368. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-37 fusion-text-no-margin" style="--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;"><p style="text-align: center;">Spring 2024 | Source: <a href="https://www.audubon.org/news/new-laws-protect-bird-friendly-yards-neighborhood-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Audubon</a> | by Zoe Grueskin</p>
  369. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-38"><p>Even as her yard blossomed with black-eyed Susans and milkweed, Melinda Soltys didn’t consider herself a gardener; she just wanted to see more wildlife. After learning how native vegetation improves habitat for the animals she hoped to attract, Soltys grew a haven for birds and butterflies in her front yard. “As soon as you start researching,” she says, “you realize it’s all about the plants.”</p>
  370. <p>But hers is among the growing number of American households that belong to a homeowners association (HOA). U.S. Census Bureau <a href="https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/current.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data show</a> that 84 percent of new, single-family homes sold in 2022 belonged to one of these private entities that collect fees from residents in exchange for services like trash pickup and snow removal. Associations also set rules for what members can do with their property, and in June 2021 Soltys received a letter: The flourishing native species she’d lovingly grown broke the restriction against “weeds.” She would have to rip them out.</p>
  371. <p>Soltys decided to push back. She tidied up her plantings, but she also partnered with regional environmental nonprofits to help introduce a bill in the <a href="http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB528" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia</a> legislature to protect the right to grow native plants in HOA communities. Soltys was inspired by first-in-the-nation legislation passed in nearby  <a href="https://legiscan.com/MD/text/HB322/2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maryland</a> in 2021—born of a like-minded couple’s years-long and costly legal battle with their own HOA—that now serves as a template for other states. Last year, <a href="https://www.mainesenate.org/senate-enacts-sen-daughtry-bill-to-protect-the-use-of-native-plants-in-landscaping/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maine</a> enacted a similar bill, and <a href="https://www.lmc.org/news-publications/news/all/fonl-managed-natural-and-native-landscaping-permitted-in-cities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minnesota</a> went a step further, requiring not just HOAs but all municipalities to allow natural landscaping.</p>
  372. </div><div style="text-align:center;"><a class="fusion-button button-flat button-large button-custom fusion-button-default button-10 fusion-button-span-no fusion-button-default-type" style="--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#fffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#f9225b;--button-border-radius-top-left:10px;--button-border-radius-top-right:10px;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:10px;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:10px;--button_gradient_top_color:#00542a;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#00542a;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#90dd9b;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#90dd9b;--button_typography-letter-spacing:1px;--button_typography-font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;--button_typography-font-style:normal;--button_typography-font-weight:700;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.audubon.org/news/new-laws-protect-bird-friendly-yards-neighborhood-rules"><i class="fa-arrow-right fas button-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="fusion-button-text">CONTINUE READING</span></a></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-39 fusion-text-no-margin" style="--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><em><a href="https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/8003/subscribe/1">&gt;&gt; Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Organic Bytes &lt;&lt;</a></em></p>
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  374. <p>The post <a href="https://organicconsumers.org/new-laws-protect-bird-friendly-yards-from-neighborhood-rules/">New Laws Protect Bird-Friendly Yards From Neighborhood Rules</a> appeared first on <a href="https://organicconsumers.org">Organic Consumers</a>.</p>
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  381. <title>Foraging for Food: 10 Tips to Get You Started</title>
  382. <link>https://organicconsumers.org/foraging-for-food-10-tips-to-get-you-started/</link>
  384. <dc:creator><![CDATA[OCA]]></dc:creator>
  385. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 18:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
  386. <category><![CDATA[Conscious Eaters Unite]]></category>
  387. <category><![CDATA[Content]]></category>
  388. <category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
  389. <category><![CDATA[Regenerative Agriculture]]></category>
  390. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://organicconsumers.org/?p=137583</guid>
  391.  
  392. <description><![CDATA[<p>Foraging wild plants in your area is a great way to shake up your culinary delights.  2024 | Source: Chelsea Green Publishing  Don’t know where to start? Below are our best foraging posts to get you started on your hunt for wild edibles. Foraging 101: Where to find your bounty We’ve</p>
  393. <p>The post <a href="https://organicconsumers.org/foraging-for-food-10-tips-to-get-you-started/">Foraging for Food: 10 Tips to Get You Started</a> appeared first on <a href="https://organicconsumers.org">Organic Consumers</a>.</p>
  394. ]]></description>
  395. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-25 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-54 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:19.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:19.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:25px;--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-17 hover-type-none" style="border-radius:20px;"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="dandelions1200x630" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/dandelions1200x630.jpg" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137584" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/dandelions1200x630-200x105.jpg 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/dandelions1200x630-400x210.jpg 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/dandelions1200x630-600x315.jpg 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/dandelions1200x630-800x420.jpg 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/dandelions1200x630.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-29 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-font-size:30px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:30;line-height:1.4;">Foraging for Food: 10 Tips to Get You Started</h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-40" style="--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-margin-top:10px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Foraging wild plants in your area is a great way to shake up your culinary delights.</em></p>
  396. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-41 fusion-text-no-margin" style="--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;"><p style="text-align: center;">2024 | Source: <a href="https://www.chelseagreen.com/2024/foraging-for-food-10-tips-to-get-you-started/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chelsea Green Publishing</a></p>
  397. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-42"><p>Don’t know where to start? Below are our best foraging posts to get you started on your hunt for wild edibles.</p>
  398. <h3 class="fl-heading"><span class="fl-heading-text"><a href="https://www.chelseagreen.com/2018/foraging-101-where-to-forage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Foraging 101: Where to find your bounty</a><br />
  399. </span></h3>
  400. <p><strong>We’ve given you descriptions. We’ve given you recipes. We’ve given you (hopefully) inspiration to explore.</strong></p>
  401. <p>And now we’re giving you the information you need to begin foraging on your own: where to do it and how to be safe. So go forth, young foragers, and start gathering your bounty.</p>
  402. <p><a href="https://www.chelseagreen.com/2018/foraging-101-where-to-forage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read More …</a></p>
  403. <h3 class="fl-heading"><span class="fl-heading-text"><a href="https://www.chelseagreen.com/2019/5-tips-beginner-foragers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wild Edibles: 5 Tips for Beginner Foragers</a><br />
