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Your choices matter. In this Organic Bytes: orgcns.org/3F6HhjP
🇲🇽Mexico bans GM corn
☠️Tell Costco: Drop Roundup
🌱Why organic + regenerative food works
🏡How to cut chemicals at home
☀️What really makes us thrive
Healthy living starts here
🇲🇽Mexico bans GM corn
☠️Tell Costco: Drop Roundup
🌱Why organic + regenerative food works
🏡How to cut chemicals at home
☀️What really makes us thrive
Healthy living starts here
Organic Bytes Newsletter #893: Costco, Stop Pushing Toxic Roundup! - Organic Consumers
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Tell Costco: Stop Pushing Toxic Roundup!
In 2019, Costco reportedly stopped selling Roundup weed killer, but now it’s back. What’s up with that? The Roundup Costco sells now has an “Exc...
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May 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Your choices matter. In this Organic Bytes: orgcns.org/3F6HhjP
🇲🇽Mexico bans GM corn
☠️Tell Costco: Drop Roundup
🌱Why organic + regenerative food works
🏡How to cut chemicals at home
☀️What really makes us thrive
Healthy living starts here
🇲🇽Mexico bans GM corn
☠️Tell Costco: Drop Roundup
🌱Why organic + regenerative food works
🏡How to cut chemicals at home
☀️What really makes us thrive
Healthy living starts here
This issue of Organic Bytes
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🍅 Food, health & the environment: hidden CT scan risks, toxic chemicals, fake meat dangers, turmeric’s power, Roundup fights, plant sentience, bee protection & more. Stay informed, stay healthy!
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🍅 Food, health & the environment: hidden CT scan risks, toxic chemicals, fake meat dangers, turmeric’s power, Roundup fights, plant sentience, bee protection & more. Stay informed, stay healthy!
Organic Bytes Newsletter #891: Quorn, Inflammation & Depression - Organic Consumers
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This issue of Organic Bytes
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🍅 Food, health & the environment: hidden CT scan risks, toxic chemicals, fake meat dangers, turmeric’s power, Roundup fights, plant sentience, bee protection & more. Stay informed, stay healthy!
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🍅 Food, health & the environment: hidden CT scan risks, toxic chemicals, fake meat dangers, turmeric’s power, Roundup fights, plant sentience, bee protection & more. Stay informed, stay healthy!
Learn about foraging and gleaning, what basic baking supplies and pantry food items to have on hand, and extending the life of your food: orgcns.org/4iaGz2K
Basic Prepping: Smart (and Panic-Free) Planning - Organic Consumers
October 07, 2023 | Source: Attainable Sustainable | by Kris Bordessa
I tend to maintain a pretty full pantry, so when things get dicey I don’t have to do a lot of over-the-top shopping, but not ever...
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April 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Learn about foraging and gleaning, what basic baking supplies and pantry food items to have on hand, and extending the life of your food: orgcns.org/4iaGz2K
TAKE ACTION: Tell Sec. Kennedy: Safety-Test & Ban Insecticide-Producing GMOs! orgcns.org/4ibm8m6
TAKE ACTION: Tell Sec. Kennedy: Ban Insecticide-Producing GMOs!
Along with engineering crops to be soaked in carcinogenic herbicides, Monsanto had another bright idea: to genetically modify plants to produce insecticidal toxins.
Unsurprisingly, after nearly 30 ye...
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April 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
TAKE ACTION: Tell Sec. Kennedy: Safety-Test & Ban Insecticide-Producing GMOs! orgcns.org/4ibm8m6
Will Pesticide-Producing GMOs Finally Get the Scientific Review Waived By Earlier Administrations? It’s Up to Kennedy: orgcns.org/3RFDD31
Will Pesticide-Producing GMOs Finally Get the Scientific Review Waived By Earlier Administrations? It’s Up to Kennedy - Organic Consumers
April 9, 2025 | Source: Organic Consumers Association
Along with engineering crops to be soaked in carcinogenic herbicides, Monsanto had another dastardly plan: to genetically modify plants to produ...
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April 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Will Pesticide-Producing GMOs Finally Get the Scientific Review Waived By Earlier Administrations? It’s Up to Kennedy: orgcns.org/3RFDD31
Welcome to Organic Bytes 🍅
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The food system is in crisis—from GMOs to microplastics. In this issue: GMO insecticides, toxins in produce, Coca-Cola’s greenwashing, agroforestry funding cuts & more.
