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The Long Reach of the Walmart-Walton Empire

Civil Eats

In some ways, those implications have been positive, raising the bar on renewable energy and making substantial gains in recycling , the accessibility of organic food and reduced dependence on pesticides. They are also advancing efforts to push water rights toward market-based systems in drought regions.

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NSAC Heads to the Rockies – A Summer Meeting Recap

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Caraveo responded to questions about some of the barriers producers face in accessing federal programs and what is being done to address water rights, particularly for young farmers and farmers of color. Caraveo has a strong interest in community health, child nutrition, addressing food instability, and looking at “food as medicine.”

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This #GivingTuesday, Help Us Celebrate Our Successes

Civil Eats

Cooke and Senior Staff Reporter Lisa Held both also won OEMME Awards : Cooke for the first article in our “Injured and Invisible” investigative series, and Held for an article on why OSHA and the EPA are not enforcing standards to protect farmworkers from pesticides.

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