  404. </span></h3>
  405. <p>Ever spotted a dandelion growing in your backyard and wondered, can I eat that? According to wild plants expert Katrina Blair, the answer is a resounding yes. And there are plenty of other commonly found weeds that fall into this category as well.</p>
  406. <p>If you are new to foraging, get a few beginner tips from Katrina Blair to get you started on your hunt for wild edibles.</p>
  407. <p><a href="https://www.chelseagreen.com/2019/5-tips-beginner-foragers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read More …</a></p>
  408. </div><div style="text-align:center;"><a class="fusion-button button-flat button-large button-custom fusion-button-default button-11 fusion-button-span-no fusion-button-default-type" style="--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#fffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#f9225b;--button-border-radius-top-left:10px;--button-border-radius-top-right:10px;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:10px;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:10px;--button_gradient_top_color:#00542a;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#00542a;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#90dd9b;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#90dd9b;--button_typography-letter-spacing:1px;--button_typography-font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;--button_typography-font-style:normal;--button_typography-font-weight:700;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chelseagreen.com/2024/foraging-for-food-10-tips-to-get-you-started/"><i class="fa-arrow-right fas button-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="fusion-button-text">CONTINUE READING</span></a></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-43 fusion-text-no-margin" style="--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><em><a href="https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/8003/subscribe/1">&gt;&gt; Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Organic Bytes &lt;&lt;</a></em></p>
  409. </div></div></div></div></div>
  410. <p>The post <a href="https://organicconsumers.org/foraging-for-food-10-tips-to-get-you-started/">Foraging for Food: 10 Tips to Get You Started</a> appeared first on <a href="https://organicconsumers.org">Organic Consumers</a>.</p>
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  417. <title>Virus Hunter at Center of ‘Lab Leak Theory’ Grilled by Congressional Committee</title>
  418. <link>https://organicconsumers.org/virus-hunter-at-center-of-lab-leak-theory-grilled-by-congressional-committee/</link>
  420. <dc:creator><![CDATA[OCA]]></dc:creator>
  421. <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 15:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
  422. <category><![CDATA[Content]]></category>
  423. <category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category>
  424. <category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
  425. <category><![CDATA[Stop Weaponizing Pathogens]]></category>
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  427.  
  428. <description><![CDATA[<p>May 4, 2024 | Source: U.S. Right to Know | by Emily Kopp  EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak testified before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Wednesday about his coronavirus research collaboration situated at the epicenter of the worst pandemic in a century. Daszak’s organization collaborated closely with the Wuhan Institute of</p>
  429. <p>The post <a href="https://organicconsumers.org/virus-hunter-at-center-of-lab-leak-theory-grilled-by-congressional-committee/">Virus Hunter at Center of ‘Lab Leak Theory’ Grilled by Congressional Committee</a> appeared first on <a href="https://organicconsumers.org">Organic Consumers</a>.</p>
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  431. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-26 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-55 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:19.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:19.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:25px;--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-18 hover-type-none" style="border-radius:20px;"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" alt="virus research lab" title="virus1200x630" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/virus1200x630.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-image-78487" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/virus1200x630-300x158.jpg 300w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/virus1200x630-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/virus1200x630.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-30 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-font-size:30px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:30;line-height:1.4;">Virus Hunter at Center of ‘Lab Leak Theory’ Grilled by Congressional Committee</h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-44 fusion-text-no-margin" style="--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;"><p style="text-align: center;">May 4, 2024 | Source: <a href="https://usrtk.org/covid-19-origins/ecohealth-daszak-grilled-by-subcommittee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Right to Know</a> | by Emily Kopp</p>
  432. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-45"><p>EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/a-hearing-with-the-president-of-ecohealth-alliance-dr-peter-daszak/" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link="external">testified</a> before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Wednesday about his coronavirus research collaboration situated at the epicenter of the worst pandemic in a century.</p>
  433. <p>Daszak’s organization collaborated closely with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a lab complex specializing in bat-borne viruses, including SARS-related coronaviruses. The lab hosted one of the world’s largest coronavirus databases before the data was made inaccessible in the fall of 2019.</p>
  434. <p>Daszak is the first scientist connected to the coronavirus research in Wuhan called to testify before the committee. Democrats and Republicans alike aggressively questioned Daszak on his downplaying of the risks involved in these coronavirus research projects and questioned whether he breached laws regulating federal grantees.</p>
  435. <p>Daszak’s scientific publications, research proposals and grant reports have stoked concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic emerged from his partnering lab in Wuhan. <a href="https://usrtk.org/covid-19-origins/us-funded-discovery-of-close-covid-19-relative/" data-wpel-link="internal">Their collaboration discovered</a> one of the closest known viruses to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Their work included <a href="https://theintercept.com/2021/09/09/covid-origins-gain-of-function-research/" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link="external">gain-of-function experiments</a> that made coronaviruses more deadly. Other internal records obtained by U.S. Right to Know revealed their collaboration’s particular interest in viruses with <a href="https://usrtk.org/covid-19-origins/scientists-proposed-making-viruses-with-unique-features-of-sars-cov-2-in-wuhan/" data-wpel-link="internal">unique features</a> found in the genome of SARS-CoV-2.</p>
  436. </div><div style="text-align:center;"><a class="fusion-button button-flat button-large button-custom fusion-button-default button-12 fusion-button-span-no fusion-button-default-type" style="--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#fffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#f9225b;--button-border-radius-top-left:10px;--button-border-radius-top-right:10px;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:10px;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:10px;--button_gradient_top_color:#00542a;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#00542a;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#90dd9b;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#90dd9b;--button_typography-letter-spacing:1px;--button_typography-font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;--button_typography-font-style:normal;--button_typography-font-weight:700;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://usrtk.org/covid-19-origins/ecohealth-daszak-grilled-by-subcommittee/"><i class="fa-arrow-right fas button-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="fusion-button-text">CONTINUE READING</span></a></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-46 fusion-text-no-margin" style="--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><em><a href="https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/8003/subscribe/1">&gt;&gt; Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Organic Bytes &lt;&lt;</a></em></p>
