There’s big money—and even bigger risks—in the genetic engineering of pathogens
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GOF HALL OF SHAMEBIG MONEY, BIG RISK

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Introducing the latest inductee into our Gain-of-Function Hall of Shame: Peter
Daszak.

Daszak is president of EcoHealth Alliance [[link removed]] , a top scientific collaborator
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military and civilian.

On behalf of the U.S. government, often the military, Daszak and his teams scour
the globe for animal pathogens, then bring them back to high-containment laboratories
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biology to make the pathogens more infectious, contagious, lethal or
drug-resistant.

Daszak works in labs controlled by the U.S. Department of Defense, in countries
in the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, South East Asia and Africa. Many of
these labs are staffed by former biological weapons scientists. (See Arms
Watch’s reports
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Daszak and other gain-of-function
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virus occurs, they can compare it to the ones in their labs, and maybe glean how
the novel virus emerged.

Critics of virus hunting say
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going after the viruses that commonly infect humans, not the ones that never
have.

But that logic doesn't prevent Daszak from pulling in hundreds of millions of
dollars to fund his gain-of-function experiments.

Do Daszak and his collaborators do it just for the money? Or do they have a
bigger agenda? And why is the Pentagon constructing new laboratories
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Read: Peter ‘Show Me the Money’ Daszak Pulls in Big Bucks, through EcoHealth
Alliance, for Risky Virus ‘Research’
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As a conscious consumer who takes control of your health, you may give little
thought, much less weight, to the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Maybe it’s time you did. Maybe it’s time we all do.

The dietary guidelines handed down by the federal government dictate how
hundreds of millions of your tax dollars are allocated for nutrition programs
that serve vulnerable children, seniors and veterans—the very people whose poor
health increased their risk of getting, or dying from, COVID-19
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Every five years, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and
Agriculture (USDA) hand down an updated version of the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans
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And every five years, Big Food and Big Pharma lobbyists line up
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groups pretending to look out for you.

One of those “influencers” is the Center for Science in the Public Interest
(CSPI). For years, CSPI cozied up to Monsanto and the biotech industry. Now the
so-called “public interest” group is attacking
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pandemic.

We had a public health crisis before the pandemic hit. A crisis caused in large part by poor diets peddled by Big
Food lobbyists and promoted by their friends in Congress. A crisis that resulted
in the U.S. racking up nearly 25 percent
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the global population.

If ever we needed dietary guidelines based on the latest, most rigorous science,
and solid advice on natural health, that time would be now. Five years from now
might be too late.

TAKE ACTION: Tell Members of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee: Americans
Deserve Dietary Guidelines Based on the Latest, Most Rigorous Independent
Science
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TAKE ACTION: Defend Natural Medicine and Reform American Healthcare!
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Read ‘Lies Exposed: CSPI’s Organized Attack Against Mercola’
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To eat meat, or not to eat meat: It’s probably one of the hottest debates around
the dinner table, especially for animal welfare and climate activists.

But what’s often left out of that debate is whether vegans and vegetarians can
support meat eating, if the meat doesn’t come from an industrial factory farm.

Last week, we took that question to a panel of well-known long-time vegans and
vegetarians.

We wanted to know: Could committed vegans and vegetarians support the #BoycottBigMeat
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support for farmers and ranchers who produce organic grass-fed and
pasture-raised meat using regenerative
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For the short answer, read our blog post
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Read ‘Finding Common Ground: Can Vegans, Vegetarians and Meat-Eaters Unite for
Change?’
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Watch the panel discussion
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TAKE ACTION: Nominate Tyson for the Corporate Accountability Hall of Shame
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SIGN THE PETITION: It’s Time for Radical Reform: No More Factory Farms!
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“We can get Earth back to the Garden of Eden that it once was, through
regeneration.” — “ Kiss the Ground [[link removed]] ”

In the face of a crisis as enormous as climate change, it’s easy to feel
powerless.

Throw in a global pandemic, and powerlessness turns to paralyzed.

But global warming didn’t shut down during the COVID-19
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The good news? There’s reason to be hopeful.

As the soon-to-be-released-on-Netflix documentary, “ Kiss the Ground [[link removed]] ,” makes clear, we already have the climate solution. It’s simple. And it’s
right beneath our feet.

“Kiss the Ground” is a full-length documentary narrated by Woody Harrelson that
sheds light on how regenerative agriculture
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the world.

The film will be available on Netflix beginning September 22. But you can watch the trailer
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NEW REPORTCAPTURED!

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“Whoever wins the Presidential election in November must take agriculture
antitrust enforcement seriously and stop the blatant, corrupt cronyism between
government officials and Big Ag, or there will be no independent, family farm
agriculture as we now know it.” — Ben Gotschall, Organization for Competitive
Markets



Farmers have to deal with and overcome a lot of unknowns, from unpredictable
weather to unwanted pest invasions.

They also have to deal with this known fact: The food & farming policy deck is,
by design, stacked against them.

A new report
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deck is.

The report, titled “Captured: How Agribusiness Controls Regulatory Agencies and
Harms Producers and Consumers,” also makes specific policy recommendations for
leveling the playing field for independent family farmers. To illustrate how bad
things are, OCM profiled a few farmers, including Wisconsin dairy farmer Saral
Lloyd, who’s quoted in the press release:

“In these tumultuous times we see plainly that we need a truly transformational
agriculture, not more business as usual. Unfortunately, the revolving door
between the USDA, the check-off and the big corporations is squashing our
opportunity for real change.”

OCM’s report highlights many of the reasons OCA, along with Regeneration
International, last year launched the national coalition
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It’s time for real change, real fast—not baby steps.

Read OCM’s press release
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Read the full report
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SIGN THE PETITION: Green Consumers for a Regenerative Green New Deal
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LITTLE BYTESESSENTIAL READING
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Oleander Is a Deadly Plant, Not a COVID-19 Cure
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Myths and Truths of Gene-Edited Foods
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EPA Relaxes Rules Limiting Toxic Waste From Coal Plants
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Cattle Are Part of the Climate Solution
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Meatpacking Corporations Cash in on Pandemic While Family Farms and Consumers
Foot the Bill
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Op-Ed: Will the Real ‘Whole Grain’ Please Stand Up?
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Stop Eating Pesticides: Which Produce Should You Pick?
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