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TOP NEWS OF THE WEEKSTAY STRONG!

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Coronavirus is dominating the news cycle, and all indications are that it will
continue to do so for some time to come.

We've all got so many questions. Where are the confirmed cases? How many people
are affected? What are the symptoms? How long will the threat last? Will we be
able to get tested? Should we all stay home?

But the most valuable information of all right now is this: What steps can we
take to make us more resistant and resilient, so we’re less likely to become
infected?

We’ve pulled two articles that outline some of the foods and nutrients you
should add to your diet to improve your chances of staying healthy.

Despite the 24/7 news coverage, there’s still a lot we don’t know—and may never
know—about COVID-19.

But this we do know: A strong immune system is your best friend right now. And
what you eat plays a big role in boosting that system.

Read: ‘Essential Nutrition to Protect Yourself from Coronavirus’
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Read ‘Medicinal Foods and Beverages Protect Against Coronavirus, Research
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ACTION ALERTHOPE FOR FARMERS

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Droughts, fires, floods . . . climate instability is forcing U.S. farmers and
ranchers to face increasingly frequent and intensifying natural disasters that
threaten their land and their livelihoods—and increase food insecurity for
everyone.

A growing number of farmers and ranchers understand that the more organic and
regenerative farming and grazing practices they deploy, the more
climate-resilient their operations become.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) knows it, too.

But instead of increasing funding for programs to help farmers adapt to climate
change—and help them become part of the climate solution—the Trump
administration is proposing drastic cuts to those programs.

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), an organic farmer and a member of the
Congressional Advisory Committee for the national coalition
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Pingree’s plan is called the Agriculture Resilience Act
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senators.

TAKE ACTION: Ask your members of Congress to help organic farmers by supporting
the Agriculture Resilience Act!
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BLOG POST OF THE WEEKHUCKSTER PROMISES

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For nearly 30 years we’ve been listening to the propaganda of the big biotech
companies like Monsanto/Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont/Pioneer, BASF and others about
how genetic engineering will transform farming and food production.



We’ve heard how GMO crops will reduce the environmental impact of farming by
lowering pesticide use.

We’ve been promised that it will increase the nutritional content of food. We’ve
been told how it will boost farmers’ profits by increasing yields, and that
those increased yields will help “feed the world.”

As the problem of man-made climate change has moved to the top of the global
agenda, new promises have emerged about how GMOs will fight climate change and
how genetic engineering will make plants more resilient to drought and flooding.

The huckster promises keep on coming, but what has the biotech industry actually
delivered over nearly three decades?

In case you missed it . . . this article
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Week.

Read ‘Genetically Engineered Food—The Lie That Won’t Die’
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ACTION ALERTBREAK FREE!

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It’s great when consumers take responsibility for using less plastic, and for
cleaning up plastic waste in their communities.

But wouldn’t it be better if the corporations that put all that plastic into the
marketplace and environment had to take responsibility for cleaning it up?

Plastic waste—most of it from single-use
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and waterways, including the deepest parts of the ocean.

The Break Free From Plastic Act of 2020
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requiring them to finance waste and recycling programs.

The Break Free From Plastic Act
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non-recyclable, and prohibit plastic waste from being shipped overseas to
developing countries.

TAKE ACTION! Tell Congress to Hold Plastic Polluters Accountable by Supporting
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SUPPORT OCA & CRLTHE ANSWER IS YOU
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"I want to level with all of you, I'm not a person that aspires to a position, I
aspire to a mission. We can't swing from one savior to another. There's a lot of
savior-ism in politics, like 'Who's next?' and 'Who's gonna save us?' And the
answer is you. The answer is people." - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

First, we want to say thank you.

Thank you to everyone who donated last week, during Regenerative Food & Farming
Awareness Week, so we could take advantage of a generous triple match offer .

As always, we were blown away by your generosity.

But we were also encouraged by your enthusiasm for our mission to transform the
global food and farming system.

This is no easy mission.

We know this work will involve lobbying for better food and farming policies, at
every level of government.

We know it will involve more consumer education, better resources for farmers
and more private and public investment.

But make no mistake: This transformation will require a massive grassroots
movement, a people-powered movement that will relentlessly hold our government
leaders’ feet to the fire.

The answer really is you. So, thank you.

Make a tax-deductible donation to Organic Consumers Association, a 501(c)(3)
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VIDEO OF THE WEEKHOLISTIC HEALING
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Their Aunt Edie had run the farm in Shaftsbury, Vermont, for 40 years. When she
died in 2012, Jesse and Cally McDougall became the fourth generation to run
Studio Hill Farm.

The first thing Jesse and Cally did? They stopped spraying pesticides and using synthetic fertilizers
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At first, the land got worse, not better—hardly the outcome they were hoping
for.

As they researched ways to improve their land, they came across Alan Savory’s TEDx talk
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Since then, the McDougall’s have totally transformed their 100-acre farm through
regenerative farming and grazing practices.

Studio Hill Farm is now regenerative both ecologically, and economically. But
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the larger food and farming system.

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LITTLE BYTESESSENTIAL READING

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‘In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See’: The 2020 Bernie Campaign Represents a
Fight that Must Continue
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Planet Plastic
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The Rural Resistance Against Cheap Meat Production
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Researchers Find a Western-Style Diet Can Impair Brain Function
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The Unintended Consequences of Fake Meat
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The True Cost of Food: The Bill Is Already in the Mail
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This California Farm Helps the Homeless Get Off the Streets
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