Toxic Sewage Sludge
Many farmers followed EPA recommendations and spread sewage sludge on their land as fertilizer. Now their land is contaminated with toxins and may not be usable.
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Suicide
U.S. farmers face a suicide rate 3.5 times higher than the general population, a stark indicator of the intense stress in agriculture.
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Risky Pesticides — What You Are Not Being Told
Federal regulation of pesticides is inadequate and has failed to investigate any hazards of their use in combination. Farmers are at a 50% higher risk for Parkinson’s Disease than the rest of the population.
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Paraquat
Farmers risk Parkinson’s Disease, pulmonary fibrosis and other injuries from Paraquat use.
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Monsanto’s Lies
Monsanto ghostwrote the “science,” leading farmers to ignore safety precautions and consumers to eat much more of the toxic weedkiller glyphosate than is safe. Except we don’t know how much, if any, is safe, because so much of the “science” was manufactured by Monsanto.
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Mislabeled Meat
Cheap imported beef and pork has been mislabeled as “Made in USA” for the past ten years, cheating consumers and American farmers.
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Grocery Store Consolidation
Today, the four biggest grocery chains sell more than half the food in America. It’s bad for farmers and bad for consumers.
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Geoengineering
Are military programs interfering with the weather, to the detriment of farmers, ranchers and the rest of us?
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Dicamba Drift Has Poisoned Millions of Acres
Despite two federal courts banning Dicamba, EPA is trying to bring it back.
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Deceptive Labeling
The “natural” label on foods is meaningless. How deceptive labeling hurts organic farmers and tries to get out in front of conventional competitors.
