Margaret Reeves

GOP Ripped for 'Grotesque' Farm Bill Full of 'Industry-Backed Poison Pills' | Common Dreams Advocates for animal welfare, environmental protection, public health, and small family farms condemned "industry-backed poison pills" in the GOP Farm Bill draft.

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Sharing a new guest blog (bit.ly/49W8Jh1) from Coming Clean Board Member Gary Cohen: "My Father Went to Europe to Fight the Nazis. Now They Are Here in America."

EPA chief ’s MAHA tweet - PR stunt or real progress? Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin sparked news stories around the US last week when he tweeted that the agency had made the “proactive decision to freshly reassess” the sa...

“Zeldin’s EPA hasn’t done a single thing to protect public health this past year and he now seems intent on “MAHA-washing” everything that comes out of his office..." - Nathan Donley, Center for Biological Diversity. www.thenewlede.org/2026/01/epa-...

USDA’s Regenerative Agriculture Program Doesn’t Add Up | Opinion The Trump spin machine is in overdrive, but empty words and promises can’t fool farmers struggling to make ends meet.

Thank you @biologicaldiversity.org for this analysis of USDA's attempt to support Regenerative Ag bit.ly/4p3aRaQ

I watched my parents harvest crops. Farmworkers deserve a living wage | Opinion The average California farmworker earns an average salary of under $20,000 a year, and many farmworker families rely on food banks.

"Despite being the backbone of our food system, farmworkers continue to face immense challenges, including lack of health care, food insecurity, and poor housing....many farmworker families rely on food banks to feed their families."
www.fresnobee.com/opinion/read... by partner advct, Yelisa Abriz!

🥕 Modest public investment in organic fruit and veg can deliver HUGE returns for communities, local economies and climate
🥕 Every pound of public money invested in climate and nature-friendly food delivers a whopping £8.78 in social, health, economic and environmental benefits...
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If passed by the House and signed into law, these changes would allow schools to offer a nutritionally equivalent non-dairy milk option to all students and would require schools to provide a cow’s milk substitute for any student with lactose intolerance!

We appreciate the Senate’s leadership in ensuring equitable access to nutritionally appropriate beverages at school — especially @alsobrooks.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov and Senator Boozman

🕵️🤝 #CorporateCapture at its highest: During their intervention in the #CarbonMarket negotiations - Indonesia copied #FossilFuels lobbyists’ talking points, sometimes verbatim & presented them as its own.

A 🧵 on a very deserved #FossilOfTheDay.

READ: climatenetwork.org/resource/fos...

PAN International’s Agroecology Workgroup published 11 case studies detailing specific agroecology solutions for farmers around the world for #ClimateCOP30 & the People’s Summit in Belém, Brazil: ​​https://www.panna.org/resources/agroecology-case-studies/

More damning information on paraquat's link to Parkinson's Disease: irrefutable science, corporate malfeasance, more than 8,000 victims filing cases against the manufacturer Syngenta and much more bit.ly/49FMig9, @careygillam.bsky.social.

Today, California celebrates Filipino American labor leader Larry Itliong, a trailblazer during one of the most pivotal movements for farmworker rights in U.S. history.

His commitment to unity and social justice continues to inspire Californians today.

Paraquat imports climb despite concerns about health impacts url:https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/paraquat-imports-climb-despite-concerns-about-health-impacts/

Farmers Need Immediate Economic Assistance There is a crisis in farm country. Family farmers are facing daunting economic and financial circumstances, with each passing day becoming increasingly dire. Recently enacted trade policies, and the ...

Family farmers are facing severe economic and financial circumstances. Farmers Need Immediate Economic Assistance and Meaningful Reforms. Please TAKE THIS ACTION bit.ly/47A7Jhe

How the Government Shutdown is Impacting Farmers NSAC's latest post outlines the widespread impacts of the 2025 government shutdown and farm bill expiration on farmers, highlighting disruptions across USDA programs including conservation, nutrition,...

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A California home on a hot day shouldn’t be deadly. One bill can help | Opinion Legislation before Gov. Gavin Newsom would establish an official state policy for a maximum safe indoor temperature. It’s a start.

Extreme heat is a public health emergency for millions of Californians. For Galvia Juarez and her children, it isn’t just a threat outdoors, but within their home as well. Read more from Galvia and why she’s urging @CAgovernor to sign #SB655.

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Scientists Unite on How to Protect Children from Toxic Contributors to Autism – Healthy Children Project bit.ly/46iRC7e Neither the president nor RFK Jr are credible sources regarding science on any topic.