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  438. <p>The post <a href="https://organicconsumers.org/virus-hunter-at-center-of-lab-leak-theory-grilled-by-congressional-committee/">Virus Hunter at Center of ‘Lab Leak Theory’ Grilled by Congressional Committee</a> appeared first on <a href="https://organicconsumers.org">Organic Consumers</a>.</p>
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  445. <title>Cicadas Rising</title>
  446. <link>https://organicconsumers.org/cicadas-rising/</link>
  448. <dc:creator><![CDATA[OCA]]></dc:creator>
  449. <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 19:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
  450. <category><![CDATA[Content]]></category>
  451. <category><![CDATA[Environment and Climate]]></category>
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  456. <description><![CDATA[<p>A visual guide to 2024’s rare dual appearance  May 3, 2024 | Source: CNN | by Katie Hunt, Henrik Pettersson, Tiffany Baker, Marco Chacón, Annette Choi, Rachel Ramirez and Lou Robinson  Billions of bugs are emerging from the soil across a large swath of the United States in a natural phenomenon</p>
  457. <p>The post <a href="https://organicconsumers.org/cicadas-rising/">Cicadas Rising</a> appeared first on <a href="https://organicconsumers.org">Organic Consumers</a>.</p>
  458. ]]></description>
  459. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-27 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-56 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:19.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:19.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:25px;--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-19 hover-type-none" style="border-radius:20px;"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="cicada in grass 1200&#215;630" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cicada-in-grass-1200x630-1.jpg" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137600" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cicada-in-grass-1200x630-1-200x105.jpg 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cicada-in-grass-1200x630-1-400x210.jpg 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cicada-in-grass-1200x630-1-600x315.jpg 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cicada-in-grass-1200x630-1-800x420.jpg 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cicada-in-grass-1200x630-1.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-31 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-font-size:30px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:30;line-height:1.4;">Cicadas Rising</h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-47" style="--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-margin-top:10px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>A visual guide to 2024’s rare dual appearance</em></p>
  460. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-48 fusion-text-no-margin" style="--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;"><p style="text-align: center;">May 3, 2024 | Source: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/04/us/periodical-cicada-2024-visual-guide-scn-dg/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> | by Katie Hunt, Henrik Pettersson, Tiffany Baker, Marco Chacón, Annette Choi, Rachel Ramirez and Lou Robinson</p>
  461. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-49"><p>Billions of bugs are emerging from the soil across a large swath of the United States in a natural phenomenon last witnessed in 1803.</p>
  462. <p>It involves two broods, or groups, of periodical cicadas, insects with relatively long life cycles that show up after a certain interval. The Northern Illinois brood spends 17 years underground before surfacing and is known as Brood XIII, while the Great Southern Brood, or Brood XIX, lives underground for 13 years.</p>
  463. <p>“What&#8217;s so stunning is that they&#8217;re here all along … but because they&#8217;re underground everybody forgets about them,” said cicada expert John Lill, a professor of biology at George Washington University.</p>
  464. <p>The synchronous dual emergence of these two particular broods, which happens once every 221 years, is underway until<b> </b>June. The next time the two broods appear together, it will be 2245.</p>
  465. </div><div style="text-align:center;"><a class="fusion-button button-flat button-large button-custom fusion-button-default button-13 fusion-button-span-no fusion-button-default-type" style="--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#fffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#f9225b;--button-border-radius-top-left:10px;--button-border-radius-top-right:10px;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:10px;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:10px;--button_gradient_top_color:#00542a;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#00542a;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#90dd9b;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#90dd9b;--button_typography-letter-spacing:1px;--button_typography-font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;--button_typography-font-style:normal;--button_typography-font-weight:700;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/04/us/periodical-cicada-2024-visual-guide-scn-dg/"><i class="fa-arrow-right fas button-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="fusion-button-text">CONTINUE READING</span></a></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-50 fusion-text-no-margin" style="--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><em><a href="https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/8003/subscribe/1">&gt;&gt; Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Organic Bytes &lt;&lt;</a></em></p>
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  467. <p>The post <a href="https://organicconsumers.org/cicadas-rising/">Cicadas Rising</a> appeared first on <a href="https://organicconsumers.org">Organic Consumers</a>.</p>
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  474. <title>Moms Pressing Regulators for Nontoxic and Nutrient Dense Food</title>
  475. <link>https://organicconsumers.org/moms-pressing-regulators-for-nontoxic-and-nutrient-dense-food/</link>
  477. <dc:creator><![CDATA[OCA]]></dc:creator>
  478. <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 15:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
  479. <category><![CDATA[Appetite for a Change]]></category>
  480. <category><![CDATA[Conscious Eaters Unite]]></category>
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  483. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://organicconsumers.org/?p=137684</guid>
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  485. <description><![CDATA[<p>Founding Executive Director of Moms Across America Zen Honeycutt joined Fox 5 to discuss her plans to lobby in D.C. for regulations on toxins that may have made their way into our food supply.  May 3, 2024 | Source: FOX5DC  CONTINUE READING  &gt;&gt; Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Organic Bytes</p>
  486. <p>The post <a href="https://organicconsumers.org/moms-pressing-regulators-for-nontoxic-and-nutrient-dense-food/">Moms Pressing Regulators for Nontoxic and Nutrient Dense Food</a> appeared first on <a href="https://organicconsumers.org">Organic Consumers</a>.</p>
  487. ]]></description>
  488. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-28 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-57 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:19.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:19.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:25px;--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-20 hover-type-none" style="border-radius:20px;"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="NDF" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/NDF.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137690" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/NDF-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/NDF-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/NDF-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/NDF-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/NDF.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-32 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-font-size:30px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:30;line-height:1.4;">Moms Pressing Regulators for Nontoxic and Nutrient Dense Food</h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-51" style="--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-margin-top:10px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Founding Executive Director of Moms Across America Zen Honeycutt joined Fox 5 to discuss her plans to lobby in D.C. for regulations on toxins that may have made their way into our food supply.</em></p>
