This week’s concern of Bytes is loaded with information about how agrochemicals are wreaking havoc on our land, water, wildlife and our personal public well being. We could be proactive by asking that the Conservation Stewardship Program funding be quadrupled and opened up so extra farmers are eligible.

Natural and Regenerative is the one method out of this poisonous, degenerative agriculture mannequin that dominates America’s farming practices now. 

Ship this letter to your congress individual in the present day!

Expensive State Lawmaker,

Congress did an awesome factor within the 2008 Farm Invoice when it created the Conservation Stewardship Program.

At its peak, 72 million acres had been enrolled—about 7 p.c of all working lands within the U.S., together with crop, forest, pasture and vary land.

However, this doesn’t mirror the true potential of this system, as greater than three-quarters of certified farmers get shut out of the Conservation Stewardship Program yearly.

The Conservation Stewardship Program zeroes in on one of the best ways to attract extra carbon dioxide down from the ambiance: serving to farmers and ranchers enhance soil well being.

Congress bought again heading in the right direction with the Conservation Stewardship Act once they handed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that reversed the 2018 Farm Invoice’s reductions in CSP funding. 

IRA investments within the Conservation Stewardship Program may enhance the quantity of carbon saved in working lands by about 70 million metric tons of carbon-dioxide equal per 12 months by 2030.

Agriculture is liable for 10 p.c of U.S. greenhouse fuel emissions, with emissions within the vary of 700 million metric tons of carbon-dioxide equal per 12 months. So, we’re speaking 10 p.c of 10 p.c or 1 p.c of complete U.S. greenhouse fuel emissions. It appears small, however that’s the equal of taking about 16 million vehicles off the highway.

If that determine had been quadrupled, which it simply might be on condition that 4 occasions as many farmers have tried to enroll within the Conservation Stewardship Program, it could cut back complete greenhouse fuel emissions by 4 p.c—the identical as taking 64 million vehicles off the highway.

Growing Conservation Stewardship Program spending is value it only for the local weather, however greater soil carbon additionally will increase yields and makes meals extra nutritious.

Congress ought to quadruple funding for the Conservation Stewardship Program within the new Farm Invoice, and whereas it’s at it, Congress ought to tighten up eligibility necessities.

Proper now, the U.S. Division of Agriculture is rewarding greenhouse fuel polluting industrial farmers for what Bayer and the opposite agrochemical corporations market as “precision agriculture.” What it quantities to is adjusting the nozzles on their pesticide sprayers and fertilizer applicators to ensure they use the “proper” quantity—with no promise they’ll use any much less!

Conservation Stewardship Program cash shouldn’t go to nozzle adjustment.

Please make the Conservation Stewardship Program your Farm Invoice precedence. If totally funded and performed proper, it’s one of the crucial promising local weather change actions Congress may take.

Thanks.

Sincerely,
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TAKE ACTION: Inform Congress to Absolutely Fund the Conservation Stewardship Program—and Make Positive the Cash Goes to Actual Regenerative Natural Agriculture Practices

Science Media Centre:

“Publicity to agrochemicals, even in doses too low to kill bugs, causes vital harm to their habits, growth and copy, which is aggravated when the temperature rises, in line with a examine revealed in Science. The analysis analyzes the consequences of 1,024 molecules – pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, plant development inhibitors – on the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and on different bugs.”

‘That is a formidable examine due to the breadth of pesticides examined (over a thousand) and due to its experimental design that covers not solely particular person chemical substances, however a number of mixtures in a gradient of life like concentrations. As well as, it consists of results on mosquito larvae and butterfly caterpillars to match outcomes.

