The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is the only thing standing between us and harmful chemicals found in everyday items like cleaning products, electronics, furniture, construction materials, and plastic products–and the factories where these toxic substances are made.

It’s the Environmental Protection Agency’s job to enforce TSCA, but with the government shutdown, the EPA is at 11 percent capacity, with only 1,734 employees deemed “essential” to protect life, property, or national security at work. If Trump has his way, the 89 percent of EPA employees currently out of work won’t have much reason to come back.

Trump’s EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is gutting the Toxic Substances Control Act, rolling back TSCA’s risk evaluation process for existing chemicals, ignoring the real-life ways people are exposed, and weakening protections that prevent exposure.

Under his proposed rule, the EPA would require far less data from companies about chemicals under review, increasing the chances of chemicals being declared “safe” with inadequate information.

TAKE ACTION BY NOVEMBER 7: Save the Toxic Substances Control Act!

Turkeys are excellent grazers and thrive on pasture and the best way to get a pasture-raised organic turkey is to buy directly from a local farm!Check out these options to find one near you:

To get the best grocery store organic bird, consult the Cornucopia Institute’s buying guide.

Better yet, buy an organic, pasture-raised turkey straight from a local farmer.

Real Organic Project farmers pasture-raise their organic turkeys.

The American Pastured Poultry Producers Association is another place to look for a pasture-raised organic turkey. Search their website Get Real Chicken.

You can also find farms that pasture-raise organic turkeys on our Regenerative Farm Map.

Co-ops and local Farmers Markets are also good sources to check!

Regeneration International’s 5th annual People’s Food Summit was a huge success!

We reached 10 million viewers with the news that regenerative agriculture is the positive solution our planet needs.

The Summit’s unique 24-hour format takes us around the world through time zones and across every continent to meet the people who have dedicated a lifetime to our food systems allowing us to cover a wide range of topics related to regenerative agriculture, from teaching agroecology to smallholder farmers to advocating for regenerative organic systems that integrate biodiversity, climate resilience, community building and equitable food production.

We were honored to host 39 speakers from around the world who shared their insights and wisdom, the talks were insightful and inspiring, and we’re thrilled to share them with you!

All of the talks are available to watch now on our People’s Food Summit page. Learn from the experts who are shaping the future of food and agriculture!

A heartfelt thank you to our speakers for sharing their expertise and to The McKnight Foundation whose generous support has been key in helping us produce the People’s Food Summit each year. We also appreciate everyone who joined in worldwide.

Please consider supporting us so we can continue spreading the word about the importance of organic regenerative agriculture. Your support will help us recognize and honor the individuals who are leading this transition and inspire others by sharing their stories.

There are many ways you can support Regeneration International’s work

International trade agreements help corporations evade national laws.

Just like they’ve done with the WTO and NAFTA, companies like Monsanto (Bayer) are using the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to force countries to import food their people don’t want to eat and make local farmers compete with cheap, industrially produced imports.

The Trump Administration is currently reviewing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. We need to stop the USMCA from undermining food labeling & farmer protections!

Will the U.S. and Canada continue to use the USMCA to force Mexicans to eat Bayer’s Roundup-soaked GMO corn?

Will Canada and Mexico continue to use the USMCA to trick Americans into eating beef from across the border that’s misleadingly labeled “Product of the U.S.A.”?

Will U.S. avocado farmers continue to be driven out of business by importers like Del Monte, West Pack, Calavo, and Mission that are clearcutting the forests of Michoacan and Jalisco to plant hyper-industrial plantations?

And if that’s not enough: a USMCA provision known as the Junk Food Annex that would prevent the labeling of ultra-processed foods to disclose health-harming chemical additives.

Can you send a message to the U.S. Trade Representative today?

TAKE ACTION BY NOVEMBER 3: Tell the U.S. Trade Representative to Protect Food & Farming!

LEARN MORE:

“Enabling Better Food Labeling in USMCA” by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

“Tell Trade Officials: Restore Country of Origin Meat Labeling” by Farm Action

“U.S. Importers Sued for ‘Greenwashing’ Mexican Avocados” by Civil Eats

by Edward Bowring, Homes & Gardens:

“With mounting interest in grow your own, it is perhaps no surprise that foodscaping, or edible landscaping as it is sometimes referred to, is currently right on trend. Briefly described as the concept of integrating edible plants with other ornamentals, foodscaping defies the need for a separate vegetable patch.

Not too dissimilar from a traditional French kitchen garden or potager, foodscaping is all about mixing beauty and function. To discover how foodscaping is tipped to trend next year, we contacted some experts in their field for their opinions and advice on how to use foodscaping in a front or backyard. 

Foodscaping uses plants and flowers that are both attractive and edible, known as edimentals. Available in a wide range of colors and forms, the list of edimentals is extensive and includes perennials, shrubs and trees.”

Learn about edible plants as intentional landscape design elements

Pamela Ferdinand, U.S. Right To Know:

“Even extremely small amounts of the herbicide glyphosate can harm gut health, disrupt metabolism, and change behavior in mice, scientists say. The effects aren’t limited to the exposed animals—they pass on to their children and grandchildren.

The new research, to be published Nov. 1 in Science of the Total Environment, suggests that prenatal exposure to glyphosate disrupts gut bacteria, hormones, and brain signaling in mice. Even at doses far below current safety guidelines, the herbicide is linked to inflammation, metabolic problems involving appetite and blood sugar, and signs of neurological risk.