  489. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-52 fusion-text-no-margin" style="--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;"><p style="text-align: center;">May 3, 2024 | Source: <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1450743" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FOX5DC</a></p>
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  491. </div><div style="text-align:center;"><a class="fusion-button button-flat button-large button-custom fusion-button-default button-14 fusion-button-span-no fusion-button-default-type" style="--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#fffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#f9225b;--button-border-radius-top-left:10px;--button-border-radius-top-right:10px;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:10px;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:10px;--button_gradient_top_color:#00542a;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#00542a;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#90dd9b;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#90dd9b;--button_typography-letter-spacing:1px;--button_typography-font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;--button_typography-font-style:normal;--button_typography-font-weight:700;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1450743"><i class="fa-arrow-right fas button-icon-left" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="fusion-button-text">CONTINUE READING</span></a></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-54 fusion-text-no-margin" style="--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><em><a href="https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/8003/subscribe/1">&gt;&gt; Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Organic Bytes &lt;&lt;</a></em></p>
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  493. <p>The post <a href="https://organicconsumers.org/moms-pressing-regulators-for-nontoxic-and-nutrient-dense-food/">Moms Pressing Regulators for Nontoxic and Nutrient Dense Food</a> appeared first on <a href="https://organicconsumers.org">Organic Consumers</a>.</p>
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  500. <title>Organic Bytes Newsletter #849: Ban The Forever Chemicals Contaminating Water, Food &#038; Farmland</title>
  501. <link>https://organicconsumers.org/organic-bytes-newsletter-849-ban-the-forever-chemicals-contaminating-water-food-and-farmland/</link>
  503. <dc:creator><![CDATA[OCA]]></dc:creator>
  504. <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 00:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
  505. <category><![CDATA[Bytes Issues]]></category>
  506. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://organicconsumers.org/?p=137458</guid>
  507.  
  508. <description><![CDATA[<p>BAN PFAS  Toxic Forever Chemicals  Sewage sludge used to be dumped into the ocean, but that wasn’t environmentally responsible, so it was marketed as “fertilizer” and dumped on farmland. There’s nothing wrong with “humanure” if properly composted. (Although it isn’t allowed in organic and we’re okay</p>
  509. <p>The post <a href="https://organicconsumers.org/organic-bytes-newsletter-849-ban-the-forever-chemicals-contaminating-water-food-and-farmland/">Organic Bytes Newsletter #849: Ban The Forever Chemicals Contaminating Water, Food &#038; Farmland</a> appeared first on <a href="https://organicconsumers.org">Organic Consumers</a>.</p>
  510. ]]></description>
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  515. <span style="font-size:48px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Organic Bytes</span></span></span><br />
  516. <span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#ccbb76;"><strong>Newsletter #849: Ban The Forever Chemicals Contaminating Water, Food & Farmland</strong></span></span><br />
  517.  </div><div style="background: #dfecc6; border: 10px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 5px 10px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px;"><a data-custom-urls="[]" data-custom-urls-enabled="false" href="https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/8003/subscribe/1" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a> | <a data-custom-urls="[]" data-custom-urls-enabled="false" href="https://donate.organicconsumers.org/page/29500/donate/1" target="_blank">DONATE</a></span></strong></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-60 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div><div id="a" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-30 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-61 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-62 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-21 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="banpfasnow" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/banpfasnow.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137509" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/banpfasnow-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/banpfasnow-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/banpfasnow-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/banpfasnow-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/banpfasnow.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-33 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four" style="--awb-margin-top:10px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>BAN PFAS</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-34 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Toxic Forever Chemicals</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-55"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sewage sludge used to be dumped into the ocean, but that wasn’t environmentally responsible, so it was marketed as “fertilizer” and dumped on farmland.</span></p>
  518. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s nothing wrong with “humanure” if properly composted. (Although it isn’t allowed in organic and we’re okay with that!)</span></p>
  519. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The thing that makes sewage sludge so nasty isn’t the human waste, it’s the polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).</span></p>
  520. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This class of highly toxic man-made fluorinated chemicals are used in a variety of products, including waterproof fabric, stain-resistant carpets, nonstick pans, flame retardant furniture, take-out containers, cosmetics and firefighting foam.</span></p>
  521. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">PFAS lasts forever, accumulating in the environment, and it kills. There is scientific evidence that it causes cancer, kidney disease, birth defects, and liver damage, while beating up the immune system.</span></p>
  522. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Biden Administration has started to regulate PFAS, putting six PFAS formulations on its list of substances regulated in drinking water and two under its Superfund authority, to shift the costs of cleanup from taxpayers to polluters.</span></p>
  523. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s great, but there are an estimated 12,000 PFAS formulations and an estimated 30,000 PFAS polluters releasing this “devil’s piss” into the environment via wastewater discharged into surface waters and municipal sewage treatment facilities.</span></p>
  524. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What we need is to ban PFAS, to get it out of our water, out of consumer products, out of the military, out of firefighting, and out of food and farming!</span></p>
  525. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/ban-pfas-contaminating-water-food-farmland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Read more: Ban PFAS, The Toxic Forever Chemicals Contaminating Our Water, Food &amp; Farmland!</strong></a></p>
  526. <p><a href="https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/53935/action/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Take Action: Tell Your State Legislators to Ban PFAS!</strong></a></p>
  527. <p><a href="https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/67140/action/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Take Action: Tell Congress to Ban PFAS!</strong></a></p>
