Ever wonder what to ask when your farmer says their farm is organic but not certified? @Cornucopia_Inst's new list helps you ask the right Qs: https://t.co/PywyQ3O4z5 Print it out & get to know your local #OrganicFarmers. Show 👨🌾👩🌾 some 💚 this summer! #SupportOrganicFarmers
“Hemp can do almost everything petroleum can do,” Winona LaDuke said, “including replacing some cotton and plastics.” >> @startribune https://t.co/O6YqcPjuu1 @ Winona's Hemp and Heritage Farm https://t.co/x0UEYvpfou
At a grain elevator in Craig a few weeks ago, corn was $2.77 — that's not enough for farmers to stay on their land. Farmers are told to get bigger and bigger, but that creates a race to the bottom. We must rethink our ag system so all farms can succeed. https://t.co/6xLPiShpaZ
"#ClimateJustice and #FoodJustice are, in fact, the same fight – the struggle to beat back corporate dominance and make the world livable for everyone." - @tomphilpott
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In the final years of a collapsing empire, nearly everything on the mainstream airwaves is vapid divisive nonsense & meaningless spectacle...
...while the true extraction of wealth & resources continues unobstructed behind closed doors.
"[Rattan Lal is] mostly happy that #soil is finally getting the respect it deserves. He even wants it written into law. The U.S. has a Clean Air Act and a Clean Water Act, he says; there should be a Healthy Soils Act, too." --- Agreed!
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Never forget. While the Republican Senate refused to extend $600/week for 30 million unemployed workers, it had no problem passing a $1 trillion tax break to the top 1% and large corporations. Trump and the Republicans love socialism for the rich, rugged capitalism for the rest.
The Tech Giants are pushing digital trade rules that will make workers’ livelihoods more-and-more precarious — exacerbating inequality at home and abroad. Duncan McCann @NEF
"This only ends if the public, if you take a stand. You have to be a witness becuase if this cotinues you will be a bearing witness to the worst judicial scandal in decades in the United Kingdom. It cannot happen!" @khrafnsson#DontExtraditeAssange#FreeAssange
FARMED TO DEATH: 15 years undercover on the trail of the global meat industry by @Andrew_Wasley published in collaboration with @TBIJ@WeAnimals@GreenpeaceUK@guardian @ecostorm_agency https://t.co/hzathD8isu
Just six companies control two-thirds of the nation's meat production. It's time to end their monopoly of our food supply. #BoycottBigMeat https://t.co/FUwM7FCUkT
John Lewis asked The NYT to publish this on the day of his funeral. It is necessary reading. He writes, “When you see something that is not right, you must say something ... Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part.” https://t.co/gNWQDpeAZt
The Stuttgart Peace Prize 2020 goes to Julian Assange, investigative journalist, programmer and founder of WikiLeaks.
The prize is awarded by Die Anstifter and aims to promote the right to unconditional freedom of information and of the press.
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