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\nNewsletter #798: Bitter-Sweet Spring
\nMarch 30, 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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\nEdited by Ronnie Cummins and Alexis Baden-Mayer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
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Mexico Rejects Biden\u2019s GMO, Drug War, & Energy Bullying<\/strong><\/span><\/h1><\/h1><\/span>
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OCA, RI, and our Mexico sister organization, Via Organica have been active South of the Border for 20 years, campaigning against GMOs, glyphosate, anti-small farmer \u201cFree Trade\u201d agreements, forced migration, and other issues. We have also supported the call for an end to The Drug War and the legalization of drugs (both in US and Mexico, following the example of Portugal and the Scandinavian countries).<\/span><\/p>\n

At the same time, we have been promoting, along with our Mexican allies, the transition to organic and agroecological food and farming, which the ruling MORENA (Movement for National Regeneration) Party of President Lopez Obrador has now endorsed as part of its official policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recently the Biden administration has threatened litigation, trade sanctions, and economic reprisals against Mexico unless the country abandons policies restricting and eventually banning the massive imports of GMO yellow corn (17 million tons per year) and glyphosate (the toxic herbicide produced by Monsanto\/Bayer that is used on GMO corn.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile Drug War Hawks in the U.S. Congress are calling, for \u201ca boots on the ground\u201d invasion (with US troops crossing the border) in order to defeat the violent Mexican drug cartels that supply the US market for cocaine and heroin. China supplies the precursor chemicals for the deadly drug fentanyl, sold by the Mexican cartels.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the same time the fossil fuel and mining multinationals have criticized Mexican government nationalization and control over oil and lithium. Lopez Obrador (commonly known as AMLO) has challenged the Biden Administration, stating \u201cMexico is not a U.S. Colony,\u201d and that Mexico\u2019s policy of nationalized oil and lithium, is non-negotiable. Similarly, AMLO has rejected threats from Monsanto, GMO, and chemical cartels, repeatedly emphasizing that the policy banning the imports of GMO corn and glyphosate will continue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more: US Pushes Back on Mexico Ban on GMO Corn and Glyphosate<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Also: \u2018Mexico Is Not a US Colony!\u2019: AMLO Condemns Invasion Threats, Celebrates Nationalization of Oil and Lithium<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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PRESIDENTIAL RACE
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Mercola Interview with RFK Jr. on His Likely Presidential Run
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Mercola.com<\/em> reports:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRobert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced he\u2019s considering entering the presidential race if he can garner enough support.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Children\u2019s Health Defense (CHD) and several other plaintiffs, including me, [Dr. Mercola], are suing the Trusted News Initiative (TNI) for violation of antitrust laws. The BBC has been using its market power and illegal collaboration with other leading market actors to crush smaller news outlets.<\/span><\/p>\n

The CHD has also led a number of First Amendment cases, including one against Facebook, which censored the CHD, Mercola.com and many other sites.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a private company, Facebook has the right to censor anyone it wants, for any reason. However, they cannot do it at the behest of the government, and we now have ample evidence that this is precisely what they\u2019ve been doing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kennedy believes if he is elected to the White House he can clean out government corruption because he knows where it is, what it stems from and how to correct it\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Kennedy recently announced he’s considering entering the presidential race if he can garner enough support. Considering two members of the Kennedy family have already been murdered, this requires quite a bit of courage. Clearly, there are risks involved anytime you try to change a corrupt system from within. Kennedy comments: <\/span><\/p>\n

“I haven’t made the decision yet, but I’m leaning towards doing it. It’s going to give me an opportunity, as it makes it much more dicult for them to censor me, [to] talk about all these issues for the first time without censorship and connect them. <\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve been an environmental attorney and advocate for 40 years, and I saw the impact of agency capture. That’s why I was able to recognize it so easily when I saw it in the pharmaceutical industry. All these agencies are captured. The pharmaceutical industry owns the National Institutes of Health … CDC, FDA. The coal and oil industry and the pesticide industry own the Environmental Protection Agency. <\/span><\/p>\n

I was on the trial team in the Monsanto case, which ended up with a $13 billion settlement. We had three trials in a row … [and] we did a lot of discovery. We were able to find secret EPA papers that showed the head of the EPA pesticide division for a decade was a man who was secretly working for Monsanto. <\/span><\/p>\n

So Monsanto was actually directing his movements. In one of the emails we found, Monsanto instructed him to kill a study that was being done by another agency, the Agency for Toxic Substance Control, ATSDR. It’s a smaller agency that focuses just on toxins that’s separate from EPA. <\/span><\/p>\n

