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  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
September 3, 2020 at 7:59 PM

Why do this risky research? Follow the money.

There’s big money—and even bigger risks—in the genetic engineering of pathogens and viruses.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB GOF HALL OF SHAME Big Money, Big Risk   Introducing the latest inductee into our Gain-of-Function Hall o…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
August 27, 2020 at 5:03 PM

Why is this doctor so interested in food?

Chronic disease is now the single biggest threat to global economic development—and most chronic diseases are related to poor diets.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB HEALTH NEWS 'Food Fix'   Dr. Mark Hyman’s latest book reinforces …
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
August 24, 2020 at 2:19 PM

TOMORROW: Join the virtual debate: Can vegans and meat-eaters find common ground?

These vegan and vegetarian panelists are ready to talk about why they support regenerative farmers and ranchers. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, Can vegans and vegetarians get behind a campaign to boycott big meat—if the campaign incorporates grass-fed and pasture-ra…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
August 22, 2020 at 12:02 PM

Ducking the truth

There's nothing 'humane' about how this company treats animals.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB #BOYCOTTBIGMEAT Pandemic Prophesy?   The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is surely the worst in recent memory, but prehistory is full of re…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
August 18, 2020 at 2:17 PM

Join the virtual debate: Can vegans and meat-eaters find common ground?

These vegan and vegetarian panelists are ready to talk about why they support regenerative farmers and ranchers. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, Can vegans and vegetarians get behind a campaign to boycott big meat—if the campaign incorporates grass-fed and pasture-ra…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
August 13, 2020 at 5:27 PM

You can rid your body of Monsanto’s weedkiller. Here’s how.

New study shows how eating organic quickly rids the body of glyphosate.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB MILLIONS AGAINST MONSANTO Got Glyphosate?   Want to protect your immune system? Get glyphosate out of your body. The best way…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
August 9, 2020 at 12:15 PM

Who are the scientists involved in genetically engineering viruses?

Venturing into the biological weapons industrial complex, the bureaucrats who fund it and the corporations that shape it.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB COVID-19 GOF Hall of Shame   Our search for the origins of SARS-CoV-2 and C…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
August 8, 2020 at 12:11 PM

Deadly Diet

Wow. Even the mainstream media is now admitting that our food system is killing us.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB COVID-19 GOF Hall of Shame   Our search for the origins of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 has led us and others—includin…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
August 6, 2020 at 7:11 PM

Hall of Shame: Who are the gain-of-function scientists involved in genetically engineering viruses?

Venturing into the biological weapons industrial complex, the bureaucrats who fund it and the corporations that shape it.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB COVID-19 GOF Hall of Shame   Our search for the origins of SARS-CoV-2 and C…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
July 31, 2020 at 5:04 PM

Big Beef: You May Not Recognize the Name. But This Bad Actor’s Meat Is Sold Everywhere

New report reveals how world's largest beef producer is setting the Amazon on fire.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB #BOYCOTTBIGMEAT Big Beef   You’ve never seen this company’s name on a package of ground beef or steak. That’s bec…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
July 23, 2020 at 5:55 PM

Recklessness lies at the root of the COVID-19 pandemic

What will it take to shut down these high-risk, no-benefit experiments?  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB TOP NEWS OF THE WEEK Worst of the Worst   The reckless proliferation of genetically engineered crops, specifically designed t…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
July 16, 2020 at 4:47 PM

There is no healthy normal we can go back to.

We launched a new campaign this week. Because now is the time.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB TOP NEWS OF THE WEEK Rise Up!   On Tuesday this week, we officially kicked off our #BoycottBigMeat campaign. It’s not as if we haven’t a…
  Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
July 14, 2020 at 11:16 PM

Going LIVE soon! Two ways to tune in!

Don’t miss this campaign launch and panel discussion. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, COVID-19 has created a new sense of urgency—and unprecedented momentum—for ending the factory farm nightmare in this country. It would be a crime to let this opportunity slip by. Do…
  Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
July 13, 2020 at 3:31 PM

Want to end factory farming? Join us LIVE tomorrow!

Our panel of policymakers, activists and farmers will explain how you can help end Big Meat’s control over our food system. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, COVID-19 has created a new sense of urgency—and unprecedented momentum—for ending the factory farm nightmare in…
  Katherine, Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
July 9, 2020 at 4:49 PM

Tell this smoked salmon brand: Stop trying to hook buyers with false ‘natural' claims!

There’s nothing ‘all natural’ about industrially farmed salmon. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, Would you consider a smoked salmon product, made from farmed salmon fed a diet of chemicals and antibiotics, to be “natural” or “All Natural”? Or is it more likely that th…
  Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
July 4, 2020 at 10:56 PM

‘betraying the principle of civilization itself’

There’s still time to reverse these trends. If we work together. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, Industrial agriculture, with its toxic chemicals, monocultures, drugs and deforestation, is destroying the natural resources needed to sustain life on earth. Will we reve…
  Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
July 3, 2020 at 3:50 PM

‘betraying the principle of civilization itself’

There’s still time to reverse these trends. If we work together. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, Why did the Mayan and Easter Island societies fail? In his book, “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed,” Jared Diamond suggests that a society’s success or f…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
July 2, 2020 at 6:59 PM

‘A Slap in the Face’

Monsanto-Bayer Gets Bitten. But the Fight Is Far from Over.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB   TOP NEWS OF THE WEEK 'Slap in the Face'   It’s not easy to make headlines in these days of COVID-19 and intensifying racial and civil unres…
  Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
June 30, 2020 at 7:34 PM

The numbers aren’t pretty.