  528. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-56"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/ban-pfas-contaminating-water-food-farmland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Ban%20PFAS,%20The%20Toxic%20Forever%20Chemicals%20Contaminating%20Our%20Water,%20Food%20%26%20Farmland!%20https%3A//bit.ly/4a0Jzuf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  529. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-63 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="b" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-31 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-64 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-65 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-22 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="720" height="404" title="ronnievid" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ronnievid.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137539" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ronnievid-200x112.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ronnievid-400x224.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ronnievid-600x337.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ronnievid.png 720w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 720px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-35 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four" style="--awb-margin-top:10px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>REMEMBERING RONNIE CUMMINS</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-36 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Tribute to Ronnie Cummins</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-57"><p>From OCA Co-founder and National Director, Rose Welch:</p>
  530. <p>This week is the one year anniversary of Ronnie’s death.</p>
  531. <p>We are marking this day by sending a bit of his life story to the network of people who include those who came to know him personally, and those who, through his life’s work, supported him, loved him and followed his efforts over the last twenty-six years as International Director of Organic Consumers Association, authoring articles, books, editing the OCA newsletter and before that BioDemocracy News.</p>
  532. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/tribute-to-ronnie-cummins/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read Rose&#8217;s heartfelt tribute</a></strong></p>
  533. <p><strong><a href="https://youtu.be/sTAcZldVNxs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Watch this video of Ronnie in action</a></strong></p>
  534. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/ronnie-cummins/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">And check out this page to learn about Ronnie’s vision</a></strong></p>
  535. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-58"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//orgcns.org/3wi9QGD" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Tribute%20to%20Ronnie%20Cummins,%20OCA's%20International%20Director,%20on%20the%20one%20year%20anniversary%20of%20his%20passing.%0Ahttps%3A//orgcns.org/3wi9QGD" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  536. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-66 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="c" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-32 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-67 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-68 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-23 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="FF" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/FF.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137519" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/FF-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/FF-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/FF-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/FF-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/FF.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-37 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four" style="--awb-margin-top:10px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>FERMENTED FOODS</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-38 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Could Eating More Fermented Foods Help Improve Mental Health?</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-59"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola:</span></p>
  537. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“STORY AT-A-GLANCE</span></p>
  538. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">* Fermented foods like sauerkraut and kimchi “offer an affordable dietary intervention strategy” for better mental health</span></p>
  539. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">* Fermented foods are rich in phytochemicals and microbial metabolites that include neurotransmitters and neuromodulators</span></p>
  540. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">* These compounds stimulate pathways of the microbiota-gut-brain axis, including those of the immune system and neuroendocrine, enteric nervous and circulatory systems</span></p>
  541. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">* Fermented foods may block dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, the system responsible for the management of stress, which has also been linked to multiple neuropsychiatric disorders</span></p>
  542. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">* A meta-analysis of cohort studies found a significant association between consuming fermented dairy foods, including cheese and yogurt, and a decreased risk of depression”</span></p>
  543. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/could-eating-more-fermented-foods-help-improve-mental-health/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Learn more: Could Eating More Fermented Foods Help Improve Mental Health?</strong></a></p>
  544. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-60"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/could-eating-more-fermented-foods-help-improve-mental-health/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Could%20Eating%20More%20Fermented%20Foods%20Help%20Improve%20Mental%20Health?%0Ahttps%3A//orgcns.org/3UHmx7x" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  545. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-69 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="d" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-33 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-70 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-71 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-24 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="GMO-" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/GMO-.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137518" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/GMO--200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/GMO--400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/GMO--600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/GMO--800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/GMO-.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-39 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four" style="--awb-margin-top:10px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>GMOs</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-40 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>A Mix-up Over Bioengineered Tomato Seeds Sparked Fears About Spread of GMO Crops</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-61" style="--awb-font-size:16px;"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By Sasa Woodruff, NPR News</span></p>
  546. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The Purple Galaxy Tomato splashed across the cover of this season&#8217;s Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog: a closeup of a blackish-purple tomato speckled with tiny pink dots. Next to it, sits a sliced open fruit, revealing deep fuchsia seeds and flesh.</span></p>
  547. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘This beauty is believed to be the first — and the purplest — non-GMO purple tomato in the universe!’ read the catalog copy.</span></p>
  548. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Only problem? The seeds actually may have been a GMO variety, the recently released Purple Tomato, created using genes from a snapdragon flower by Norfolk Healthy Produce.</span></p>
  549. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The mix-up has caused consternation for the heirloom seed company that prides itself on offering rare and organic varieties and takes a firm stance against GMO crops. And it&#8217;s triggered debate about biodiversity and what can happen with GMO seeds when they begin to spread.”

