Organic Consumers Association

orgcns.org/3RnsDun 🍅 This week, Organic Bytes is pulling back the curtain on some things that do not get nearly enough attention. Herbicides are showing up in drinking water and are now being linked to cancer, killing more young Americans under 50 than any other. Big Tech is moving into the global farm data supply and using it against the very farmers who feed us. And Congress just took a hatchet to the programs helping farmers get off chemical agriculture, while Big Ag's subsidies are still going to the industrial farms. But this week also has some wins worth celebrating. An Indigenous community in the Black Hills prayed, organized, and forced a mining company to pack up and leave. Science keeps catching up to the common sense we all know, that eggs, watermelon, a good night's sleep, and a patch of green in your neighborhood do more for your health than anything a lab or a pharmaceutical company is selling. We hope you enjoy this edition of Organic Bytes, the newsletter for people who care about good health, good food, and the future of our planet.

Repost from @repaoc • This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community. Yesterday I called for EPA and Congressional investigations into the impact of data center construction on local drinking water supplies. We cannot take water for granted.

Regenerative Food Labels: What’s Behind the Claim? organicconsumers.org/regenerative-f…

‘Recession Meals’ Destigmatize Home Cooking on a Budget organicconsumers.org/recession-meal…

🚨TAKE ACTION! Flood the phonelines and the newsfeeds⚡ In 2019, General Mills said they had a plan in place to reduce pesticide use, but they have yet to make good on that promise and they continue to sell pesticide-soaked breakfast cereals. Let's show General Mills that we won't ignore their broken pesticide promises! Ways to take action: 📣SHARE this post and comment 📲CALL General Mills: 1-800-248-7310 🎨CREATE your own posts and encourage your friends and family to do the same! Just make sure to tag General Mills in your posts. See comments for additional images to use! Sample text for posts: Dear General Mills, In 2019, you said you were reducing pesticide use, but you've quietly broken that promise. Please protect the farmers who grow your food and the people who eat it from pesticide harms like cancer. If it kills pollinators & soil life, it's not regenerative ag!

🍅 Welcome to the Organic Bytes Newsletter. orgcns.org/49tHPfE This week, we are asking General Mills to back up their regenerative agriculture promises with real pesticide data. The company once publicly disclosed pesticide reductions and has since quietly removed even that, earning a score of zero where it previously had ten. We are also questioning what "regenerative" on a food label actually means, looking at the mycotoxins in plant-based meats and why a major new study linking pesticide exposure to a 150% higher cancer risk is concerning for all of us. Read about the campaign to tear down organic food and farming and what Washington State's psilocybin movement means for mental health, and the surprisingly fast and healthy results you can get just by simplifying your personal care routine. And much more! 🌻

Why Are Young People Getting Colon Cancer? Researchers Point to Pesticides organicconsumers.org/can-pesticide-…

This Week We Beat the Pesticide Industry — Here’s How Your Rep Voted clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll1…

🍅 We beat the pesticide industry in a House vote — and your voice was part of it. orgcns.org/4waGR1L But this issue of Organic Bytes is also a reminder of why we can't stop. Pesticides are being linked to colon cancer in young adults. Toxins and heat stress are threatening fertility across species. Your food still contains chemicals no one has independently tested. And yet — grass-fed farms are healing soil, urban farmers are building community in city backyards, and science keeps confirming what organic advocates have said for decades. This week, read about all this and more, about your health, our food system, and using our power to make this a world where people come before profit. 🌻

Confused by food labels? You’re not alone Our new analysis shows that “regenerative” labels are all over the map—some allow toxic pesticides while others have strict standards for chemical use. Consumers may not always be getting what they think. foe.org/label-guide

How Principles of Self‑Compassion Help Fight Loneliness in the Age of AI orgcns.org/423bOHq

OCA Responds: The Big Meat Greenwashing Study Left Out the Most Important Part orgcns.org/4n1dKcY

98 Percent of Meat and Dairy Companies’ Climate Pledges Branded ‘Greenwashing’ orgcns.org/4t0bS5L

🍅 New Organic Bytes is out! 🌱✨ orgcns.org/3QEnU7q From food policy & public health to regenerative farming and everyday wellness—this week’s issue is packed with stories that impact us all. 🌍

VICTORY: House Strikes Part of the Bayer Protection Act from the Farm Bill! On Thursday, April 30, 2026, a historic vote took place in the U.S. House of Representatives. A majority of Members of Congress voted to stand with pesticide victims against Bayer-Monsanto, the company that poisoned them. They passed an amendment that removed some, but not all, of Bayer's pesticide deregulation provisions from the Farm Bill. TAKE ACTION: As the Fight Moves to the Senate, Tell Your Senator Strike the Rest of the Bayer Protection Act from the Farm Bill! 👇👇👇 advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/10024/act…

‼️Take Action Today! Tomorrow Congress decides whether pesticide victims can sue Monsanto. Make your voice heard before the vote. CLICK HERE👇👇👇 advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/10024/act…

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