He’d always been able to control the EPA studies and to x them. But now here’s another agency that Monsanto has no control over that’s actually going to do an independent study on the carcinogenicity of Roundup and glyphosate. <\/span><\/p>\n

Learn More: Will We See Another Kennedy in the White House?<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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PUBLIC HEALTH
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The Obesity Epidemic: How Did We Get Here?<\/strong><\/span><\/h1><\/h1><\/span>
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Mercola Reports: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe growing obesity epidemic shows no sign of stopping and is predicted to cost over $4.3 trillion by 2035, when experts estimate more than half of the global population will be overweight or obese, and nearly 2 million will be obese.The rising number of children with obesity not only increases a child\u2019s risk of health challenges during childhood, but also raises their risk for health concerns in adulthood including blood clots, overweight and obesity, cardiovascular disease and premature death.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Pentagon, 77% of persons aged 17 to 24 do not qualify for military service for three critical reasons, one of which is being overweight or obese.<\/span><\/p>\n

Obesity is the leading cause of knee replacements, infertility, liver failure and severe COVID-19. Conflicts of interest obstruct truthful nutritional guidance, such as Coca-Cola\u2019s campaign to promote exercise and drink Coke and pushing seed oils high in linoleic acid, which increases inflammation and increases snacking.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1954, obesity<\/a> was called a common physical abnormality. Today it\u2019s called an epidemic<\/a>. Many of the complications related to obesity<\/a> are health conditions that negatively impact quality of life and increase health costs. These include lung, liver and heart diseases, arthritis and gout.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 2023 report<\/a> from the World Obesity Federation estimates that the economic impact of overweight and obesity will surpass $4.3 trillion annually by 2035.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports the prevalence of obesity in adults<\/a> was 41.9% measured from 2017 to March 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

This represented an increase from 30.5% from 1999 to 2000. The estimated annual medical costs were roughly $173 billion in 2019 dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more: The Obesity Epidemic: How Did We Get Here?<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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CHILDREN’S HEALTH
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Public Schools to Start Serving Kraft Lunchables, Thanks to \u2018Sweetheart Deal\u2019 With USDA<\/span><\/strong><\/h1><\/h1><\/span>
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Suzanne Burdick writes for the Defender:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cStarting this fall, more highly processed foods will be on the menu for children in public schools thanks to a \u2018major new initiative<\/a>\u2019 to get Kraft Heinz\u2019s \u2019Lunchables<\/a>\u2019 products into U.S. public school cafeterias.<\/span><\/p>\n

The company said two versions of the Lunchables product will be served in K-12 public schools<\/a>, either for students to buy or free, under the National School Lunch Program.<\/span><\/p>\n

The company said it developed two styles of Lunchables<\/a> \u2014 turkey and cheddar or extra cheesy pizza\u2014 that meet the federal nutritional guidelines set for the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s (USDA) National School Lunch Program<\/a>, which provides meals to nearly 30 million kids<\/a> across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both options were made using \u2019a specialized recipe that incorporates more protein and whole grains to keep kids powered throughout the day, reduced saturated fat and sodium, and an increased serving size,\u2019 Kraft Heinz told CNN Business<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But critics \u2014 including John Fagan, Ph.D.<\/a>, a leading authority on biosafety, food authenticity and sustainability in the food and agricultural system \u2014 said he doubted the nutritional value of the products.<\/span><\/p>\n

The USDA business deal with Kraft Heinz is \u2018disappointing,\u2019 Fagan told The Defender<\/a>.
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The Kraft Heinz Company<\/a> is the fifth-largest food and beverage company in the world. Its product line<\/a> includes Velveeta cheese, Kool-Aid and Jell-O.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fagan is CEO and chief scientific officer of Health Research Institute<\/a>, which conducts testing on the nutrient and pesticide levels in foods and recently published a report on school lunches<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said it\u2019s well established that highly processed foods<\/a> like Kraft Heinz\u2019s products increase inflammation<\/a> and free radicals<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018With such highly processed materials, you also are missing a lot of the really important nutrients that are just naturally present in real food,\u2019 Fagan said, adding:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re putting our children at a big disadvantage to expose them to these foods and put them really in a situation where they have little choice about what they can eat.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more: Public Schools to Start Serving Kraft Lunchables, Thanks to \u2018Sweetheart Deal\u2019 With USDA<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Gates Invests in Data Collecting \u201cSmart Masks\u201d for Cows<\/strong><\/span><\/h1><\/h1><\/span>
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Just when you thought Bill Gates\u2019 plans for world domination couldn\u2019t get any crazier. Suzanne Burdick writes: \u201cThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation this month awarded a $4.8 million grant to a company that sells \u201csmart\u201d face masks for cows.<\/span><\/p>\n