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  550. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/a-mix-up-over-bioengineered-tomato-seeds-sparked-fears-about-spread-of-gmo-crops/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn more about why using recombinant DNA technology has people concerned</a></strong></p>
  551. <p><a href="https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/59366/action/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Ban New GMO Frankenfoods</strong></a></p>
  552. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-62"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/a-mix-up-over-bioengineered-tomato-seeds-sparked-fears-about-spread-of-gmo-crops/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=A%20Mix-up%20Over%20Bioengineered%20Tomato%20Seeds%20Sparked%20Fears%20About%20Spread%20of%20GMO%20Crops%0Ahttps%3A//orgcns.org/3y80kX4" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  553. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-72 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="e" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-34 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-73 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-74 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-25 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="chocolateB" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/chocolateB.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137517" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/chocolateB-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/chocolateB-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/chocolateB-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/chocolateB-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/chocolateB.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-41 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>CONSCIOUS EATERS</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-42 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>5 Things You Should Know Before Buying A Chocolate Bar</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-63"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">by Katherine Sacks, Footprint</span></p>
  554. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“When it comes to buying a chocolate bar, things can get complicated. While you might be drawn to your favorite childhood treat, like a Kit Kat or Take 5 bar, you could change your mind when you find out more about how the chocolate was made. Chocolate production, especially mass-produced chocolate from the most prominent brands, has some unsavory practices, including environmental and human rights problems. There are some chocolate facts to take into consideration when choosing between all those bars in the candy aisle.</span></p>
  555. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As Lela Nargi has reported for FoodPrint, cocoa is among a handful of commodity crops, including coffee, sugarcane and palm oil, that are “grown in the global south by impoverished smallholder farmers with no power in the supply chain. The purchase of these crops by multinational food and beverage corporations — to make your chocolate bars, cookies and more — supports lack of living wages, child/forced/forced child labor, sexual assault, and rampant deforestation.”</span></p>
  556. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/5-things-you-should-know-before-buying-a-chocolate-bar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Read about what labels should we should be looking of and more</strong></a></p>
  557. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-64"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/5-things-you-should-know-before-buying-a-chocolate-bar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=5%20Things%20You%20Should%20Know%20Before%20Buying%20A%20Chocolate%20Bar%0Ahttps%3A//orgcns.org/3JK0q9W" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  558. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-75 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="f" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-35 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-76 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-77 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-26 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="sup" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/sup.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137516" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/sup-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/sup-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/sup-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/sup-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/sup.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-43 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>VITAMINS &amp; SUPPLEMENTS</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-44 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Stop Canadian Supplement Restrictions Coming to the US</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-65"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alliance for Natural Health</span></p>
  559. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Recently, we reported that Sen. Durbin is planning on introducing his anti-supplement bill sometime in 2024. This bill would institute “mandatory product listing” (MPL) for supplements. Creating a registry of the supplement industry may sound harmless, but for the reasons we’ve outlined in the past, this policy is a real threat to your supplement access. To help show why, we need only look to our neighbors in the north: Canada. The evolution of the Canadian system shows how additional supplement regulations sought by Sen. Durbin and the FDA lead us down a path where consumers have ever fewer choices because so many products—especially the most efficacious—will be eliminated.</span></p>
  560. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the US, supplements are regulated as food; in Canada, they are regulated under the Natural Health Products Regulations as a distinct ‘third’ category, between foods and drugs, requiring pre-market approval. To sell a supplement in Canada, companies must first apply for and obtain a Natural Product Number (NPN) from Health Canada (the equivalent of the FDA). To get an NPN, a company must provide extensive information regarding the safety and efficacy of the natural health product.”</span></p>
  561. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/stop-canadian-supplement-restrictions-coming-to-the-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Read more and Write to Congress opposing MPL for supplements</strong></a></p>
  562. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-66"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/stop-canadian-supplement-restrictions-coming-to-the-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stop%20Canadian%20Supplement%20Restrictions%20Coming%20to%20the%20US%0Ahttps%3A//orgcns.org/3y0IaXs" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  563. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-78 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="g" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-36 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-79 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-80 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-27 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="Via-group" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/Via-group.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137515" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/Via-group-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/Via-group-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/Via-group-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/Via-group-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/Via-group.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-45 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>SUPPORT THE OCA &amp; RI</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-46 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><strong><span style="color: #008080;">Connecting the Dots
</span></strong></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-67"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Organic regenerative agriculture takes a holistic approach that embraces Mother Nature—working with as opposed to against nature—to grow healthy, nutritious food while at the same time preserving earth’s natural ecosystems.</span></p>
  564. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When done properly, organic regenerative farming is the way of the future. It’s a solution to some of the world’s greatest and most complex problems including climate change, food insecurity and the loss of biodiversity. It has the potential to both save us from climate catastrophe, and produce enough food to feed the world in a way that allows humans to live in harmony with nature.</span></p>
  565. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We need to integrate this green justice and these regenerative solutions messages with the specific issues and concerns that are most important to grassroots constituencies, and then lay out, in everyday language, a strategy that makes people understand that we can actually solve the problems they care about the most, while also solving a host of other pressing problems at the same time. Only by starting from where people are at, and then connecting the dots, can we capture the attention and imagination of a critical mass of the global grassroots and get them to start thinking about how they can participate in our new Movement and new economy.</span></p>
  566. <p><strong>Please consider a donation, with your support we can grow this vital movement! </strong></p>
  567. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/ways-to-donate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Make a tax-deductible donation to Organic Consumers Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit</strong></a></p>
  568. <p><a href="https://regenerationinternational.org/ways-to-donate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Make a tax-deductible donation to Regeneration International, our international sister organization</strong></a></p>
  569. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-68"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//donate.organicconsumers.org/page/29500/donate/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Donate%20to%20Organic%20Consumers%20Association%0Ahttps%3A//orgcns.org/DONATE" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  570. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-81 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="h" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-37 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-82 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-83 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-28 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="water" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/water.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137514" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/water-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/water-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/water-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/water-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/water.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-47 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>WATER IS LIFE</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-48 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>We Don’t Charge People for Air. We Shouldn’t Charge for Water, Either.</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-69"><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/authors/liza-featherstone"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Liza Featherstone</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, TNR:</span></p>
  571. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“As climate change exacerbates water shortages, water profiteering is making the problem even worse. The barbaric capitalist insistence on treating water as a commodity incentivizes scarcity and hoarding, as well as imposes ever more extreme levels of thirst upon the world’s poor.</span></p>
  572. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Responding to the threat of profiteers exploiting a water shortage in the western United States, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Ro Khanna recently introduced a bill that would ban trading water as a commodity. Speaking to the press last week, Warren rejected the premise that the water crisis should be a source of profit for ‘the rich and powerful.’ Instead, she said, the bill would ‘protect water from Wall Street speculation and ensure our most essential resources isn’t auctioned off to the highest bidder.’”