The benefit of this work is in demonstrating that insect publicity to non-lethal pesticide residues is of extra significance than is perhaps thought. Of higher concern are the adverse results of a cocktail of molecules on copy. This confirms what we already indicated a couple of years in the past, saying that insecticides – not solely pesticides, however all different plant safety merchandise available on the market – are a significant reason behind insect decline, much more so than local weather change. The truth is, the examine confirms that temperature solely will increase the magnitude of the consequences of these chemical substances, however it’s clear that such results wouldn’t happen if the pesticides weren’t current: the trigger is the pesticides, not the temperature!’” —Francisco Sánchez-Bayo, Honorary Affiliate Professor, College of Environmental and Life Sciences, College of Sydney, Australia

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Pam Melby writes for Fox Creek Artistry:

“Sisu Cider is made by fermenting a ton of good-for-you meals in apple cider vinegar, and extracting their goodness. These good-for-you meals have a tendency on the spicy aspect, and when they’re fermented and concentrated the spice will get revved up! Evidently, you might have to work your method as much as taking gulps or photographs of this Sisu Cider. It’s not for the weak of coronary heart (or palate)!

The primary ingredient of my Sisu Cider is turmeric. In the event you haven’t put turmeric in your common cooking routine, begin utilizing it now! It’s most widely-known for its anti-inflammatory properties that tremendously cut back gastrointestinal discomfort. However, it is usually antibacterial and antifungal. It has anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, chemopreventive, chemosensitization, and radiosensitization actions. Woo hoo! I add turmeric to only about each dish that comes out of my kitchen. It doesn’t have a robust taste, so sneaking it in is straightforward! Simply watch out in regards to the utensils that you just use with it, as turmeric will stain issues yellow! (Home made clothes dye, anybody?!)

Up subsequent is black peppercorns. When black pepper is added to turmeric, it will increase turmeric’s bio-availability by over 2000%! You usually tend to get all the advantages from turmeric in the event you additionally add black pepper.”

Learn extra on this participating weblog, study in regards to the idea of Sisu, and take a look at this superb therapeutic recipe

Carey Giliam writes for The New Lede:

“New sorts of Roundup weed killing merchandise marketed to US shoppers include chemical substances that pose higher well being dangers to folks than prior formulations suspected of inflicting most cancers, in line with an analysis by an environmental well being advocacy group. The report was disputed by Bayer, which known as the evaluation “deeply flawed.”

Pals of the Earth (FOE) reported Tuesday it discovered 4 chemical substances have not too long ago been added to Roundup merchandise which have been scientifically proven to trigger quite a lot of well being issues, together with reproductive defects, kidney and liver harm and neurotoxicity.

The evaluation comes after the agrochemical firm Bayer pledged that it could take away glyphosate from its standard Roundup herbicide merchandise bought for residential garden and backyard use beginning in 2023.

Bayer, which purchased Monsanto in 2018, made the change to attempt to curtail the submitting of future litigation because it battles 1000’s of lawsuits filed towards Monsanto by most cancers sufferers who declare they developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma from utilizing Monsanto’s Roundup and different glyphosate-based herbicides.

However FOE mentioned it discovered the chemical substances used within the new Roundup formulations are, on common, 45 occasions extra poisonous to people experiencing continual publicity than  glyphosate-based Roundup. The chemical substances had been roughly 4 occasions extra acutely poisonous, the group mentioned.”

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TAKE ACTION: Make Your State the First to Ban Monsanto’s Roundup Weedkiller!

Chris Gayomali writes for The Guardian:

“Dr Michelle Davenport says her grandmother is 95 and doesn’t have any wrinkles. Pores and skin clean as a dewdrop. She got here to America from Vietnam, and attributes her youthful complexion to not often, if ever, consuming out at eating places: not on birthdays, anniversaries or different particular events.

‘She was all the time telling me: ‘Don’t ever eat out, consuming out is tremendous unhealthy for you,’ says Davenport on the opposite finish of a Zoom name. ‘So we all the time needed to cook dinner at dwelling. And when she did cook dinner, it was all the time water-based: steamed meat, stews and plenty of greens.’