ZELP<\/a>, which stands for Zero Emissions Livestock Project, claims its artificial intelligence (AI) mask technology for livestock will reduce methane emissions \u2014 considered to be a main greenhouse gas<\/a> \u2014 and curb climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cows and other ruminant animals emit methane in the process of digesting their food.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mask goes around the cow\u2019s head and captures the methane gas exhaled by the animal, oxidizing it and then releasing it into the air as carbon dioxide and water vapor, according to ZELP.<\/span><\/p>\n

It also has sensors that continuously collect millions of data points on the animals that are processed by machine learning algorithms.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Our AI is trained to detect heat, flag welfare conditions, and identify the most efficient animals with a high-level of accuracy,\u2019 ZELP said<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But critics, including third-generation farmer Howard Vlieger<\/a>, said the Gates-funded venture is illogical and driven by greed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vlieger, who advises crop and livestock farmers across the U.S., said, \u201cThis is what you would get when you combine greed and stupidity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Commenting on the news, Will Harris<\/a> \u2014 a fourth-generation regenerative farmer<\/a> who runs his family\u2019s farm White Oak Pastures<\/a>, told The Defender all he could say was, \u201cSurely this is a hoax.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Critical Sway<\/a>, a researcher and investigator, tweeted<\/a>, \u201cYou couldn\u2019t make this stuff up. \u2026 We\u2019re living in ridiculous times my friends.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more: \u2018Smart\u2019 Masks for Cows? Gates Invests $4.7 Million in Data-Collecting Faceware for Livestock<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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DIGITAL CURRENCY
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Feds Using Banking Crisis to Usher in Central Bank Digital Currency, Experts Warn<\/strong><\/span><\/h1><\/h1><\/span>
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Brenda Balleti writes:<\/span><\/p>\n

“A week-and-a-half after the second-largest bank failure in American history ignited uncertainty throughout the global economy, experts warn bank failures and the stabilization measures taken by the Federal Reserve and Wall Street are creating even greater bank consolidation \u2014 and might further pave the way for a central bank digital currency<\/a> (CBDC).<\/span><\/p>\n

Silicon Valley Bank\u2019s (SVB) collapse earlier this month led to the collapse of Signature Bank, the voluntary closing of Silvergate Bank and the takeover of all three banks by the FDIC<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response, top credit rating agency Moody\u2019s lowered the outlook<\/a> for the entire U.S. banking system to \u2018negative.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Now the banking crisis is spreading to Europe. Swiss regulators engineered a \u2018forced marriage<\/a>\u2019 between UBS and the troubled Credit Suisse<\/a> this past weekend as part of an effort to stabilize the bank in the face of increasing concerns that a major financial crisis is imminent.<\/span><\/p>\n

The collapse and downgrading<\/a> of these banks have bolstered the position of what has come to be called the systemically important banks (SIBs) \u2014 financial institutions whose failure could trigger a financial crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

These \u2018too big to fail\u2019<\/a> financial institutions \u2014 which include JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Wells Fargo, among others \u2014 have been inundated<\/a> with billions of dollars<\/a> of new deposits \u2018as smaller lenders face turmoil\u2019 the Financial Times reported<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more: Feds Using Banking Crisis to Usher in Central Bank Digital Currency, Experts Warn<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Alongside Encouraging Trends that Emerged at Expo West 2023, Tension is Growing Over GMO 2.0<\/strong><\/span><\/h1><\/h1><\/span>
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Max Goldberg writes for Organic Insider<\/em>: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNatural Products Expo West returned to Anaheim last week, attracting 65,000 people with more than 3,000 brands exhibiting, and the show could be characterized as similar to the weather we experienced \u2014 a mixture of sunshine and rain.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the one hand, Expo West was filled with tremendous excitement and energy, and many organic companies I spoke with had an incredibly productive few days. Furthermore, some very positive industry trends began to take hold.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand, the continued allowance of GMO 2.0 companies at Natural Products Expo West resulted in a palpable sense of anger among a growing number of attendees, and it cast an inescapable shadow over the entire show, particularly for those who attended the very contentious GMO 2.0 panel discussion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are my key trends, thoughts and takeaways:<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more: Alongside Encouraging Trends that Emerged at Expo West 2023, Tension is Growing Over GMO 2.0<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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OCA columnist Martha Rosenberg reports:<\/span><\/p>\n

The COVID-19 pandemic has been good for Pfizer and news outlets who run the drugmaker’s seemingly back-to-back ads. (Question: How medically objective is a newscast when the station announces the news “is sponsored by Pfizer”?) <\/span><\/p>\n

