Food & Water

Nonprofit institute working to end corporate control of governance, food, and the media.

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

RFK, Jr. is an anti-science lunatic, and any "regeneration" advocates who see him as ally are living in a delusional world. The path to change -- and regeneration -- must be rational, not nutty, predatory and conspiratorial.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich just delivered a truth bomb about Donald Trump: "He's pathetic. He's small. He's a whiner...He's a damaged man."

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

@James_Ehlers @cabotcreamery I guess they're still mad that their whistle-blowing employee gave us the internal memo detailing their lies about using rBGH.

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

Someday the true Ben & Jerry's story will be written, and it will go like this: The investors got rich while the farmers went bankrupt, and down, down, down went Vermont's rural economy and environment. In other words, we paid a lot for "Free Cone Day."

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

If you think Ben & Jerry's is "dilutive" to corporate profits, wait until you learn about what they've done to #Vermont's rural economy, water quality and family farms. Because there's only so much slick PR can hide. #vtpoli https://t.co/DSxCy9asnl

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

Let this #Vermont headline sink in: "St. Albans Man Dies After Cold Night." He was homeless, now dead, from the exposure, while our state leaders continue to dither over our housing crisis. It's Vermont Wrong. https://t.co/xy10MdkKPK

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

Another from the vault (1998), when we began pointing out Ben & Jerry's extensive use of pesticides, antibiotics and exploited labor. And it's only gotten worse, as #Vermont enviros and politicians keep cashing those @benandjerrys checks. @vpirg #vtpoli

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

Found in the vault, circa 1997, when we convinced Hormel that irradiating its SPAM wasn't a good idea. That was fun. #SPAM #FoodIrradiation

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

@anson_ag More than 40% of #VT's small dairy farmers have gone bankrupt under your leadership because you refuse to do anything about the dairy monopolies that are paying farmers less than the cost of production. #vtpoli

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

We hate to say we told you so, but....we tried to blow the whistle on this boondoggle in #VT, but the Big Dairy enablers marched on with the very false promises of biodigesters, with more than a little help from the @benandjerrys supported enviros. @vpirg @VNRCorg @ruralvermont

[Keith Schneider @modeshift]

One more mammoth fraud of Sec. Vilsack and Big Ag co-conspirators on the people. Those big, expensive, water-polluting manure biodigesters said to reduce methane emissions? They release more methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. A lot more. https://t.co/J2eRU9Ui2V

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

There's no better proof that Ag Agencies are merely shills for monopolized commodity production than the fact that 41% of #VT's small dairy farms have gone bankrupt under @anson_ag leadership and he's still defending the system. Heckava job, Anson. #vtpoli

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

In 2016, when @anson_ag become Ag Sec in #VT, there were 838 dairy farms. Eight years later, there are 496 left, a loss of 342 mostly-small farms, or 41%. But, sure, throw out some crumbs while avoiding the real issues (monopolized dairy!). Sorry, Anson, you're failing. #vtpoli

[Anson Tebbetts @anson_ag]

New opportunity for small farms to change operations if needed https://t.co/EA5a3KwfgY

[@michaelcolby.bsky.social @Broadsides]

Another way to look at the #IowaCaucus: Trump pulled a Carter, as in, losing a significant percentage of his own party's caucus voters. In 1980, Carter got 59% of the caucus vote (Kennedy got 32%) and he was considered toast for the general election. Last night..

[@michaelcolby.bsky.social @Broadsides]

Sadly, @WDEVRadio has become a caricature of itself, a nest of old, white-man grievances, power elite pandering and an “aw shucks” shrug at the region’s economic, cultural and ecological decline. They should have turned the lights out when @MarkJohnsonVT left. #vtpoli #rip

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

It was an honor to work with Dr. Sidney Wolfe in the efforts to stop food irradiation. He was a very good man. https://t.co/mXLyh9pqwV

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

@James_Ehlers @SenSanders Indeed. It's a long list, and a large grift.

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

So who's gonna tell @SenSanders what Ben Cohen, his campaign chair, does for a living? Go ahead, Bernie, take him on. And it'll help more than our obesity problem, because your pal's ice cream corporation is also wrecking #VT's waterways and farm economy. #vtpoli #BenandJerry

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

We must have the courage to take on the greed of the food and beverage industry which, every day, is undermining the health and well-being of our children by pushing extremely unhealthy products which far too often cause obesity and type-2 diabetes.

[carey gillam ✍️ 📓 @careygillam]

The silver bullet that wasn't: Glyphosate's declining weed control over 25 years https://t.co/MmjBy82egH

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

COP28 is performative insanity, where you pretend the previous 27 failures didn't occur. #COP28 #GetReal #StayHome

[Food & Water @regenerationVT]

It's sad to see so many food/ag "movements" slide into fad-diet cults and conspiracy ninniness. The pursuit of clicks has replaced reason.