We can do better. And there’s no time like the present. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, The folks at the Food & Environment Network (FERN) have taken on the grim task of monitoring the COIVD-19 situation in industrial slaughterhouses. The numbers aren’t pretty.  …
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
June 24, 2020 at 4:04 PM

Disruption is all around us.

What we do next will determine our future, and the future of food. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, Everyone deserves healthy, drug-free, pesticide-free food. Everyone deserves clean water to drink, clean air to breathe. Whenever I say these things, people nod their h…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
June 23, 2020 at 6:52 PM

You deserve this. Help us fight for it.

Don't let Big Ag and Big Food rob us of this opportunity. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, Everyone deserves healthy, drug-free, pesticide-free food. Everyone deserves clean water to drink, clean air to breathe. Whenever I say these things, people nod their heads in a…
  Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
June 19, 2020 at 6:31 PM

On Juneteenth, let’s remember: Farming is not new to Black people.

How growing food can be a “tool for dismantling systemic oppression.” ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, Organic Consumers Association has always been committed to the premise that food is the great connector. And that we can’t talk about food—who produces it, how it’s …
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
June 18, 2020 at 5:14 PM

Dirty Dairy: Do you know where your milk came from?

Big Meat is in the news these days. But Big Dairy has its problems, too.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB BLOG POST OF THE WEEK Dirty Dairy   The industrial meat industry has been hogging the food-related news cycle lately. The COV…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
June 14, 2020 at 4:00 PM

It's been a long, strange few months.

We many never have an opportunity like this again. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, It’s been a long, strange few months. First, let me say that I hope you and your family and friends have remained safe and healthy. Second, I want to say this: If this pandemic has tau…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
June 11, 2020 at 7:21 PM

A personal message from Ronnie Cummins

Everywhere you look, food is in the news. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, It’s been a long, strange few months. First, let me say that I hope you and your family and friends have remained safe and healthy. Second, I want to say this: If this pandemic has taught us an…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
June 4, 2020 at 6:11 PM

‘This moment calls for transformation.’

Injustice runs throughout society. Nowhere is that more evident than in our food and farming system  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB TOP NEWS OF THE WEEK This Moment   It’s impossible to put out a “newsletter” this week without ack…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
June 1, 2020 at 9:30 PM

Watch this documentary at no cost, until June 4. Then join our live panel discussion.

Stream “Right to Harm” and learn how communities are rising up against industrial factory farms. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, “Right to Harm,” a new documentary exposing the environmental horrors of factory farms, tells the stories of activists who are standing up…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
May 28, 2020 at 6:14 PM

Pandemic Shock: Digital Dictatorship or Green Recovery?

Now is the time to focus on Big Change. Before it's too late.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB   ESSAY OF THE WEEK Pandemic Shock   In the COVID-19-driven time warp of the past 90 days, politics, economics and public opinion have c…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
May 20, 2020 at 1:35 PM

Now Open to the Public: Food Systems Summit with Ronnie Cummins & More!

We moved the Food Systems Summit online. That means everyone can tune in, for free. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, Suffering from FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)? No need! You can now join the Food Systems Summit online.  We had planned to join Richman Law Group and the …
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
May 14, 2020 at 4:05 PM

Her Book Is an Amazon Bestseller. Maybe We Should at Least Hear Her Out?

RFK, Jr. runs down a long list of once-reviled scientists who were ultimately proved right.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB   ESSAY OF THE WEEK 'Punished, Exiled, Ruined'   It didn’t take long for the video “Plandemic” to go viral. I…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
May 7, 2020 at 6:00 PM

Journalists don't want to talk about this. But we must.

We have the right to know where this pandemic came from.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB   COVID-19 Shhhhh . . .   In an article he wrote this week, journalist Sam Husseini recounts how, on February 11, he asked Anne Schuchat, the Ce…
  Katherine, Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
May 5, 2020 at 4:17 PM

The ‘black biology’ of biotechnology

We’ve never stopped fearing the worst: that genetic engineering of viruses could lead to a global public health disaster. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, Organic Consumers Association was founded in 1998, in part to shut down plans by the U.S. Department of Agricultu…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
May 3, 2020 at 6:32 PM

'torturing animals is what got us into this mess'

VIDEO: Bill Maher on factory farms and pandemics.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB   ESSAY OF THE WEEK Murder Most Foul   As of today, COVID-19 has infected more than 3 million people and killed at least 210,000 worldwide. Those are …
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
May 2, 2020 at 12:19 PM

'100 seconds to midnight'

It's time to stop genetically engineering viruses.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB   ESSAY OF THE WEEK Murder Most Foul   As of today, COVID-19 has infected more than 3 million people and killed at least 210,000 worldwide. Those are…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
April 30, 2020 at 6:56 PM

Murder Most Foul

Failure to investigate the origins of COVID-19 will doom us.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB   ESSAY OF THE WEEK Murder Most Foul   As of today, COVID-19 has infected more than 3 million people and killed at least 210,000 worldwide. …
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
April 23, 2020 at 3:02 PM

Big Ag and Big Food have worked hard to hide this truth.

