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Idaho's 'Ag-Gag' Bill Signed Into Law | Common Dreams

Idaho's 'Ag-Gag' Bill Signed Into Law | Common Dreams

"New law will allow "animal abuse, environmental violations, and food contamination to flourish undetected, unchallenged, and unaddressed"."

Monsanto Hates Democracy | Common Dreams

Monsanto Hates Democracy | Common Dreams
"Nine out of 10 of us want to know where Monsanto's been hiding the GMOs in our food and a most of us wouldn't eat those GMOs if we knew where they were."

93% of the Public Wants GMO Labeling—Monsanto and the Big Agribusiness Giants Plan to Spend Millions in Propaganda to Change Our Minds | Alternet

93% of the Public Wants GMO Labeling—Monsanto and the Big Agribusiness Giants Plan to Spend Millions in Propaganda to Change Our Minds | Alternet
"Monsanto and Big Food are taking the battle for consumers’ hearts and minds to the next level. And it’s no coincidence that they’re pulling out the big guns just as the Washington State I-522 campaign to label genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food products is gaining steam."

Nation's Farmworkers Demand Protections From Toxic Pesticides | Common Dreams

Nation's Farmworkers Demand Protections From Toxic Pesticides | Common Dreams
"Farmworkers and their advocates from across the nation descended on Washington, DC this week to demand better protection from the pesticides they're exposed to while picking the nation's produce."

America Feeds the Rich | Common Dreams

America Feeds the Rich | Common Dreams
"The Republican-sponsored proposal slashes food stamps for poor children and pads farm subsidies for wealthy agri-businessmen."

Six Horrifying Things About Pork Everyone Should Know

Six Horrifying Things About Pork Everyone Should Know
"American hog farmers have managed to eliminate all wholesomeness, purity, ethics and animal welfare from the pork industry."

We Must Reclaim Our Farmland From the Rural Oligarchy

We Must Reclaim Our Farmland From the Rural Oligarchy
"The countryside, however, is more than the domain of America's rural oligarchy. The countryside of America and of all other countries is absolutely essential for the survival of the natural world. The health of people depends on the health of the natural world. Foul nature as industrialized agriculture has been doing for decades and you threaten the Earth."

Look Out: Corporations Promote ‘Right to Farm’ | Alternet

Look Out: Corporations Promote ‘Right to Farm’ | Alternet
"If these resolutions passed, citizens would be asked to vote this dangerous language into our state constitution."

Starved of Democracy and the Fight Against Corporate 'Foodopoly' | Common Dreams

Starved of Democracy and the Fight Against Corporate 'Foodopoly' | Common Dreams
"We, the people, must reclaim our democracy. We must reestablish strong antitrust laws to begin the work of fixing our broken, corporate-controlled food system. Our food system should work for consumers and farmers, not big agricultural, processing, retail, and chemical conglomerates."

Big Agribusiness Is Tricking You Into Buying Cruelly Raised Eggs. Here’s How That Might Change.

Big Agribusiness Is Tricking You Into Buying Cruelly Raised Eggs. Here’s How That Might Change.: Everyone has seen labels on the eggs they buy in grocery stores like “organic” or “free-range.” What most people don’t know is that these loosely defined labels are often fig leaves that cover for the brutal abuse of animals. But a new lawsuit by animal advocates may have changed all that, pressuring the Food and [...]/p

'Ag-Gag's' First Victim: Woman Faces 6 Months in Jail For Filming Slaughterhouse ... From Across the Street! | Alternet

'Ag-Gag's' First Victim: Woman Faces 6 Months in Jail For Filming Slaughterhouse ... From Across the Street! | Alternet
"A Utah woman has become the first person to be prosecuted under what are known as “ag-gag” laws, or laws meant to deter people from exposing animal rights abuses."

Meet the GOPer Who Worked With Monsanto to Sneak the "Monsanto Protection Act" into Law | Alternet

Meet the GOPer Who Worked With Monsanto to Sneak the "Monsanto Protection Act" into Law | Alternet
"Anger at the so-called “Monsanto Protection Act” — a biotech rider which protects genetically modified seeds from litigation in the face of health risks — has been directed at numerous parties in Congress and the White House for allowing the provision to be voted and signed into law. But the party responsible for anonymously introducing the rider into the broad, unrelated spending bill had not been identified until now.

As Mother Jones’ Tom Philpott  notes, the Senator responsible is Missouri Republican Roy Blunt — famed friend of Big Agrigulture on Capitol Hill."

Wave of "Ag Gag" Bills Threaten Food Safety and Freedom of the Press

Wave of "Ag Gag" Bills Threaten Food Safety and Freedom of the Press
"In its original form, the "ag gag" bill was a blatant violation of the First Amendment right to freedom of speech and expression and would have quashed the right of independent investigators to document the truth. So legislators in Iowa and Utah changed the bills to make lying on employment applications a crime. Now factory farms and slaughterhouses can screen out reporters and other investigators by asking on job applications, "Are you affiliated with a news organization, labor union, or animal protection group"?"