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Agriculture

To Save the Planet From Climate Catastrophe, New Study Says Put Down the Damn Meat

Condemning Modi's 'Anti-People Policies' Ahead of India's Election, Striking Farmers and Workers Grind New Delhi to Halt

Julia Conley, staff writer

"The main question remains as to whether the elected government stands with the common people or with the corporates."

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New 'Groundbreaking' Bill Would Put Firm Pause on Out-of-Control Food Industry Mega-Mergers

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

family farm

"Consolidation has now reached a point where the top four firms in almost every...

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'Guilty on All Counts!': In Historic Victory, Monsanto Ordered to Pay $289 Million in Roundup Cancer Lawsuit

Common Dreams staff

Roundup

"This is a company that has always put profits ahead of public safety, and...

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Earliest "Earth Overshoot Day" Ever Expected for 2018 as Consumption of Natural Resources Accelerates

"Most of the top 35 global meat and dairy giants either do not report or underreport their emissions. Only four of them provide complete, credible emissions estimates." (Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

Emissions Impossible: How Big Meat and Dairy Are Heating Up the Planet

Meat packages

Aaack! New Analysis Shows Superbugs Lurking on Three-Fourths of U.S. Supermarket Meat

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'No Such Thing as Cheap Meat': Global Index Shows Industry Failure to Combat Climate Crisis, Antibiotic Resistance

Hundreds Rally, Dozens Arrested in Effort to Save Chickens from 'Horrific Cruelty' at Industrial Egg Farm

cows

Humans Less Than 1% of Life on Earth, But Have Destroyed Half of Its Plants, More Than 80% of All Mammals

piggies

Calling for Overhaul of Nation's Food System, New Campaign Seeks Ban on Factory Farms

'Huge Win for Pollinators, People, and Planet': EU Bans Bee-Killing Pesticides

With 'Merger From Hell' Reportedly Approved by DOJ, Warnings of Agrichemical Chokehold on Food System

food diversity

Alarm Sounds After EU Regulators Greenlight Bayer-Monsanto 'Merger From Hell'

To Avoid Water Shortage for 5 Billion by 2050, UN Report Urges Nature-Based Solutions

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Angering Organic Farmers and Advocates, Trump's USDA Kills Animal Welfare Rule

Newswire

Environmental Working Group (EWG)

Map: Florence Drenched Thousands of North Carolina CAFOs and Animal Waste Pits

National Employment Law Project

Trump USDA to Allow Faster Poultry Line Speeds, Ignoring Danger to Workers and Consumers

Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

'New NAFTA' Falls Flat for Farmers, Food Advocates...

Center for Food Safety

Court Shuts Down Offshore Aquaculture in Gulf of Mexico

Center for Food Safety

Center for Food Safety Calls for Court Decision on GE Labeling Delay

Environment America

Congress Convenes for Farm Bill Conference

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Christopher D. Cook

To Address the Climate Crisis, We Must Completely Rethink How We Produce and Consume Food

Cameron Harsh

How to Combat Climate Change with What You Eat

Michael Sainato, Chelsea Skojec

Police Arrest 58 Activists After Factory Conditions Exposed at 'Free Range' Perdue Supplier

Anthony Pahnke, Jim Goodman

Bad Farm Policy Contributes to Natural Disasters

Lorraine Chow

3.4 Million Chickens, 5,500 Hogs Killed in Florence's Flooding

Timothy Wise

'This Is Life or Death for Us': Mexico's Farm Movement Rejects New NAFTA Agreement

Ruchi Shroff

Monsanto-Bayer: Eliminating the Name Will Not Erase the History

John Vandermeer, Ivette Perfecto

Coffee and the Shock Doctrine in Puerto Rico

Patty Lovera

Trump’s Farmer "Bailout," Explained

Ben Lilliston

Stop Meat Companies from Rigging the Grass-fed Market

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