But the truth is out: Industrial food makes us more vulnerable to COVID-19.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB   GUEST BLOG Big Truth   It's all over the news these days: If you have “underlying health conditions” you’re more likely to …
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
April 14, 2020 at 4:18 PM

Join the regenerative agriculture ‘Lunch and Learn’ webinar series!

Iowa farmers talk about how regenerative agriculture can be a powerful climate solution—and more! ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, Are you curious about the power of regenerative agriculture to reverse global warming?  Want to hear directly from Iowa farmers on the fr…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
April 9, 2020 at 3:57 PM

Apocalypse Now: Stop the Madness

How we respond to COVID-19 will determine whether the human species survives.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB   ESSAY OF THE WEEK Stop the Madness   “April is the cruelest month.”–T.S. Eliot, “The Wasteland,” 1922 COVID-19 has now v…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
April 7, 2020 at 4:44 PM

COVID-19: Where do we go from here? A video message from Ronnie Cummins

Some steps you can take now to help build a better post-pandemic world. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Dear Supporter, COVID-19, perhaps like no other crisis in recent history, has reminded us of the importance of good health. This global pandemic has also revealed just how fragile…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
April 2, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Which vitamins, herbs and essential oils might help you resist COVID-19?

The global spread of coronavirus has sent researchers into overdrive to find treatments and cures.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB   ESSAY OF THE WEEK Be Healthy, Naturally   The global spread of coronavirus/COVID-19 has sent researc…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
March 26, 2020 at 7:38 PM

How did we ever let this happen?

The Coronavirus pandemic presents us with choices. But we’re running out of time.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB   ESSAY OF THE WEEK Now or Never   The frightening COVID-19 pandemic, slowly but surely infecting millions, fueling an …
  Alexis, Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
March 24, 2020 at 3:02 PM

URGENT: Tell Congress: Pass a COVID-19 stimulus plan that helps people, not corporations.

Please act today! Don’t let Congress bail out corporations, but not the people. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌    URGENT: Tell Congress: Pass a COVID-19 stimulus plan that helps the people, not corporations.   Dear Supporter,…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
March 12, 2020 at 3:04 PM

These nutrients might help protect you against Coronavirus

Nutrition, including several key nutrients, could play critical role in boosting your immune system.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB   TOP NEWS OF THE WEEK Stay Strong!   Coronavirus is dominating the news cycle, and all indications …
  Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
March 8, 2020 at 1:12 AM

Our only legitimate hope . . .

Triple your impact by donating before midnight PST tonight! ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌    Our only legitimate hope . . .   Dear Supporter,   If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the latest headlines, with their dire warnings …
  Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
March 7, 2020 at 1:26 PM

Our only legitimate hope . . .

Triple your impact by donating before midnight PST tonight! ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌    Our only legitimate hope . . .   Dear Supporter,   If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the latest headlines, with their dire warnings …
  Katherine, Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
March 6, 2020 at 6:07 PM

One more day . . .

Mercola.com will triple match your donation made by midnight PST Saturday. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌    Regenerative Food & Farming Week ends tomorrow.   Dear Supporter,   Monsanto and the rest of the Biotech Giants …
  Katherine, Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
March 5, 2020 at 12:23 PM

The lie that won’t die.

Ronnie writes about the long battle against GMOs, and how we will win. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌    The lie that won't die.   Dear Supporter,   Monsanto and the rest of the Biotech Giants promised that GMO foods would re…
  Katherine, Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
March 4, 2020 at 6:59 PM

A ‘wild experiment’ gone wrong

There’s a better way to manage land and produce food. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌    A 'wild experiment' gone wrong   Dear Supporter,   Companies like Monsanto and Cargill have spent the last couple decades trying to convi…
  Katherine, Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
March 2, 2020 at 6:17 PM

A ‘wild experiment’ gone wrong

There’s a better way to manage land and produce food. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌    A 'wild experiment' gone wrong   Dear Supporter,   Companies like Monsanto and Cargill have spent the last couple decades trying to convi…
  Organic Consumers Association · [email protected]
February 27, 2020 at 4:11 PM

Feeling hopeless? Read these six rules for regeneration!

People respond best to a positive, solutions-oriented message. Here’s how to be part of the solution.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | VIEW ON WEB   BLOG POST OF THE WEEK Regeneration Rules!   Over the past five decades, as a food, natural health…