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Derision, Disbelief After Iowa Meatpacking Plant Where Hundreds Caught Coronavirus Fined Just $957

Workers process beef at Old Fashion Country Butcher in Santa Paula, California on May 21, 2020. (Photo: Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

Trump EPA Denounced for 'Disgusting' Decision on Atrazine, Herbicide Tied to Birth Defects

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Atrazine is mostly use on corn, according to Civil Eats, "but also on sorghum, sugarcane, and a few other crops, as well as on golf courses, Christmas tree farms, and in residential landscaping." (Photo: TumblingRun/flickr/cc)

One critic warned that "this decision imperils the health of our children and the safety of drinking water supplies across much of the nation."

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Billionaires Called to Pay It Back as UN Warns of 'Wave of Hunger and Famine' That Could Rock Globe

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

A malnourished child holds the finger of his father as he receives treatment at a hospital on June 30, 2020 in Sana'a, Yemen.

"It's time for those who have the most to step up, to help those who have the...

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UN Biodiversity Report Urges 8 Transitions Needed to Restore Essential Ecosystems Impacted by Humanity

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A U.N. report released Tuesday details the world's biodiversity crisis and a path to address it. (Photo: jotily/Getty Images)

"We can no longer afford to cast nature aside. Now is the time for this massive...

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cover image of WWF's Living Planet Report 2020

'Nature Is Unraveling': Report Reveals 'Alarming' 68% Plummet in Wildlife Populations Worldwide Since 1970

Hashem Mahmoud Atin, a 10-month-old displaced Yemeni child suffering from acute malnutrition and who is unable to reach a hospital for treatment, is held by his mother at a camp in Abs in northern Yemen's Hajjah province on September 3, 2020. (Photo: Essa Ahmed/AFP via Getty Images)

UN Warns Pandemic-Intensified Famines Are Looming, 'Endangering the Lives of Millions'

Underneath the floating debris in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo: NOAA – Marine Debris Program)

Activists Demand Bolder Efforts to Address Pollution After Scientists Find Microplastics in Human Organs

Organic farming has brought environmental benefits—healthier soils, freedom from toxic pesticides and herbicides—to 6.5 million acres in the U.S. (Photo: Jeff K/Flickr)

Groundbreaking Study Shows Organic Diets Drastically Lower Dietary Toxins

'Just Insane': As Pandemic Rages and Hunger Soars, Trump USDA Under Fire for Blocking Access to Food Benefits

Despite Surging Need Amid Pandemic, GOP Moves to Roll Back SNAP When Food Assistance 'Matters Now More Than Ever'

'Beans for Brains': Critics Say Trump Photo Promoting Goya Makes Clear Ivanka's Tweet Was No Mistake

'If It's Trump, It Has to Be Corrupt': Critics Say Goya Bean Tweet by Ivanka Is Clear Ethics Breach

Agricultural laborers pick lemons inside the orchards of Samag Services, Inc., in Mesa, California on March 27, 2020. (Photo: Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

Endangering Lives and Food Supply, Trump Labor Dept. Refuses Covid-19 Protections for Guest Farmworkers

A mother holds her malnourished child to be weighed as he receives treatment at Al-Jumhori hospital in Saada province, March 19, 2020.

'The Last Straw': As Pandemic Rages, Oxfam Warns 12,000 Could Die Per Day From Hunger

Vice President Mike Pence speaks after leading a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Health and Human Services on June 26, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

'Height of Child Hunger Chutzpah': Pence Uses Guise of 'Nutrition' to Claim Schools Must Reopen in Fall

A billboard calls out Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, both Republicans from Kentucky, for blocking $16 billion in food aid Americans, including nearly $133 for Kentuckians.

'Hunger Clock' Billboards Blast McConnell and GOP Senators for Blocking $16 Billion in Food Aid

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Military Landfill to Organic Squash: Change Happens

A three-acre organic farm has taken root on Governor's Island in New York Harbor, home to military installations since 1794 and the Coast Guard until ten years ago. Tomatoes due in July. “It’s pretty trippy to see plants growing and the Statue of Liberty,” said Leslie Koch of the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corp.

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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Meng and Ocasio-cortez Work to Help Local Food Assistance Organizations Experiencing Sudden Impacts in Funding

Center for Biological Diversity

Congress Urged to Provide Immediate Pandemic Relief to U.S Food, Farm, Fish Systems

Food & Water Watch

300 Diverse Advocacy Groups Endorse the Farm System Reform Act and Urge Quick Passage in Congress

Environmental Working Group (EWG)

Study: Switching to Organic Diet Dramatically Lowers Glyphosate Levels in Adults, Children

Friends of the Earth

Drop Dramatically After One Week of Eating Organic

Center for Food Safety

Victory! Court of Appeals Upholds Decision to Prohibit Offshore Aquaculture in Gulf of Mexico

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Ben Lilliston

Don’t Grant Global Meat Corporations Immunity, Hold Them Accountable for Covid-19 Failures

Million Belay, Timothy A. Wise

Africa at the Crossroads: Time to Abandon Failing Green Revolution

Anne Schechinger

New USDA Records Show Trade Bailout and Coronavirus Payments Went to the Largest Farms

Brynne Keith-Jennings

Food Need Very High Compared to Pre-Pandemic Levels, Making Relief Imperative

Jim Hightower

Something Is Rotten at Big Meat Inc.

Michelle D. Holmes

Black Lives Depend on the U.S. Dietary Guidelines

Shefali Sharma

Public Money to Plunder the Planet: Development Banks Fund Big Meat and Dairy

GRAIN

Agro-Imperialism in the Time of Covid-19

Simon Whalley

The Plant-Based Diet That Our Planet Urgently Needs

Thom Hartmann

Yes, the Looting Must Stop