StopthesprayBC

I respect what regenerative guys are doing. Some of it makes real sense. But every time someone asks them on a podcast if their method can scale to feed the world, they dodge it. They know the answer. The world needs about 8 billion meals a day and the math doesn't change because something is a good story. You can run a niche operation and respect that conventional farming exists at the same time.

KY! Email and call your house rep now! There is a chance this veto can hold- house may vote today! Don’t let your rep choose foreign pesticide companies over Kentucky farmers and families. ☎️1-800-372-7181🔥Ask your rep *not to vote* or vote NO - on the veto override for SB 199

Many modern conventional crops (corn, soy, wheat, etc.) are pre-coated with pesticides before they are ever planted in the ground, and this is not regulated due to a massive loophole. Once pesticides are coated onto a seed, the seed is exempt from pesticide registration and labeling requirements under a regulatory policy known as the EPA “treated article exemption” (40 CFR 152.25). In other words: since the pesticide cocktail is applied before the seed is planted, the treated seed itself is not regulated the same way as pesticides sprayed during the growing season. Plus, while companies are required to disclose the active pesticide ingredients, they are not required to disclose the full composition of the formulation, which makes up 90% of the mix, and can include dyes, stabilizers & other chemical additives. These chemicals enter the soil, ecosystems, and food system from day one, adding to our chronic exposure of pesticides that can negatively impact gut microbiome and overall human health. For grains in particular, it has become increasingly important to understand where they come from and how they are grown. Labels give you claims, but knowing your farmer gives you answers!!

Israel is dropping toxic chemicals on agriculture lands in Quneitra, Syria. Israel is a menace to all living things.

Effectively all growth in corn production over the last 20 years is for ethanol. ~20 million acres of conservation land, grassland, and soybean rotation was turned into corn monoculture that effectively strip mines the topsoil. Meanwhile it’s the most fertilizer dependent crop with only a 40% uptake rate. So ~1.7 million tons of nitrogen runoff flows into the Mississippi basin annually while also polluting their own water supplies. This runoff ends up expanding the Gulf deadzone, which is also where 40% of domestic seafood comes from. It’s hard to find a worse way to create fuel, with a wicked level of waste and downstream consequences.