</span></p>
  573. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/we-dont-charge-people-for-air-we-shouldnt-charge-for-water-either/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Read more ethical case against profiting from a water shortage: We Don’t Charge People for Air. We Shouldn’t Charge for Water, Either.</strong></a></p>
  574. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-70"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/we-dont-charge-people-for-air-we-shouldnt-charge-for-water-either/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=We%20Don%E2%80%99t%20Charge%20People%20for%20Air.%20We%20Shouldn%E2%80%99t%20Charge%20for%20Water,%20Either.%0Ahttps%3A//orgcns.org/4dosgpS" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  575. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-84 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="i" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-38 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-85 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-86 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-29 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="hyh" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/hyh.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137513" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/hyh-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/hyh-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/hyh-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/hyh-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/hyh.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-49 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four" style="--awb-margin-top:10px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>HEALTHY BODIES</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-50 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>In the Search for Wellness, Hack Your Health Goes Straight to the Gut</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-71"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By Roxanne Fequiere, Tudum by Netflix</span></p>
  576. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“In recent years, doctors and scientists have studied the gut with renewed interest. Research has revealed that the digestive system is more than just a processing center for the food we eat, and that it has a much bigger effect on our overall health than previously thought. Issues as varied as stubborn weight gain and Parkinson’s disease can be linked to the gut, which means that understanding our digestive system — and, by extension, how it thrives or suffers based on what we eat — is crucial. In a new documentary, Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut, German scientist Giulia Enders partners with colleagues to explain how the gut works — and how to make it work for you.</span></p>
  577. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How does the gut work?</span></p>
  578. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For those who need a quick biology refresher: The food we eat travels from the esophagus to the stomach before moving onto the small intestine and then the large intestine. Whatever is left is waste, and it’s expelled as poop. Approximately 70% of our immune system lives in our gut, and those microscopic organisms communicate with our other organs. “Our gut affects our whole body,” neuroscientist John Cryan says in the doc. “The gut really is the second brain.” Many conditions once thought to be determined by one’s genetics may actually be attributable to one’s microbiome.”</span></p>
  579. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/in-the-search-for-wellness-hack-your-health-goes-straight-to-the-gut/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Read more: In the Search for Wellness, <em>Hack Your Health</em> Goes Straight to the Gut</strong></a></p>
  580. <p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81436688" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Watch Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut on Netflix</strong></a></p>
  581. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-72"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/in-the-search-for-wellness-hack-your-health-goes-straight-to-the-gut/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=In%20the%20Search%20for%20Wellness,%20Hack%20Your%20Health%20Goes%20Straight%20to%20the%20Gut%0Ahttps%3A//orgcns.org/3UE1bYC" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  582. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-87 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="j" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-39 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-88 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-89 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-30 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="joy2" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/joy2.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137512" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/joy2-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/joy2-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/joy2-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/joy2-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/joy2.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-51 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four" style="--awb-margin-top:10px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>THE NATURAL WORLD</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-52 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>15 Easy Ways to Enjoy Nature This Spring, From Foraging to Cloud-Gazing</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-73"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By Joanna Whitehead, iNews:</span></p>
  583. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">
“It may be grey outside your window right now, but spring has officially sprung and brighter, lighter days will soon be here. While a cerulean sky and dappled sunlight may be on most Brits’ wish list, a cloudy day is no deterrent to engaging with and enjoying nature fortunately – and the benefits of doing so are well documented. Lower blood pressure, stress levels and anxiety, a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, and improved attention and sleep are just some of the health perks from spending time in green and blue spaces.</span></p>
  584. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’ve spoken to the experts to get their tips for embracing what nature has to offer this spring. Almost all of their suggestions are free, meaning you don’t have to splash out to reap the rewards. From planting wildflowers to tracking bumblebees, watching the sunrise, to spotting swifts, there’s certain to be something here that reminds you of Mother Nature’s magic.”</span></p>
  585. <p><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/15-easy-ways-to-enjoy-nature-this-spring-from-foraging-to-cloud-gazing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>From swimming wildly to getting acquainted with grass, learn more</b></a></p>
  586. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-74"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/15-easy-ways-to-enjoy-nature-this-spring-from-foraging-to-cloud-gazing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=15%20Easy%20Ways%20To%20Enjoy%20Nature%20This%20Spring,%20From%20Foraging%20To%20Cloud-Gazing%0Ahttps%3A//orgcns.org/3UfkdCY" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  587. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-90 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="k" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-40 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-91 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-92 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-31 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="lawns" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/lawns.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137511" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/lawns-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/lawns-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/lawns-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/lawns-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/lawns.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-53 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four" style="--awb-margin-top:10px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>ENVIRONMENT</strong></span></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-54 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Why We Have Lawns</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-75"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Braelei Hardt, NFW Blog:</span></p>
