Exposing the Monsanto Conspiracy

#monsanto #conspiracy #bigagriculture #gmo #pesticides #corporategreed #environment #healthrisks #toxictruth #foodjustice #agentorange #roundup

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CxVXvFOPIyQ&pp=0gcJCbIJAYcqIYzv

via @indybay

Tribes, enviros speak out against trailer bills to fast-track #DeltaTunnel project

“Delta tribes deserve a responsible and equitable approach to water management in the state that does not require jamming a tunnel through the Delta, destroying our ancestral homelands and waterways, or desecrating sacred sites and ancestral remains,” said Malissa Tayaba, Vice Chair with the #ShingleSpringsBand of #MiwokIndians.

by Dan Bacher
Mon, Aug 11, 2025 4:19PM

Sacramento, CA – "On an unusually mild summer day, Tribal leaders and environmental justice advocates met with legislators at the State Capitol on July 16 for the 2025 Day of Action for #WaterJustice.

"They urged the legislators to reject Governor Newsom’s proposed trailer bills that they say would fast-track the Delta Conveyance Project (#DCP) and bypass critical #EnvironmentalProtections at a time when the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is in unprecedented ecological crisis — and a number of fish species are on the edge of #extinction.

"The day-long event started with meetings between Tribal members, environmental advocates and legislators to urge support for 'equitable, science-based water solutions' that protect the #BayDelta and to reject the financially reckless Delta Conveyance Project that threatens ecosystems, Tribal sovereignty, and public health, according to a statement from #RestoreTheDelta.

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"At the press conference on the Capitol steps, advocates called on lawmakers to reject trailer bills that would provide CEQA exemptions for the #DeltaConveyanceProject, circumventing existing law, court rulings and public opinion.

"Specifically, the coalition called on lawmakers to:

- Vote NO on SB 72 that undermines the #DeltaReformAct and sets arbitrary water supply targets;

- Vote YES on AB 362 that protects tribal beneficial uses of water and to;

- Vote YES on AB 263, extending emergency protections currently in place for the #ScottRiver and #ShastaRiver, a high priority for the recovery of #CohoSalmon.

"Speakers at the press conference included representatives from the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians and the #WinnememWintu Tribe, as well as elected leaders and representatives from Restore the Delta, #SierraClub California, #FriendsOfTheRiver, #DefendersOfWildlife, #SanFranciscoBaykeeper and the #DeltaCountiesCoalition.

"Malissa Tayaba, Vice Chair with the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, began the press conference emphasizing the harm that the Delta Tunnel would cause to Tribes and #disadvantaged communities.

" 'Delta tribes deserve a responsible and equitable approach to water management in the state that does not require jamming a tunnel through the Delta, destroying our #AncestralHomelands and waterways, or desecrating #SacredSites and ancestral remains,' said Tayaba. 'Our culture and identities are intrinsically tied to the Delta. There is no price tag worth paying that would ever justify the harm done to us or the unquantifiable costs that Tribes and disadvantaged communities would ultimately bear.'

"Gary Mulcahy, Government Liaison with the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, followed Tayaba by stating, “There is nothing about the Delta Tunnel Project that significantly benefits anyone except #BigAg and south of the Delta water agencies, while putting #EndangeredSpecies, tribal cultural resources, and disadvantaged communities and the viability of the S.F Bay-Delta itself at risk. #CEQA exemptions continue to attempt to erase Tribes from #WaterGovernance.”

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" 'Instead of wasting ratepayer money to keep pushing this expensive environmental justice debacle, we need to sees investments in local water supply like #RecycledWater, and the Freshwater Pathways program that would improve Delta levees to keep communities safe and improve State Water Project reliability in an emergency. We urge a commitment to vote NO on the return the Delta Conveyance Project and Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan bills,' Wagner said."

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/08/11/18878845.php

#WaterIsLife #TribalGovernance #CulturalPreservation #CulturalErasure #BigAgriculture #BigWater #GavinNewsome #CaliforniaPol #Graywater

Great article about #BigAg...

https://riverraccoon.substack.com/p/seeing-red

"Water from the #RedRiver flows through #LakeWinnipeg on its journey to #HudsonBay. Lake Winnipeg is huge—the world’s 11th largest freshwater lake by surface area (even larger than Lake Ontario and about the same as Lake Erie) and has the world’s largest ‘lakeshed’, i.e. area of land draining to a lake. It supports a large commercial and sport fishery for several fish species including walleye, which are a peculiar green color there due to the mineral content of the water."