Stay informed. Take action. Go organic & regenerative!
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The food system is in crisis—from GMOs to microplastics. In this issue: GMO insecticides, toxins in produce, Coca-Cola’s greenwashing, agroforestry funding cuts & more.
Stay informed. Take action. Go organic & regenerative!
Organic Bytes Newsletter #890: GMOs: We Eat More Poisons With Every Bite - Organic Consumers
GENETIC ENGINEERING
Insecticide-Producing GMOs
Monsanto had two big ideas for how to “improve” crops with genetic engineering. The first was to make them impervious to herbicides. The second was to...
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April 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Welcome to Organic Bytes 🍅
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The food system is in crisis—from GMOs to microplastics. In this issue: GMO insecticides, toxins in produce, Coca-Cola’s greenwashing, agroforestry funding cuts & more.
Stay informed. Take action. Go organic & regenerative!
orgcns.org/4coftng
The food system is in crisis—from GMOs to microplastics. In this issue: GMO insecticides, toxins in produce, Coca-Cola’s greenwashing, agroforestry funding cuts & more.
Stay informed. Take action. Go organic & regenerative!
Local Land Conservation Provides Glimmer of Hope in the New Trump Era:
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Local Land Conservation Provides Glimmer of Hope in the New Trump Era - Organic Consumers
February 14, 2025 | Source: Eath.org | by Colin Rhodes
Land conservation is a critical need in the US as natural lands have been heavily converted for agriculture, suburban and urban development.
N...
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April 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Local Land Conservation Provides Glimmer of Hope in the New Trump Era:
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Are Plastic Chemicals in Our Food?
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PlasticList Report - Organic Consumers
December 27, 2025 | Source: PlasticList
Six months ago, we launched what seemed like a quick and easy project: to test 100 everyday foods for the presence of plastic chemicals. Sounds like fun, righ...
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April 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Are Plastic Chemicals in Our Food?
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TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to force Trump’s USDA to fulfill farmer contracts! orgcns.org/3tTuUC4
TAKE ACTION! Tell Congress to Save Local, Regenerative & Organic!
Organic farmers have never needed you more!
Trump's USDA is still withholding payments owed to 30,715 local, regenerative and organic farmers promised $2.3 billion, including a grant OCA administers ...
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April 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to force Trump’s USDA to fulfill farmer contracts! orgcns.org/3tTuUC4
Bees Are Not Declining Everywhere: A Global Perspective on Population Trends- orgcns.org/3QVvJlY
Bees Are Not Declining Everywhere: A Global Perspective on Population Trends - Organic Consumers
March 26, 2025 | Source: Earth.org | by Madina Tussupov
For years, media headlines have depicted a dire situation regarding global bee populations. While it is true that honey bee numbers in certain...
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April 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Bees Are Not Declining Everywhere: A Global Perspective on Population Trends- orgcns.org/3QVvJlY
Are Frozen Vegetables More Nutritious Than Fresh Ones? orgcns.org/3RB2cOw
Are Frozen Vegetables More Nutritious Than Fresh Ones? - Organic Consumers
March 06, 2025 | Source: Food & Wine | by Merlyn Miller
Turning to frozen vegetables may sometimes feel like you’re taking a shortcut in the kitchen. They are affordable and last much longer than that head of fresh broccoli decomposing in your crisper drawer,
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April 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Are Frozen Vegetables More Nutritious Than Fresh Ones? orgcns.org/3RB2cOw
Staying Rooted in Uncertainty: Organic Bytes orgcns.org/4iRSUd1
🍅 From bribery and deforestation to bee populations and “forever chemicals,” we’re covering the key issues shaping organic farming. Dive into the latest news, research, and stories from the regenerative community.
🍅 From bribery and deforestation to bee populations and “forever chemicals,” we’re covering the key issues shaping organic farming. Dive into the latest news, research, and stories from the regenerative community.
Organic Bytes Newsletter #889: Uncertainty Harming Organic Farmers and Programs - Organic Consumers
TAKE ACTION
Organic Has Never Needed You More
Trump's USDA is still withholding reimbursements owed to 30,715 local, regenerative and organic farmers promised $2.3 billion, including a grant we adm...
