Food & Water

RFK, Jr. is an anti-science lunatic, and any "regeneration" advocates who see him as ally are living in a delusional world. The path to change -- and regeneration -- must be rational, not nutty, predatory and conspiratorial.

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich just delivered a truth bomb about Donald Trump: "He's pathetic. He's small. He's a whiner...He's a damaged man."

@James_Ehlers @cabotcreamery I guess they're still mad that their whistle-blowing employee gave us the internal memo detailing their lies about using rBGH.

Please address your producers’ use of pesticides, treated seeds, chemical fertilizers, liquid manure, and exploitive labor practices. Thank you, @cabotcreamery;that would be even sweeter.

Someday the true Ben & Jerry's story will be written, and it will go like this: The investors got rich while the farmers went bankrupt, and down, down, down went Vermont's rural economy and environment. In other words, we paid a lot for "Free Cone Day."

If you think Ben & Jerry's is "dilutive" to corporate profits, wait until you learn about what they've done to #Vermont's rural economy, water quality and family farms. Because there's only so much slick PR can hide. #vtpoli reuters.com/markets/deals/…

Let this #Vermont headline sink in: "St. Albans Man Dies After Cold Night." He was homeless, now dead, from the exposure, while our state leaders continue to dither over our housing crisis. It's Vermont Wrong. samessenger.com/news/st-albans…

Another from the vault (1998), when we began pointing out Ben & Jerry's extensive use of pesticides, antibiotics and exploited labor. And it's only gotten worse, as #Vermont enviros and politicians keep cashing those @benandjerrys checks. @vpirg #vtpoli

Found in the vault, circa 1997, when we convinced Hormel that irradiating its SPAM wasn't a good idea. That was fun. #SPAM #FoodIrradiation

@anson_ag More than 40% of #VT's small dairy farmers have gone bankrupt under your leadership because you refuse to do anything about the dairy monopolies that are paying farmers less than the cost of production. #vtpoli

The natural disaster is gone but farmers are still living the fallout from the “wicked weather” More: mynbc5.com/article/farmer… mynbc5.com/article/farmer…

We hate to say we told you so, but....we tried to blow the whistle on this boondoggle in #VT, but the Big Dairy enablers marched on with the very false promises of biodigesters, with more than a little help from the @benandjerrys supported enviros. @vpirg @VNRCorg @ruralvermont

There's no better proof that Ag Agencies are merely shills for monopolized commodity production than the fact that 41% of #VT's small dairy farms have gone bankrupt under @anson_ag leadership and he's still defending the system. Heckava job, Anson. #vtpoli

In 2016, when @anson_ag become Ag Sec in #VT, there were 838 dairy farms. Eight years later, there are 496 left, a loss of 342 mostly-small farms, or 41%. But, sure, throw out some crumbs while avoiding the real issues (monopolized dairy!). Sorry, Anson, you're failing. #vtpoli

Another way to look at the #IowaCaucus: Trump pulled a Carter, as in, losing a significant percentage of his own party's caucus voters. In 1980, Carter got 59% of the caucus vote (Kennedy got 32%) and he was considered toast for the general election. Last night..

Sadly, @WDEVRadio has become a caricature of itself, a nest of old, white-man grievances, power elite pandering and an “aw shucks” shrug at the region’s economic, cultural and ecological decline. They should have turned the lights out when @MarkJohnsonVT left. #vtpoli #rip

It was an honor to work with Dr. Sidney Wolfe in the efforts to stop food irradiation. He was a very good man. nytimes.com/2024/01/03/hea…

@James_Ehlers @SenSanders Indeed. It's a long list, and a large grift.

@regenerationVT @SenSanders 😂 You forgot union busters, too!

So who's gonna tell @SenSanders what Ben Cohen, his campaign chair, does for a living? Go ahead, Bernie, take him on. And it'll help more than our obesity problem, because your pal's ice cream corporation is also wrecking #VT's waterways and farm economy. #vtpoli #BenandJerry

The silver bullet that wasn't: Glyphosate's declining weed control over 25 years phys.org/news/2023-12-s…

COP28 is performative insanity, where you pretend the previous 27 failures didn't occur. #COP28 #GetReal #StayHome

It's sad to see so many food/ag "movements" slide into fad-diet cults and conspiracy ninniness. The pursuit of clicks has replaced reason.