But Pfizer has a problem. As COVID-19 becomes less deadly, the public’s fear level is dropping and so are the drugmaker’s profits. According to FiercePharma<\/a>, a drug industry web site, the drug giant expected to bring in a mere $13.5 billion this year, compared with the COVID-19-leavened $36 billion-plus it netted in 2021\/2022. Ouch. <\/span><\/p>\n

But not to worry. Pfizer is now targeting young people for its Covid-19 products. “After targeting seniors with its Martha Stewart wields a samurai sword spot, the Big Pharma has swung to the opposite end of the age spectrum with an ad featuring a singer [31-year-old Charlies Puth] who first made their name on YouTube,” says FiercePharma. “Sandwiched between the Stewart and Puth spots, the drugmaker ran an ad featuring musical artist Pink; drummer, filmmaker and singer Questlove; actor Jean Smart; and Olympic gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps that discussed the dangers COVID-19 poses to different people without explicitly promoting Pfizer’s products.” <\/span><\/p>\n

Think your COVID-19 risks are over says another Pfizer ad? Not if you have depression, obesity, diabetes or asthma trumpets<\/a> another salvo of celebrity ads (conditions which also enrich drugmaker as well as junk food makers.) Not as long as Pfizer has dollar signs in its eyes. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Have COVID? Request Paxlovid Even if You’re ‘Not High Risk.’ Here’s Why,” says the news site kqed in an article<\/a> that reads like a Pfizer ad. “Paxlovid [a non vaccine Covid-19 drug] was initially only used to treat the patients deemed most at risk from severe illness from COVID. Later in 2022, it was expanded to more pharmacies across the United States as part of a nationwide push to get Paxlovid to more COVID patients who could benefit from it due to existing health factors.” <\/span><\/p>\n

Pfizer’s Long Rap Sheet<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Before Pfizer’s Covid prominence, the drugmaker was not a household word. Yet it has a long and concerning rap sheet\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more: Pfizer Pfeeds Covid-19 Pfears<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Obesity Linked to Areas with the Most Grocery Stores Selling Unhealthy Foods<\/strong><\/span><\/h1><\/h1><\/span>
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Brenda Balleti writes: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCounties with higher obesity rates across the U.S. tend to have more food stores selling more unhealthy food options relative to counties with lower obesity rates, according to a report from The Urban Institute<\/a> published this month.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe find that areas of higher obesity prevalence are more likely to have greater exposure to the types of food stores likely to offer less healthy options, even when controlling for differences across counties,\u201d the authors wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

In high-obesity counties, the study reported that 65.5% of food establishments are likely to be \u201cunhealthy,\u201d as opposed to low-obesity counties where just 51.5% of food establishments are \u201cunhealthy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This was true across rural and non-rural areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

The researchers studied the distribution of places selling groceries \u2014 things that people would eat or prepare at home \u2014 as opposed to restaurants. That was in part because research already linked high concentrations of fast food restaurants to obesity, but the role of different types of food stores is less well understood.<\/span><\/p>\n

Notably, the study found that \u2018Dollar\u2019 stores \u2014 as in Dollar Tree, Dollar General and Family Dollar \u2014 represented a substantially larger share of unhealthy food establishments in high-obesity areas than in low-obesity areas\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more: Obesity Tied to \u2018Food Swamps\u2019 \u2014 Counties That Have More Stores Selling Unhealthy Foods \u2014 Study Finds<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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This Farm Bill Really Matters<\/strong><\/span><\/h1><\/h1><\/span>
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Civil Eats reports:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn Wichita, Kansas, Donna Pearson McClish, founder of Common Ground Producers and Growers, uses a \u2018mobile food hub\u2019 model to move fresh food from local farms\u2014both urban and rural\u2014to low-income residents. Many use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and market vouchers to stretch their dollars, she explained at the \u2018Food Not Feed Summit\u2019<\/a> in early February.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2020, Common Ground received just under $300,000<\/a> from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to train entrepreneurs to grow and distribute food in low-income areas. In 2022, the organization partnered with the Kansas Rural Center to create a bigger food hub that will distribute local food in 12 counties along the interstate that runs from Wichita to Salina. That project will be funded by a larger $500,000 USDA grant.<\/span><\/p>\n

These efforts to feed people and distribute more local food in small but impactful ways are important to the state\u2019s food system, yet they\u2019re dwarfed by the scale of commodity farming in Kansas. In fact, between 1995 and 2021, the USDA also sent more than $15 billion<\/a> to wheat, sorghum, and corn farmers to continue producing commodities and $3 billion in payments to encourage conservation practices on those same farms\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn More: This Farm Bill Really Matters. We Explain Why.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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