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The Real Truth About Health Jul 30, 2020 Poisoning Our Children – How Glyphosate And Other Pesticides In Our Food And Environment Damage Children by Andre Leu Andre Leu is the International Director of Regeneration International. He is the Author … Continue reading →

WGBHForum Aug 6, 2020 This forum features three uniquely different farmers who are all equally passionate about smart and sustainable ways of growing our food. Addy Shreffler is a young but savvy farmer, who was an executive chef for several … Continue reading →

Alfonso Morales, Ph.D., Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, UCS Science Network, UCS | August 5, 2020, 2:07 pm EDT COVID will happen again. Some public health emergency will disrupt every sector of society. It will happen again, and with the same … Continue reading →

Since the 2007-8 food crisis, when spikes in prices for global commodity crops raised the specter of food shortages, Africa has seen a surge in funding to help local food producers grow more of the region’s food. African governments raised … Continue reading →

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/86/9bc9d6bd-2b52-4ee1-86f5-4bdb053fc797/DISPATCH_Hidden_Toll_V4.mp3 They’ve been keeping America fed throughout the pandemic — and they say they’ve had to choose between their health and their jobs. For the essential agriculture workers who pick and process the food we eat, many of them undocumented … Continue reading →

TED Oct 26, 2017 Sara Menker quit a career in commodities trading to figure out how the global value chain of agriculture works. Her discoveries have led to some startling predictions: “We could have a tipping point in global food … Continue reading →

Streamed live on Apr 11, 2020 Join a Zoom meeting in your area: socialistworker.co.uk/events The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated the biggest crisis in decades, and has intensified the pre-existing fault lines of capitalism. At the most basic level it poses … Continue reading →

UW School of Medicine and Public Health Nov 30, 2007 Michael Greger speaks at the Health Sciences Learning Center on his national tour to discuss the theory that modern agricultural practices have played an influential role in the evolution of … Continue reading →

Haymarket Books Please join an online teach-in with renowned activist-scholar Mike Davis, author of numerous books, including The Monster at Our Door, In Praise of Barbarians, and the forthcoming Set the Night on Fire. Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 5:00 PM … Continue reading →

Happen Films May 22, 2017 In this film, organic market gardeners Frank and Josje talk about why the supermarket system doesn’t work and how Community Supported Agriculture fits into a new story for food growing. CSA members help farmers to … Continue reading →