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April 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Staying Rooted in Uncertainty: Organic Bytes orgcns.org/4iRSUd1
🍅 From bribery and deforestation to bee populations and “forever chemicals,” we’re covering the key issues shaping organic farming. Dive into the latest news, research, and stories from the regenerative community.
🍅 From bribery and deforestation to bee populations and “forever chemicals,” we’re covering the key issues shaping organic farming. Dive into the latest news, research, and stories from the regenerative community.
Indigenous-Owned Alberta Company Making Better Building Blocks — With Hemp: orgcns.org/3RjL1Rs
Indigenous-Owned Alberta Company Making Better Building Blocks — With Hemp - Organic Consumers
February 12, 2025 | Source: CBC News | by Adrienne Lamb, Rick Bremness
A new manufacturing plant in the northeastern Alberta community of Elk Point is blending hemp and other additives into concrete ...
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April 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Indigenous-Owned Alberta Company Making Better Building Blocks — With Hemp: orgcns.org/3RjL1Rs
Georgia Jury Orders Monsanto Parent To Pay Nearly $2.1 Billion in Roundup Weedkiller Lawsuit: orgcns.org/425lVuL
Georgia Jury Orders Monsanto Parent To Pay Nearly $2.1 Billion in Roundup Weedkiller Lawsuit - Organic Consumers
March 24, 2025 | Source: AP News | by Wyatte Grantham-Philips
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’...
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March 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Georgia Jury Orders Monsanto Parent To Pay Nearly $2.1 Billion in Roundup Weedkiller Lawsuit: orgcns.org/425lVuL
Altruism Is Actually a Fantastic Survival Strategy: orgcns.org/4c9vkWX
Altruism Is Actually a Fantastic Survival Strategy - Organic Consumers
March 16, 2025 | Source: Salon | by Nicole Karlis
On a tiny island called Cayo Santiago off the coast of Puerto Rico exists a colony of about 1,800 rhesus macaques. Each weighing about 20 pounds and...
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March 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Altruism Is Actually a Fantastic Survival Strategy: orgcns.org/4c9vkWX
🌿 Organic Bytes Weekly orgcns.org/4l3ACqJ
Tell Secretary Kennedy GMOs aren’t GRAS! The FDA’s loophole lets Monsanto push untested GMOs linked to cancer. Monsanto’s parent hit with $2.1B Roundup lawsuit. Plus, hemp is transforming sustainable building in Alberta.
Tell Secretary Kennedy GMOs aren’t GRAS! The FDA’s loophole lets Monsanto push untested GMOs linked to cancer. Monsanto’s parent hit with $2.1B Roundup lawsuit. Plus, hemp is transforming sustainable building in Alberta.
Organic Bytes Newsletter #888: GMOs Should Not Be GRAS! - Organic Consumers
GMOs
Tell Sec. Kennedy: GMOs Should Not Be GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe)
On March 10, 2025, Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., promised to close the “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) loophole that allows dangerous food additives to enter
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March 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🌿 Organic Bytes Weekly orgcns.org/4l3ACqJ
Tell Secretary Kennedy GMOs aren’t GRAS! The FDA’s loophole lets Monsanto push untested GMOs linked to cancer. Monsanto’s parent hit with $2.1B Roundup lawsuit. Plus, hemp is transforming sustainable building in Alberta.
Tell Secretary Kennedy GMOs aren’t GRAS! The FDA’s loophole lets Monsanto push untested GMOs linked to cancer. Monsanto’s parent hit with $2.1B Roundup lawsuit. Plus, hemp is transforming sustainable building in Alberta.
The Truth About Bread — Why Your Ancestors Could Digest It (And Why You Might Not): orgcns.org/3DRDyGf
The Truth About Bread — Why Your Ancestors Could Digest It (And Why You Might Not) - Organic Consumers
March 18, 2025 | Source: Mercola.com | by Ashley Armstrong
For thousands of years, bread has been essential to human nutrition — a dietary staple enjoyed daily across countless cultures, likely beca...
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March 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Truth About Bread — Why Your Ancestors Could Digest It (And Why You Might Not): orgcns.org/3DRDyGf
Ultra-Processed Babies: Are Toddler Snacks One of the Great Food Scandals of Our Time? orgcns.org/4j0RlJs
Ultra-Processed Babies: Are Toddler Snacks One of the Great Food Scandals of Our Time? - Organic Consumers
March 15, 2025 | Source: The Guardian | by Bee Wilson
Acouple of years ago, nursery manager Melanie Smith, who runs Portland Kindergarten in Lincoln, noticed that many children were eating in a new w...
