Eleven corrupt State Attorneys General from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina, and South Dakota, have petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of Bayer (Monsanto), Syngenta (ChemChina), and Corteva (Dow-DuPont-Pioneer) to take away your right to know about pesticide toxicity—and your right to sue these companies for failure to warn.

Juries awarded billions in compensation to Roundup-exposed cancer victims, because Monsanto knew its herbicide caused non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma but failed to warn its customers.

Bayer should change their product formulations, but they want to change the law instead. They’re pressuring state legislators, telling them they’d sooner take Roundup herbicide off the market than make weed-killers that won’t give farmers cancer.

Georgia’s legislature is the first to cave. A law that would deprive Georgia’s pesticide victims of their right to sue awaits Governor Brian Kemp’s signature.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency, long controlled by Monsanto, won’t admit that Roundup causes cancer, so they don’t require the weed killer to be labeled as a carcinogen. Bayer’s theory, submitted by the eleven State Attorneys General, is that if the EPA ignores the cancer risks so should the states and the courts.

In 2019, Trump’s EPA told California that it couldn’t require cancer warnings on glyphosate-based herbicides like Roundup. Then, in 2022, Biden’s EPA said it could, as long as it included a disclaimer that the EPA doesn’t think glyphosate causes cancer.

The eleven State Attorneys General want the EPA to go further and prohibit “any state labeling requirements inconsistent with EPA findings and conclusions from its human health risk assessment on human health effects, such as a pesticide’s likelihood to cause cancer, birth defects, or reproductive harm.” Bayer’s hoping this will relieve them of their duty to warn under state tort laws that give injured people the right to sue.

TAKE ACTION BY MARCH 24: Tell the EPA to Stop Bayer’s Sneak Attack on Pesticide Warnings!

GEORGIA: Tell Governor Brian Kemp to Veto Bayer’s Get Out of Jail Free Card! Call Governor Kemp at (404) 656-1776, message him up on Facebook, X or Instagram, or email him through this contact form.

NATIONWIDE: Tell Your State Legislators, Ban Roundup, Don’t Bail Out Bayer!

LEARN MORE ABOUT ROUNDUP & CANCER: ‘Watch the documentary ‘Into the Weeds’

Pamela Ferdinand, U.S. Right To Know:

“Glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide, disrupts female hormones and damages the ovaries and uterus in ways that can make it more difficult for women to get pregnant, according to a new review of human and animal research.

The study, published in Reproductive Sciences this week (March 21, 2025), also found that glyphosate may be tied to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis, due to its endocrine-disrupting capabilities and reproductive toxicity.

PCOS is a hormonal disorder that affects the ovaries, fertility, and periods, among other symptoms. Endometriosis is an often painful condition when tissue similar to the uterine lining (endometrial tissue) grows outside the uterus. Both conditions are among the leading causes of infertility.”

Read more about the multiple toxic effects of glyphosate exposure

TAKE ACTION: Make Your State the First to Ban Glyphosate, Monsanto’s Roundup Weedkiller!

Analysis by Ashley Armstrong for Mercola.com:

“STORY-AT-A-GLANCE

* Our ancestors consumed large quantities of bread (up to 16 pounds weekly for men and 8 pounds for women in the 1880s) without widespread digestive issues seen today. Pre-harvest desiccation with glyphosate (increased 400% in two decades) leaves residues in wheat products that may disrupt gut microbiome and contribute to digestive disorders

* Modern wheat varieties have been selectively bred for higher yields and industrial processing compatibility rather than nutritional value or digestibility. The shift from slow fermentation methods to quick-rise commercial yeast has also eliminated the microbial diversity and protein breakdown that made traditional bread nutritious and easier to digest

* “Enriched flour” contains synthetic nutrients and iron shards (ferrous sulfate) that can contribute to oxidative stress and may not provide the intended health benefits

* Traditional sourdough fermentation breaks down gluten proteins (particularly gliadin) by more than 50% over 24 hours, making bread more digestible for many people with sensitivities

* Most commercial bread contains hidden additives like inflammatory seed oils and harmful chemicals like potassium bromate (banned in many countries but not the U.S.)”

