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'One Person Cannot Tear Our Movement Down,' Farmworkers Say of César Chávez Revelations
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (786+ words) Artist MisterAlek replaces a portrait of César Chávez, in a mural that he created in 2021, with a portrait of Delores Huerta, at the Watts/Century Latino Organization in Los Angeles, California on March 20, 2026. "The labor movement was organized not only…...
Hey, Republicans: Farmers Can't Build a Future on Constant Uncertainty
3+ week, 2+ day ago (354+ words) Workers spread fertilizer after planting potatoes at Bluff View Farms on April 24, 2026 in West Jefferson, North Carolina. If we want to keep farmers on their land and help underrepresented communities break into agriculture, we’ll need a consistent, predictable policy. America’s…...
Lessons for Everyone from the Irish Farmer Protests
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (453+ words) Members of the public make their way past trucks and tractors as fuel protesters block O'Connell street on April 11, 2026 in Dublin, Ireland. The demonstrations in Ireland still show how small-scale protests driven by economic malaise can get national attention and…...
Friends of the Earth Applauds House Stripping Harmful Pesticide Language from Farm Bill
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1632+ words) This morning, the House voted to strip sections 10205, 10206, and 10207 from the Farm Bill, with 71 Republicans voting to strip the pesticide language and only 6 Democrats voting to keep it. This shows immense bipartisan support for upholding accountability for the pesticide industry....
Trump Administration Doubles Down on Safety of Cancer-Linked Atrazine
11+ mon, 4+ day ago (1697+ words) After Being Dropped as MAHA Priority, Atrazine Gets Another Clean Bill of Health in Pesticide-Friendly Administration The Trump U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that the widely used pesticide atrazine does not pose an extinction risk to a single protected…...
Vermont Applauded for Banning Parkinson's-Linked Neurotoxic Herbicide Paraquat
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (541+ words) A crop duster sprays pesticide on a field in Whitman County, Washington on June 20, 2011. Noting that "70+ countries and one US state" have banned the chemical, the Michael J. Fox Foundation said that "this is a clear and critical message" to federal…...
With Nationwide Protections Unlikely, States Need to Step Up for Farmworkers
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (256+ words) Migrant workers harvest strawberries at a farm March 13, 2013 near Oxnard, California. Have you ever had to fight off a rattlesnake in the dark while on shift? Or struggled to breathe through heart palpitations, in a remote field dozens of miles…...
U.S. House Strips Cancer Gag Act From Farm Bill
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1672+ words) Phoebe Trotter, Food & Water Watch, [email protected] Pro-factory farm bill must be dead on arrival in Senate Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of the Farm Bill by a vote of 224-200. The Senate has yet to propose a draft…...
Vermont becomes first state in the nation to ban Parkinson’s pesticide paraquat
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1675+ words) EWG urges New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania to act next to prohibit dangerous weedkiller The Environmental Working Group praised Vermont for today becoming the first state in the nation to ban the use and sale of paraquat, one of…...
Climate-Fueled Extreme Heat Poses 'Systemic Risk to Global Food Security,' Warns UN
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