  588. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Many envision the ‘perfect’ American lawn as a lush, uniform green carpet that covers their outdoor space. But beneath this verdant facade lies a complex social history and significant environmental dilemma. The lawns that stretch across the United States, covering an astonishing 40 million acres—an area as expansive as Colorado—embody a tradition deeply rooted in cultural status but fraught with ecological consequences. These perfectly manicured landscapes, while picturesque, now consume around 9 billion gallons of water daily, introduce a myriad of toxins into our ecosystems, and offer scant refuge for the local wildlife that once thrived in these spaces.</span></p>
  589. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why then, do we even have lawns? This blog navigates the origins of lawn culture, from its aristocratic beginnings in Europe to its emblematic—and at time insidious—role in American suburbia. As we peel back the layers of tradition and confront the unsettling reasons our culture cherishes open green space to begin with, we invite you to reassess the allure of a lawn—to consider instead landscaping informed by a bright future, rather than a dark history.”</span></p>
  590. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/why-we-have-lawns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read about Lawns as a Legacy of Luxury</a></strong></p>
  591. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/no-mow-may-a-starting-point-not-the-finish-line/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read: No Mow May: A Starting Point, Not the Finish Line</a></strong></p>
  592. </div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-76"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//organicconsumers.org/why-we-have-lawns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135524 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/FB-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Why%20We%20Have%20Lawns%0Ahttps%3A//orgcns.org/3JHUqyw" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-135525 size-full" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/02/Twitter-Gray-50x50-1.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
  593. </div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep" style="align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;"><div class="fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid" style="--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#2a2e38;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-93 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="l" class="fusion-container-anchor"><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-41 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-94 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-95 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-32 hover-type-none"><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" title="yarrow" src="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/yarrow.png" alt class="img-responsive wp-image-137510" srcset="https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/yarrow-200x105.png 200w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/yarrow-400x210.png 400w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/yarrow-600x315.png 600w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/yarrow-800x420.png 800w, https://organicconsumers.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/04/yarrow.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-55 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h4 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.25;"><h4><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">LITTLE BYTES</span></strong></h4></h4><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-56 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one" style="--awb-margin-bottom:25px;"><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div><span class="awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility"></span><h1 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:45;line-height:1;"><h1><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Other Essential Reading and Videos for the Week</strong></span></h1></h1><span class="awb-title-spacer"></span><div class="title-sep-container title-sep-container-right"><div class="title-sep sep- sep-solid" style="border-color:#2a2e38;"></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-77"><p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/yarrow-the-herb-that-can-save-the-day/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yarrow: The Herb That Can Save the Day</a></strong></p>
  594. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/toxic-timeline-a-brief-history-of-pfas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Toxic Timeline: A Brief History of PFAS</a></strong></p>
  595. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/aspartame-classified-as-possibly-carcinogenic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aspartame Classified as ‘Possibly Carcinogenic’</a></strong></p>
  596. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/egg-labels-egg-splained-from-cage-free-to-free-range-how-to-eat-ethically-and-economically/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Egg Labels, Egg-Splained: From Cage-Free to Free-Range, How to Eat Ethically and Economically</a></strong></p>
  597. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/gmos-chemicals-and-the-food-system-and-how-they-directly-affect-your-health/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GMO’s, Chemicals, And The Food System And How They Directly Affect Your Health</a></strong></p>
  598. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/annuals-perennials-and-biennials-how-are-they-different/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Annuals, Perennials, and Biennials: How Are They Different?</a></strong></p>
  599. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/plastic-pollution-talks-move-closer-to-world-first-pact/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Plastic Pollution Talks Move Closer to World-First Pact</a></strong></p>
  600. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/vitamin-d-reduces-menstrual-pain-and-medication-use/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vitamin D Reduces Menstrual Pain and Medication Use</a></strong></p>
  601. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/new-gm-plants-efsa-overlooked-most-powerful-and-risky-applications/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New GM Plants: EFSA Overlooked Most Powerful and Risky Applications</a></strong></p>
  602. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/noise-from-traffic-stunts-growth-of-baby-birds-study-finds/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noise From Traffic Stunts Growth of Baby Birds, Study Finds</a></strong></p>
  603. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/more-than-one-third-of-people-in-the-us-exposed-to-harmful-air-pollution-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">More Than One-Third of People in the US Exposed to Harmful Air Pollution – Report</a></strong></p>
  604. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/victory-more-transparent-food-labels/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Victory! More Transparent Food Labels</a></strong></p>
  605. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/2024-goldman-prize-winner-murrawah-johnson-first-nations-must-be-at-the-forefront-of-creating-change/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2024 Goldman Prize Winner Murrawah Johnson: First Nations Must Be at the Forefront of Creating Change</a></strong></p>
  606. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/who-update-medical-freedom-still-in-peril/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WHO Update: Medical Freedom Still in Peril</a></strong></p>
  607. <p><strong><a href="https://organicconsumers.org/56-companies-responsible-for-half-of-global-plastic-pollution-that-researchers-could-trace/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">56 Companies Responsible for Half of Global Plastic Pollution That Researchers Could Trace</a></strong></p>
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  609. <p>The post <a href="https://organicconsumers.org/organic-bytes-newsletter-849-ban-the-forever-chemicals-contaminating-water-food-and-farmland/">Organic Bytes Newsletter #849: Ban The Forever Chemicals Contaminating Water, Food &#038; Farmland</a> appeared first on <a href="https://organicconsumers.org">Organic Consumers</a>.</p>
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