‘Our findings demonstrate that prenatal glyphosate exposure, at doses consistent with real-world dietary intake, can disrupt multiple physiological systems across generations,’ the researchers say.” 

Glyphosate, best known as the active ingredient in Roundup, is the most widely used herbicide in the world

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

Jillian Fischer writes for Civil Eats:

“Set in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, surrounded by rolling farmlands and hardwood forests, Glade Hill Cannery often opens before the sun has risen. On one such early morning, expert canner Ronald David supervises the pots of apple butter that bubble on the stoves, fogging the windows with steam.

‘Anything you want cooked, I can cook. I can cook dirt,’ jokes David, who has operated this community cannery for the last 30 years, guiding his neighbors through the steps of preserving their own food—from cooking the raw ingredients to sealing them into jars. A community cannery is essentially a shared, public-access kitchen with commercial-grade equipment where anyone can process raw produce into shelf-stable goods. Commonly canned items include tomatoes, green beans, peaches, jams, pickles, and sauces. Across the U.S., the scale of community canneries ranges widely, from those operating out of small school kitchens to those that are industrial-size, like Glade Hill.”

Canning centers have always been vital spaces for strengthening social bonds, reducing food waste, and increasing food security

S.E. Smith, Civil Eats:

“October 27, 2025 Update: The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Saturday that it will not issue food benefits next month during the ongoing government shutdown. The decision means that more than 41 million Americans will not receive benefits, including from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Women, Infants, Children (WIC) program. On October 24, the White House said it would not use emergency funds to provide food benefits if the shutdown were to continue.

‘Specifically now with the shutdown, there’s so much fear around SNAP especially, and WIC,’ a Pennsylvania parent of a 9-year-old medically complex child told me. ‘You get so little already per month, and these impending cuts are going to make it next to impossible for families like mine to be able to buy food.’

The massive cuts to Medicaid in the GOP budget will have a sweeping impact on the home- and community-based services (HCBS) that cover millions of dollars in nursing care, durable medical equipment, medications, specialist appointments, supplies, and more for children who require hospital-level care, but have a right to live at home in their communities.”

Read how one in eight Americans rely on food assistance, and for families with complex medical challenges, these programs are non-negotiable lifelines

From gutting the Toxic Substances Control Act to corporate power grabs in international trade agreements, the threats to our food sovereignty and public health are real. But we’re fighting back!

At the Organic Consumers Association, our mission is to empower you with the information and support you need to make informed choices about your health and the food system, to advocate for a world free from GMOs, toxic chemicals, harmful food additives and give you the opportunity to take action on the issues when the time is right.

But we need your help, will you join us in the fight for a healthier, more organic, regenerative and transparent food system?

Please make a donation today to support our work in defending the Toxic Substances Control Act, promoting food sovereignty, and holding corporations accountable!

Make a tax-deductible donation to Organic Consumers Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

Make a tax-deductible donation to Regeneration International, our international sister organization

Have you considered making a gift from your IRA?

by Divya Venkataraman, Vogue:

“When Thérèse M’Boungoubaya set out to launch her bodycare brand Koba, she knew she wanted it to be rooted in natural, African-sourced ingredients — a nod to her Congolese roots (both her parents were born in the Congo, though she was raised in France and now lives in the UK). Her mother, a chemist, suggested safou — known for its powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. In Congolese society, it’s typically used in cooking, not cosmetics.

The purple fruit grows on trees with glossy, green leaves, which are abundant in the Congo. M’Boungoubaya launched Koba in 2020, but could only find one supplier in Cameroon capable of undertaking the extraction process required to make safou oil suitable for cosmetic formulation.

Seeds from the safou fruit must be processed by hand, ensuring traceability and preserving purity, but limiting scalability and overall output — a common hurdle for brands that work with smaller networks of suppliers, rather than industrial ones. With her father, M’Boungoubaya decided to buy land to grow and process the oil themselves.”

African-sourced botanicals are becoming more common in skincare products worldwide thanks to the rise of A-beauty, a movement of brands harnessing traditional ingredients and rituals

After Centuries of Trauma, Montana’s Blackfeet Nation Turns to an Old Friend for Food Sovereignty: Bison

In Search of Ethical Fashion

Hageman Reintroduces Bill Requiring Country Of Origin Labeling For Beef

America’s Hunger Crisis Is Growing. We’re Choosing to Look Away

Move Over, Right-Wing Boomer Survivalists. Stylish Millennial Libs Are the New Preppers.

Carcinogenic Sea Foam and Silence: The Overlooked Sources of PFAS on the Cape Fear River

Nearly 1 in 5 Urinary Tract Infections Linked to Contaminated Meat

Soil Treated With Organic Fertilizers Stores More Carbon, Study Finds

Infectious Diseases Are Killing Deer and Risking Rural U.S. Economies: ‘You Smell the Dead Everywhere’

Food Recalls Are on the Rise. What Happens to the Waste?

Are Your Baby’s Clothes Toxic? New Study Finds Harmful Chemicals in Infant Textiles

Report Urges Full Protection of World’s 196 Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples

At 40, Farm Aid Is Still About Music. It’s Also a Movement.

Giveaway to Big Pharma Will Hit Taxpayers With $9 Billion in Higher Drug Costs