Study of Earthworms Finds Fluorinated Pesticides Threaten Soil Ecosystems - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Earthworms are vital for ecosystem services and overall soil health but are threatened by fluorinated pesticide exposure.

🪱 Published in Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, a study of #earthworms evaluating #toxicity of environmentally relevant levels of three #fluorinated #pesticides finds effects on growth and #reproduction occur at elevated concentrations. #soil #health #dailynews ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/oKVh50WYUF6

Study Adds to Science Showing Elevated Toxicity Linked to Pesticide Mixtures - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog A team of researchers conducted a study published in Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology of the combined effects of glyphosate and cypermethrin.

A team of Argentinian researchers conducted a study on the #combined effects of #glyphosate and the pyrethroid insecticide #cypermethrin, observing significantly higher #apoptosis in cells exposed to #mixtures than to individual pesticides—a synergistic response. ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/7YxZ50WVRXK

MAHA Strategy Report Backs Off Pesticides After Defining Serious Threat in Earlier Assessment - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog After being criticized by the chemical industry and allied agribusiness and service industry groups on the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) report in May, the strategy document, released yesterday, h...

🆕 After being criticized by the chemical industry (+ allied agribusiness and service industry groups) on the Make America Healthy Again #MAHA report, the #strategy doc, released yesterday, has tamped down efforts to reform gov't programs that regulate #pesticides. #rollback ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/HLjR50WUM6X

Critical amendments needed to fix California bill aimed at food deserts | Opinion “When profits falter, large grocery chains abandon communities — creating the very food deserts Rubio’s bill aims to address.”

.@ foodfarmnetwork.org Gov subsidies protecting extractive monopolies in the food system cost farmers, shoppers, & food chain workers their livelihoods. Divesting from them is how we drive change #caleg must take all amendments to SB 18 to resource community-led effort. sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

The UK’s toxic export: banned weedkiller | The Observer Daughter joins campaign to stop production of controversial pesticide at factory in Huddersfield after her father died with Parkinson’s disease years aft...

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Opinion | You Are Contaminated

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What’s Really Inside the Final Budget Reconciliation Bill: A Breakdown of Food and Agriculture Provisions The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), signed into law on July 4, 2025, enacts massive cuts to SNAP and Medicaid to extend tax breaks for the wealthy, while expanding subsidies for the largest farms a...

What Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act means for U.S. food & farming. bit.ly/4kIhGwn It's BAD! - slashes SNAP food benefits by nearly $186 billion, increases by $50 billion subsidies to the largest, wealthiest farmers, & it ends programs that support the vast majority of farmers & rural communities

Farmer-Led Research Identifies Plants With the Power to Attract Pollinators Designing on-farm habitats to feature hardy plants that attract pollinators may be one practical method of boosting pollination and protecting yields.

SARE does great farmer-led research. Here's work on pollinator-attracting plants. bit.ly/4kHDMzd

How pesticides endanger pregnant farmworkers in Pajaro Valley - Santa Cruz Local Farmworkers carry the heaviest health risks from pesticides, and pregnant workers can expose their children to a lifetime of health problems.

Santa Cruz County’s $1.5 billion agriculture industry uses more than 1 million lbs of pesticides annually. Farmworkers, who apply pesticides and pick produce, carry the heaviest health risks from pesticide exposure with pregnant workers carrying risks for the unborn children as well. bit.ly/4lmzPRC

The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France Aix-Marseille University is wooing researchers who feel targeted by the Trump administration.

The Trump-motivated US brain drain is on the move! bit.ly/3If0gtW From this and ALL the other HORRORS - How long will it take us to recover from this dictatorship? And we haven't even yet hit bottom.

There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away. Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.

I rarely post from the NYT but this image is telling. bit.ly/4lqhUth

Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows Diquat is banned in the UK, EU, China and other countries. The US has resisted calls to regulate it

Countries around the world have banned this toxic herbicide. The science is damning yet in the US it's still promoted as an acceptable substitute for other toxic herbicides like glyphosate (Roundup) and paraquat. bit.ly/4nCCVCA

Violating California Residents’ Right to Water - Inside Climate News People in the nation’s richest strawberry-growing region have lacked safe drinking water for decades. A Biden administration grant promised them a clean, climate-resilient drinking water system. Trump...

People in CA's strawberry-growing region have lacked safe drinking water for decades. A Biden administration grant promised them a clean, climate-resilient drinking water system. Trump took it away. bit.ly/3TunK0t