Read about what changed- is bread itself the problem, or is there more to this story?

Carey Gillam writes for The New Lede:

“Farmers and food assistance groups around the country were reeling this week amid a series of moves by the Trump administration to cut funding for programs that support small and disadvantaged farmers and provide food for low-income families.

The loss of funding, which totals more than $1 billion, was sending shock waves through a system set up to provide reliable markets and consistent income for farmers who supply healthy, unprocessed, locally grown fruits and vegetables and other foods to hunger assistance organizations and public schools.

It has been “chaos and panic” for farmers, said Matthew Martin, a farmer in northern California who grows carrots, broccoli, cabbage and other produce and leads a small, local food network that supplies 70 families in the area with fresh food. Now farmers are left uncertain if they can even count on continuing funds for the next few months, despite the government decision to unfreeze current funding. The removal of long-term funding could push many small farmers out of business, he said.”

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By Momo Chang, Civil Eats:

“The former sushi chef, 33, has guided millions of viewers on his journeys, whether he’s throwing a fishing line from a rocky coast or pedaling a hands-free kayak to catch king salmon. He’s clearly built a business from what he loves. In most of his videos, Kondo spends nearly a whole day catching seafood—digging for clams, foraging sea urchins, catching crabs—then setting up an outdoor kitchen. There, he’ll create meals like crab ramen or fried-fish sandwiches, dressed with pickles made from foraged kelp.

Now he’s releasing a cookbook, Coastal Harvest, which dives even deeper. Coastal Harvest, to be published March 25, is both a culmination of his years of YouTube videos and a beautifully photographed and illustrated cookbook, with detailed instructions for sushi, sashimi, whole-fish cooking, and more. The book starts with the basics—how to fillet fish, knife skills, and how to store fresh fish—and then takes the reader through the wild foods Kondo loves: fish, shellfish, wild mushrooms, and coastal plants. Most of the photographs were taken by his partner, Jocelyn Gonzalez, a forager and angler herself.


In a conversation with Civil Eats, Kondo discussed how Japanese culture has shaped his views on food, the best ways to eat seafood, and the importance of local ingredients

Bayer, backed by eleven State Attorneys General, is pushing to strip away your right to know about pesticide toxicity and your right to sue for failure to warn. Juries have awarded billions to Roundup-exposed cancer victims, and yet, Bayer wants to change the law instead of reformulating their products.

It’s outrageous!

That’s why we’re counting on you to support our efforts to raise awareness and fight back against Bayer’s sneaky attack and dangerous products.

Your donation will help us: Tell the EPA to stop Bayer’s sneak attack on pesticide warnings by March 24, ramp up our advocacy work to protect your right to know and your right to sue, support farmers and communities affected by toxic pesticides like Roundup and push for policy changes that prioritize public health and environmental safety over corporate profit.

When you donate, you’ll be helping us continue our mission for a healthy food supply and environment.

So please, if you can, donate today and join the fight against Bayer’s health-endangering sneak attack!

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Bee Wilson, The Guardian:

“A couple of years ago, nursery manager Melanie Smith, who runs Portland Kindergarten in Lincoln, noticed that many children were eating in a new way. Or rather, they were not eating in a new way. A significant percentage of the toddlers in her care were now refusing to try any element of the nursery’s small morning meal (which always includes fresh fruit) or their lunch, which might be something like spaghetti bolognese, fishcakes with vegetables, or mild chillies and curries. This new generation of infants “just don’t seem to like texture”, comments Smith, who has been involved with the nursery for 35 years (before she took over, her mother ran it for 25 years). In the most extreme cases, Smith and her staff found themselves feeding three-year-olds who vomited at the very sight of a cooked lunch.