"The #water_quality in Lake Winnipeg is tanking because of “rapidly increased #livestock production and use of synthetic #fertilizer in the Red River Valley, with smaller contributions of phosphorus from the city of Winnipeg and other human development in the Red and Winnipeg River basins .” Nutrient-driven #toxic #algae blooms have doubled in size since the 1990s due to increases in Red River phosphorus levels, a common component of livestock manure."

#Agriculture #Money #Politics #Pollution #Regulations #BigAgriculture #USA #Canada

After finishing a great read, it is interesting to see what the book reviewers say. This review captures Louise Erdrich's The Mighty Red perfectly. "This book will be loved." Yep!
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/10/15/the-mighty-red-review-great-gatsby-recession/

#books #bookstodon #LiteraryFiction #Indigenous #ecosystems #BigAgriculture #Fracking

#resist #ResistEverywhere #bigagriculture

https://barnraisingmedia.com/undoing-the-power-of-big-ag-cafos/?vgo_ee=dGwx857D6EqW3qTbPgjCXH1mfouW3E0u7LCSLif7L2Wji5p5DsiZeaaiJ5Y%3D%3At0rqLUPBatHC3qe4IjKNuknYn2EP%2Fsgm

@shekinahcancook allow me to double devil down:

In the extremely unlikely scenario that a great mass of cows will suddenly be unwanted at once, many would indeed be killed.
As this is no different than their current certain fate (absent intervening months/years of suffering), this is not an argument against veganism *or* against cruelty.

Let's look at sustainable ag: many more times the crops needed to feed humans are needed for cows and chickens. "U.S. could feed 800 million people with grain that livestock eat" according to a Cornell University study. Life, and feeding people, suddenly got a lot more sustainable.

And why should a potential dystopian goat scenario prevent us from making the kindest choices right now, when many of us have a plethora of kind, adorable options?

#vegan #bigagriculture #cows #kindness #sustainability

@em Challenge accepted.
First, kindness to you. This is hard, emotional stuff. I want to respond from my heart. I argue your points; please know i don't mean to attack or fault you for them.

My problem both with whataboutism ("literal slave labor") and "no ethical consumption" arguments is that I see them as a dodge.
If the point you make is that all capitalist consumption is *equally* unethical, why worry about wool?
If the argument is "well there's injustice everywhere so why fight it at all" then why have these conversations at all?
And how does "we've eaten animals for centuries" relate to "we force-feed, force-breed, immunize, and terrorize animals for their unnaturally shortened lives before ending them in horrific ways?"

#bigagriculture #factoryfarms #animalabuse #animalrights

Not sure which is closer to the full picture - #Monbiot pointed out that #BigAgriculture is as complicit as #BigOil in ensuring they're not part of the #COP discussions on #climatechange mitigations. On the other hand, at least now they put out reports like this calling for change:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/03/big-agriculture-climate-crisis-cop27

https://www.monbiot.com/2022/11/14/silence-of-the-lambs/

Two recent @nytimes articles on our broken food system. 1: Farmland Values Hit Record Highs, Pricing Out Farmers. Small farmers are now going up against deep-pocketed investors, including private equity firms and real estate developers. (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/13/us/politics/farmland-values-prices.html) (subscription-firewalled link)

2. Labor Department Finds 31 Children Cleaning Meatpacking Plants (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/business/child-labor-meatpacking-plants.html) This one hits close to home, as some of the child laborers were identified in my home state of Minnesota. The working conditions are horrible: "Their jobs included cleaning kill floors, meat- and bone-cutting saws, grinding machines and electric knives, according to court documents. The mix of boys and girls were not fluent English speakers and were interviewed mostly in Spanish, investigators said." "The Labor Department found that several minors employed by the company, including one 13-year-old, suffered caustic chemical burns and other injuries. One 14-year-old, who worked from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. five to six days a week, suffered injuries from chemical burns from cleaning machines used to cut meat. School records showed that the student fell asleep in class or missed class because of the job at the plant."

The above articles highlight just two (or so) of the problems with mass-produced factory-farm food. There are other problems.
A strong case can be made for buying as much of your food as possible from small, local producers. CSAs, farmers markets, direct-from-farm purchases. And grow some of your own food as well: Victory Gardens!

#foodsystem #BigAgriculture #agriculture #sustainability #childlabor #immigrantlabor #factoryfarms #meat #gardening #farmersmarket