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Six Changes USDA Made to Help Schools Serve More Plant-Based Foods
This fact sheet summarizes these changes and serves as a tool to support schools in implementing the new opportunities.
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What are CAFOs?
What are CAFOs? They are an example of industrial agriculture, which aims to produce as many calories as possible as cheaply as possible.
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Manure biogas is a climate smokescreen for big agriculture
The production and use of manure biogas hurts communities in numerous ways. Hear from community members about how it’s affecting them:
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Industrial Livestock Production: Climate-Related Financial Risks
Global food systems account for more than one third of the world’s GHG emissions, with meat, dairy and animal feed production accounting for 60% of this amount.
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Miles de personas condenan el intento de EE.UU. y Canadá de obligar a los mexicanos a comer tortillas transgénicas
Mientras México responde hoy al fallo del panel de disputas comerciales de que sus restricciones al maíz transgénico violan el acuerdo comercial entre Estados Unidos, México y Canadá.
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Thousands Condemn U.S. and Canada Attempt to Force Mexicans to Eat GMO Tortillas
Mexico has ample cause for concern about the safety of GMO corn given the population’s large daily consumption of minimally processed corn products such as tortillas.
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Trade Dispute Ruling Undermines Mexico’s Food Sovereignty, and Authority to Protect Health, Environment from GMO Corn
A final ruling in the trade dispute between the U.S. and Mexico over GMO corn finds that Mexico failed to adhere to some steps required by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement.
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Genetically Engineered Salmon Production Ends as AquaBounty Shutters Last Facility
Following decades of controversy, widespread market rejection and legal and regulatory challenges, U.S.-based biotechnology and aquaculture company AquaBounty Technologies announced it will stop produ…