Davenport, 39, is a scientist and registered dietician based mostly in San Francisco whose work focuses on slowing the deleterious results of ageing. She argues that this may be completed by cooking largely with broth and water. On her Instagram page, which has practically 200,000 followers, you’ll discover recipes for dishes like collagen-rich oxtail phở, inexperienced curry salmon, steamed eggs and gà hải nam (the Vietnamese model of Hainan rooster, a recipe handed down immediately from Grandma).

Cooking this fashion, she says, mitigates the creation of superior glycation finish merchandise, or AGEs, shaped when meals is cooked at excessive dry temperatures, like over the grill or in an air fryer.”

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A kind of what’s now known as regenerative agriculture, or regenerative natural agriculture, was practiced over 1000’s of years in the past by Mayan and indigenous folks all through the Americas. The Mayans survived and thrived in concord with the Earth—with out pesticides, chemical fertilizers, GMOs, or concentrated animal confinement. They fed themselves whereas additionally sustaining a correct carbon cycle (a steadiness between CO2 within the ambiance and carbon within the soil and forests) and a biologically wholesome and numerous setting.

Our mission in the present day as “regenerators” all through the Americas and the world is to recapture, reestablish and scale up these conventional practices. We should modify them to match the precise ecological and market situations in our native areas and areas. On this method we will regenerate the soil, dramatically enhance yields and meals high quality, restore public well being, eradicate the pressures that trigger compelled migration, and final however definitely not least, draw down and sequester sufficient extra carbon from the ambiance by way of enhanced plant photosynthesis and reforestation to reverse international warming and local weather disruption.

Past the still-utopian dream of open borders, indigenous communities have begun discussing in sensible phrases what we will do proper now to mitigate and finally put a halt to compelled migration. We owe it to them and to ourselves to vary the dialogue on the “immigration disaster” from anti-immigrant vitriol and deportation to certainly one of cross-border solidarity and regeneration. —Ronnie Cummins

Take a look at the plethora of knowledge from our our latest People’s Food Summit audio system for inspiration and actual life practices showcasing land based mostly efforts which can be therapeutic the earth and bringing it into steadiness with regenerative natural agriculture!

Please assist assist OCA and Regeneration Worldwide in our mission in the present day as “regenerators”, to scale up these conventional practices and deal with native options for a wholesome planet.

Make a tax-deductible donation to Natural Shoppers Affiliation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

Make a tax-deductible donation to Regeneration International, our international sister organization

Evaluation by Dr. Joseph Mercola:

“STORY-AT-A-GLANCE

Correct hydration is crucial for optimum well being, because it regulates physique features and transports vitamins. Nonetheless, the widespread recommendation to drink eight glasses of water day by day is inaccurate and outdated

• A examine analyzed food-based dietary tips (FBDGs) from 93 international locations, specializing in people who tax sugary drinks and promote water consumption. Solely 48 international locations had messaging encouraging water over sugary drinks
• Bolivia, Brunei, and Peru had probably the most complete tips for selling water consumption and discouraging sugary drinks. Researchers emphasize the necessity for particular, culturally tailored hydration suggestions
• The parable of consuming eight glasses of water day by day originated from a 1945 suggestion with out scientific foundation. As an alternative, use thirst and urine shade as guides for hydration
• Correct hydration includes sustaining electrolyte steadiness. Ingesting an excessive amount of water disrupts this homeostasis. Consuming salt with water and pure choices like mineral water or coconut water will assist preserve hydration”

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Diane Parrish, BookTrib:

“In the event you reside within the Northeast, as I do, you might be nicely conscious of the indicators: maple timber starting to flame with shade; decorative grasses waving their feathery tassels within the wind; tomato vegetation spent and wilted from the trouble of packaging all these seeds into edible containers. Autumn is upon us. By no means thoughts that some days it’s nonetheless 85 levels below a blazing solar. In some way each rising factor is aware of it’s time to change gears, shed the summer time wardrobe, and make preparations for a protracted winter’s nap.

I’ve questions. How do they know? Why does their winter prep have an effect on us so profoundly, rendering a few of us melancholy, energizing others to select up the tempo? The quick reply is perhaps that we’re associated to our botanical cousins on a molecular stage and couldn’t separate our lives from theirs if we tried. The longer reply, as explored within the books under, is extra complicated, startling, and galvanizing.

