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ESSAY OF THE WEEKAGAVE POWER

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In addition to our work in the U.S, OCA has a thriving project— Vía Orgánica [[link removed]] —in Mexico. The project, which includes a regenerative teaching farm, is
testing a potentially revolutionary climate-change solution.

In this week’s essay, Ronnie explains how small-scale farmers and ranchers,
living in some of the most challenging climates and landscapes all over the
world, could reforest, revegetate, rehydrate and recarbonize depleted soils—and
sequester massive amounts of carbon, while raising food for their communities.

Modelo Zamarripa
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Paz, Mexico, and is now being implemented at Vía Orgánica. At the heart of the
system is the agave plant—a plant that grows prolifically in some of the
harshest climates in the world, but has been largely ignored, if not outright
denigrated.

That’s about to change. And when it does, and the Modelo Zamarripa System is
scaled up, millions of acres around the globe, including here in the southwest,
could be turned into food-producing massive carbon sinks.



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ACTION ALERTREADY, SET, GO!

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Could your state be the first to ban Monsanto’s Roundup
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Our Millions Against Monsanto
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So far, bills to ban glyphosate have been introduced in five states: California
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and to contact your state lawmakers).

It’s well past time for state lawmakers to respect the independent science on
this toxic chemical, and to honor the suffering of those who have—or will—get
cancer because of exposure to Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide.

TAKE ACTION: Make your state the first to ban Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller!
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MILLIONS AGAINST MONSANTOCOURT DATE(S)
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I think we could all agree that January would mark the beginning of a happy new
year, if it meant the end of Monsanto
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Instead, we’ll have to settle for the start-up of another round of trials, where
the public will hear lawyers lay out more damning evidence of Roundup’s link to
cancer.

Two of those trials will take place in Monsanto’s own backyard, St. Louis,
Missouri.

U.S. Right to Know’s [[link removed]] Carey Gillam reports
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scheduled almost every month from April through October 2021.

At some point Bayer, facing more than 42,000 lawsuits by people who allege that
exposure to Roundup caused their cancer, might cry uncle and offer up some sort
of settlement
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But for now, Bayer’s CEO, Werner Baumann—who when the company was still facing
only a handful of lawsuits called
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Germany, where Bayer is based, is planning
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Read ‘Six Monsanto Roundup Cancer Trials Set for January’
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SUPPORT OCA & CRLTHANK YOU!

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“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”—Helen Keller

Another #GivingTuesday has come and gone—but our gratitude for your support is
here to stay.

Thank you to all who helped us raise much-needed funds this week. You reminded
us again of how your support makes our work possible.

If you’d still like to chip in, here are three ways to do it:

Make a tax-deductible #GivingTuesday donation.
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Donate $100 or more here
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Make a monthly recurring donation here
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VIDEO OF THE WEEKFARMING WITH SOUL
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After a rapid decline in the number of black farmers over the past century, a
new generation of black farmers are reclaiming their relationship with the land.

Twenty-six year-old Kendrick Ransome is one of them. So is Leah Penniman, author
of “ Farming While Black
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For Ransome, who admits to getting in trouble in his youth, his discovery of
agriculture was an awakening:

“When people think of a farmer, I believe they think of a poor peasant, someone
that’s uneducated, just of the land, you know, just likes to get dirty. I don’t
think people really grasp the significance of farming, or the role of the
farmer.”

Ransome’s transition wasn’t easy. He “had nothing to work with,” at first. And
folks thought he was crazy.

But he’s made it work—without loans, grants or handouts—and he and Penniman are
setting the standard for a whole new generation.

Watch ‘The Young Black Farmers Defying A Legacy of Discrimination’
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READ ALL ABOUT IT!COMING SOON!
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“Grassroots Rising outlines a logical and very achievable pathway for how we can
shift from degeneration to regeneration and make this an environmentally robust
world for all of us.”—André Leu, international director, Regeneration International
[[link removed]] , former president, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
(IFOAM); author, “The Myth of Safe Pesticides”



Ready to organize and do your part to prevent ecological collapse? “Grassroots
Rising” is your “good news” instruction manual for fixing our broken food and
farming system, and our broken climate.

Ronnie’s new book won’t be out until mid-February, but you can reserve
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The timing couldn’t be better.

As we head into a new year, the climate emergency is bearing down on us. Our
family farmers are going bankrupt
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But there’s hope on the horizon.

Politicians are finally waking up to regenerative agriculture
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And more than 100 members of Congress have officially endorsed the Green New Deal
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It’s a great start. But it will take a lot more pressure from millions of
grassroots activists to make the Regenerative Green New Deal a reality.

Want to be part of the Regeneration Revolution? “Grassroots Rising” is your
handbook.

Place your pre-sale order now!
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TAKE ACTION: Donate $100 or more and get a copy of Ronnie’s book as soon as it’s
available (mid-February)
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SIGN THE PETITION: Consumers Want a Regenerative Green New Deal!
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LITTLE BYTESESSENTIAL READING

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Why Vegetable Oils Are Carcinogenic
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Is the Impossible Burger Healthy?
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Monsanto Pleads Guilty to Illegally Spraying Pesticides, Storing Hazardous Waste
in Hawaii
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How Peru's Potato Museum Could Stave off World Food Crisis
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The World's First Human Composting Facility Will Let Us Recycle Ourselves
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How Google Is Stealing Your Personal Health Data
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