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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jun 3

    We stand firmly w/ the Black community & protesters who are out in the streets in communities across the country, demanding justice & calling for an end to systemic racism & oppression. Read our statement & find ways to take action:

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  2. 11 hours ago

    "Skilled farmers are aware that every tool & technique for raising a crop has risks and rewards. Unfortunately, producers on a majority of production acres in the U.S. overuse the pesticide hammer from the agricultural toolbox w/out considering the risks."

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  3. 11 hours ago

    As if Bayer can't afford to pay for rapid COVID-19 tests for its own migrant employees, housed in dangerous conditions during a pandemic. Just horrible .

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  4. Sep 18

    Southern Oregon has been devastated by unprecedented fires. Farms and farmworkers have been hit hard, and need help to recover. Please donate if you are able!

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    Sep 18

    Essential legislation to keep frontline workers safe & help CA economy reopen safely has been signed into law! Thank you and for highlighting AB 685 to save lives and protect workers and public health.

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  6. Sep 18

    New data are in. The grim — though unsurprising — findings? Each year, pesticide use continues to harm hundreds of farmworkers and rural community members across California.

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    Sep 18

    Today, we filed a complaint vs. Syngenta together w/ 51 families & , demanding that it stops selling hazardous pesticides to small farmers in India & compensate victims. Read more 👉

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    Sep 18

    Another call for industry accountability in court - this time in India. Our partners and join in lawsuit against today over health harms to small farmers.

    Today, we filed a complaint vs. Syngenta together w/ 51 families & , demanding that it stops selling hazardous pesticides to small farmers in India & compensate victims. Read more 👉
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    Sep 17

    Pressure on from Undersecretary to not to ban was largely scripted and pushed by , documents obtained by show

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  10. Sep 17

    The USPS as we know it is under attack — right before an election with unprecedented need for mail-in voting access! Tell your senators to support the Delivering for America Act, today.

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  11. Sep 16

    File under Corporate Control: How the use of wide-ranging utility patents by a few powerful multinational corporations could make it harder for small companies to breed future crops.

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  12. Sep 16

    This is a problem. Toxic pesticides banned for use in the UK are being exported to countries with less stringent regulations, under loopholes in international trade rules. )

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  13. Sep 15

    Let's choose political leaders on election day who support a healthier food system that’s firmly rooted in justice! We need politicians who answer to the people, not corporate donors.

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  14. Sep 15

    Hunger doesn’t discriminate & we can’t afford to leave anyone behind. - is essential to sustaining our essential workers, who are disproportionately impacted by , & will help stimulate our local economy.

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  15. Retweeted
    Sep 11

    "If we stopped promoting monocrops, we’ll start seeing farmers are pretty innovative. And they might actually be happier because they’d see a little bit more life & diversity on their farms.”” - Rob Faux, IA farmer

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  16. Sep 11

    As continues to recover from the derecho, some farmers are looking to seed cover crops in their damaged fields. That, and more, in this months PAN Iowa News.

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  17. Sep 11

    New Support Emerges for Refugee Farmers Hard Hit by the Pandemic via Civil Eats -

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  18. Sep 10

    Who benefits from our havoc-producing system of chemical intensive ag? Not farmers, workers, or consumers, as outlines in his new book, Perilous Bounty. Check out the review here:

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  19. Sep 10

    Baboons in the U.S., howler monkeys in Costa Rica, and baboons, chimpanzees, red-tailed monkeys, and red colobus in Uganda are all being exposed to dangerous pesticides, according to new research.

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  20. Sep 9

    Birds instead of pesticides? That's a no-brainer. Join this webinar next Tuesday to learn about beneficial birds as natural pest control from Dr. David Inouye and Jo Ann Baumgartner from ! Register here:

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  21. Sep 9

    'Photoessay: On the Front Lines of Fire with Wine Country Farmworkers' via Civil Eats -

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