Has this generation of children – who were born from 2020 onwards – become scared of real food? As with anything to do with post-pandemic life, the answers are not simple. Eating is a deeply social activity and we will never fully get to the bottom of the ways in which children born during or after Covid were affected by dozens of forms of social dislocation, including the closure of baby groups and play areas, the masking of faces, the rising use of screens and the isolation of their parents from friends and family. Smith says when it comes to child-rearing, ‘people have lost their village.’”

Read about how now, the nursery is seeing a lot of three-year-old’s for whom follow-on milk plus commercial baby food and other packaged snacks form “100% of their diet

The forests of Michoacán, Mexico are being invaded, burned by arsonists and illegally logged to serve our insatiable appetite for guacamole. Not even the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve is safe! Deforestation is expected to double by 2050 if Michuacán’s avocado plantations continue to expand.

Three U.S. companies profiting from the “green gold” rush recently responded to the Organic Consumers Association’s demand to stop deforestation. Calavo Growers, Mission Produce, and West Pak Avocado have taken Michoacán’s “Pro-Forest Avocado” pledge not to source avocados from recently deforested land.

OCA’s fourth target, Fresh Del Monte Produce, continues to turn a blind eye as Michoacán and Jalisco are plundered for short-term profits from unsustainable avocado farming. This might be wildly profitable, but it will ultimately destroy itself—and could take U.S. avocado farms down with it. California avocado farmers can’t compete against the artificially low cost of Mexican avocados.

That’s the case Kachuck Enterprises, Bantle Avocado Farm, Maskell Growers and Northern Capital, Inc., are making against Fresh Del Monte Produce. These California avocado growers have suffered the consequences of Del Monte’s unfair competition and deception, as Del Monte cons consumers into believing that Mexican-grown avocados are just as environmentally friendly as California-grown avocados.

Tell Del Monte: Stop Deforestation!

Learn more about why we should only eat California-grown organic avocados and Mexican-grown organic and fair trade avocados

Read more on the truth about avocados

By Marcia Brown and Adam Cancryn, POLITICO:

“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a stark ultimatum to major food company CEOs in a closed-door meeting this week: Ban certain artificial dyes from your products or the government will do it for you.

Kennedy on Monday pressed leaders of companies like PepsiCo, General Mills, Tyson Foods, Smucker’s, Kraft Heinz and Kellogg’s for commitments to reduce food additives, according to a readout of the meeting sent to industry stakeholders and viewed by POLITICO. It was the Health and Human Services secretary’s first major meeting with the very executives he’d spent months accusing of making Americans sick.

Kennedy’s demands show that he’s prioritizing using his office as a bully pulpit to implement the Make America Healthy Again agenda he pushed on the campaign trail — even if that puts him at odds with the powerful food lobby. While he may have to rely on Congress to help ban some additives and chemicals outright, lawmakers from both parties have indicated their willingness to join him in a food crackdown.”

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TAKE ACTION: Tell the FDA to Ban Neurotoxic Food Dyes!

New book by Laura Delano:

“In Unshrunk, a bright thirteen-year-old stands before her bathroom mirror, unaware that this moment marks the beginning of a life-altering saga. From that evening forward, Laura Delano’s life becomes increasingly defined by psychiatric diagnoses, medications, and a deep-seated belief in her fundamental brokenness.

Through vivid, intimate prose, we follow her journey from debutante balls and ivy-league promise into a labyrinth of psychiatric institutions, clinical labels, and an ever-expanding cocktail of medications. Yet beneath the surface of this “treatment,” questions begin to stir – first as whispers, then as mounting doubt, and finally as a fierce determination to discover who she might be beyond the language of disorder and disease.

After years of new drugs, worsening symptoms, and deep anguish, Delano finally begins to wonder. . . . What if her life is falling apart not in spite of her treatment, but because of it? After making the bold decision to taper off all psychiatric medications, she launches into uncharted territory, where she must learn to trust her own inner compass after years of deferring to external authorities.”

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