Grass, straw and maize stalks could provide alternatives to plastic packaging. buff.ly/2QfWZxj
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- Jorts and Jean, some of the internet’s most famous cats, are turning the spotlight on labor organizing. buff.ly/3KR9h7O
- Bees are finding a friend in France buff.ly/2wBcswj
- The Indigenous Seed Growers Network sprouted from the pandemic, and is quickly evolving to help communities secure their own food systems for generations to come. buff.ly/36jrj0x
- This app, developed by a high school student, will alert farmworkers of dangerous temperatures and allow them to report unsafe work practices. buff.ly/2AK0mVN
- .@JortsTheCat (and Jean), some of the internet’s most famous cats, are turning the spotlight on labor organizing. buff.ly/3KR9h7O
- BREAKING: In a groundbreaking case against Monsanto, a jury has awarded $250 million in punitive damages and nearly $40 million in compensatory damages to a former school groundskeeper who said he got terminal cancer from the weedkiller Roundup.
- Many Native American communities are plagued by long drives to grocery stores and high rates of diet-related illnesses, A new generation is trying to change that through celebration, health and social media. buff.ly/2Pm8N1E
- “In feeding poor people, the Panther women stepped up to be the change they wanted and to advance the revolution for which they fought.” @aeonmag buff.ly/3ss3xLC
- The University of Colorado School of Medicine returned a $1 million gift from Coca-Cola once it was revealed that the money was used to fund an advocacy group devoted to dismissing links between soda and obesity. buff.ly/2KCh6km
- A decade after writing a book about agriculture's connection to climate change, Anna Lappé interviews the author of a new study that confirms we can’t bring down emissions without addressing the food system. buff.ly/2UA1KCQ
- “As cats are uniquely difficult to exploit, I think we can safely focus on policies that help everyone. ” buff.ly/3KR9h7O
- "The land and animals don’t judge you. Farming is just bigger than growing to me. Farming saved my life.” buff.ly/2FlaojP
- Jorts and Jean, some of the internet’s most famous cats, are turning the spotlight on labor organizing.