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March 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ultra-Processed Babies: Are Toddler Snacks One of the Great Food Scandals of Our Time? orgcns.org/4j0RlJs
Glyphosate Poses Widespread Risks To Female Fertility and Reproductive Health: orgcns.org/4kvDzjT
Glyphosate Poses Widespread Risks to Female Fertility and Reproductive Health, Researchers Say - Organic Consumers
March 15, 2025 | Source: U.S. Right to Know | by Pamela Ferdinand
Glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide, disrupts female hormones and damages the ovaries and uterus in ways that can mak...
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March 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Glyphosate Poses Widespread Risks To Female Fertility and Reproductive Health: orgcns.org/4kvDzjT
A Cookbook From the Host of ‘Outdoor Chef Life’ Entices Us To Fish, Forage, and Feast: orgcns.org/3FCqp4l
A Cookbook From the Host of ‘Outdoor Chef Life’ Entices Us to Fish, Forage, and Feast - Organic Consumers
March 18, 2025 | Source: Civil Eats | by Momo Chang
In a Pacific tidepool in Northern California, Taku Kondo squats down, seawater sloshing around his ankles, and examines the rocks below the water...
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March 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A Cookbook From the Host of ‘Outdoor Chef Life’ Entices Us To Fish, Forage, and Feast: orgcns.org/3FCqp4l
🍅 In this week’s Organic Bytes: orgcns.org/4iG7ggw
Bayer’s latest scheme, glyphosate’s fertility risks, and the dark side of avocados. Plus, a foraging cookbook & RFK Jr.’s bold challenge to food CEOs.
Bayer’s latest scheme, glyphosate’s fertility risks, and the dark side of avocados. Plus, a foraging cookbook & RFK Jr.’s bold challenge to food CEOs.
Organic Bytes Newsletter #887: Stop Bayer’s Sneak Attack! - Organic Consumers
TAKE ACTION
Stop Bayer’s Sneak Attack!
Eleven corrupt State Attorneys General from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina, and South D...
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March 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🍅 In this week’s Organic Bytes: orgcns.org/4iG7ggw
Bayer’s latest scheme, glyphosate’s fertility risks, and the dark side of avocados. Plus, a foraging cookbook & RFK Jr.’s bold challenge to food CEOs.
Bayer’s latest scheme, glyphosate’s fertility risks, and the dark side of avocados. Plus, a foraging cookbook & RFK Jr.’s bold challenge to food CEOs.
For a happier life, we must balance two old psychological needs orgcns.org/4kDlpMW
For a Happier Life, We Must Balance Two Old Psychological Needs - Organic Consumers
March 10, 2025 | Source: PSYCHE | by Williams Von Hippel
Most of us know people who struggle to be happy despite having it all. I remember visiting my friend Steve after he struck it rich, and being...
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March 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Ending Big Pharma’s Legal Immunity: The Case Against the PREP Act orgcns.org/3FoiSWS
TAKE ACTION: Tell Sec. Kennedy to Restore Our Right to Sue Big Pharma!
Did you know that if you or a loved one is injured or killed by a vaccine or pharmaceutical drug, you may have no legal recourse, if the pharmaceutical company responsible is covered by a Public Readi...
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March 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Ending Big Pharma’s Legal Immunity: The Case Against the PREP Act orgcns.org/3FoiSWS
TAKE ACTION: Tell your state legislators to ban neonic seed treatments! orgcns.org/4bF6nSC
TAKE ACTION: Ask your state legislator to support a ban on bee-killing neonic seed treatments.
Honey bee colony losses continue at alarming rates. In the 2022-2023 season, commercial beekeepers saw a mortality rate of 48.2 percent in their hives, almost as bad as the 2020-2021 season with the h...
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March 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
TAKE ACTION: Tell your state legislators to ban neonic seed treatments! orgcns.org/4bF6nSC
USDA Cancels $1B in Local Food Purchasing for Schools, Food banks orgcns.org/3DFsfB1
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March 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
USDA Cancels $1B in Local Food Purchasing for Schools, Food banks orgcns.org/3DFsfB1