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October 24, 2017 - Issue 4086


Latest Major Threat to Bees and Trees

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October 24, 2017

The release of genetically engineered (GE) soy and cotton designed to tolerate both glyphosate and dicamba herbicides has led to increased usage of the latter, which is now damaging oak trees and non-target vegetation that bees and other pollinators depend on to survive.

Family Farms Attacked While Criminal CAFOs Protected

police raid farm animal

October 24, 2017

When animal rights activists rescued two dying piglets from a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO), the FBI went after them. It sounds incredulous, but it's par for the course when it comes to looking out for industrial agriculture at the expense of small farmers, animal welfare and public health.