This month’s books embrace science writing, a ebook of essays about nature, and novels that inform the story of the connection between people and their botanical kin.”

* The Mild Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Affords a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoe Schlanger

* Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Form our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

* The Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

* The Bushes by Conrad Richter

* North Woods by Daniel Mason

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Learn: “Alarm Name as World’s Bushes Slide In the direction of Extinction”

By Juana Vera Delgado & Chithira Vijayakumar, Truthout:

“COP16, the UN World Summit on Biodiversity, is underway in Cali, Colombia, from October 21 by way of November 1. This summit carries a vital process: establishing insurance policies and actions to reverse the alarming trends of biodiversity loss and species extinction pushed by human activities. World leaders attending are tasked with guaranteeing that agreements align with the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): ‘the conservation of organic range; the sustainable use of the parts of organic range; and the truthful and equitable sharing of the advantages arising out of the utilization of genetic assets.’ These agreements should additionally amplify the voices of all stakeholders, notably Indigenous peoples, native communities and other people of the World South, translating their experiences and insights into inclusive actions to fight biodiversity loss.

The Colombian authorities, the summit’s host nation — which holds the dubious distinction of having the highest number of murdered environmental activists in any given 12 months since 2012 — has launched a name to decide to ‘Peace with Nature’ by shifting towards an financial mannequin that doesn’t prioritize the extraction, overexploitation and air pollution of nature. In step with this goal, the present authorities has additionally been strongly selling the approval of the Work Plan for the Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities of the world, which acknowledges Indigenous peoples as the first custodians of organic range. However how are Indigenous peoples, particularly Indigenous girls, responding to this pivotal name, and what important messages and issues will they bring about to the summit?”

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By Past Pesticides:

Be part of for Session 2:  November 14, 2024 — 1 PM Japanese (EST)

“The forty first Nationwide Discussion board, Imperatives for a Sustainable Future, gives us a possibility to raise our understanding of the petrochemical threats. This highly effective discussion board, hosted by Past Pesticides, will spotlight the important have to undertake practices and insurance policies that eradicate one of many main sources of the issue, petrochemical pesticides and fertilizers.

Among the many vital adjustments which can be going down is the transition to natural land administration, from agriculture, landscapes to enjoying fields, as a part of a holistic technique that acknowledges the multidimensional nature of the issue and resolution.

The 2 main imperatives for sustainability and a livable future are group and determination maker understanding of and motion on:

1. The threats to human well being and ecosystems and the dire penalties of inaction or measures that fall far quick of what’s essential; and
2. The trail ahead to eradicate reliance on petrochemical-based merchandise, together with the constellation of poisonous supplies related to chemical-intensive practices—from meals manufacturing to the administration of properties, gardens, parks, and colleges.

Plan now to affix us as we come collectively to empower efficient motion and chart a path for a livable and sustainable future. You’re a part of the answer! Registration supplies entry to all classes of the Discussion board.”

Your registration includes access to both seminars! Donations are requested, but not required. You can watch Session 1 as well. Register here to get the link.

Christian Simmons, Drug Watch:

“The Environmental Safety Company (EPA) has finalized its cancellation of Dacthal, simply months after it issued a historic suspension to halt the use and gross sales of the pesticide.

Dacthal, often known as DCPA, has been related to adversarial well being results in unborn infants when pregnant moms are uncovered to it.

‘With the ultimate cancellation of DCPA, we’re taking a definitive step to guard pregnant girls and their unborn infants,’ Michal Freedhoff, Assistant Administrator for the Workplace of Chemical Security and Air pollution Prevention, mentioned in a statement.

‘The science displaying the potential for irreversible hurt to unborn infants’ creating brains, along with different lifelong penalties from publicity, calls for decisive motion to take away this harmful chemical from {the marketplace},’ mentioned Freedhoff.

Attorneys have begun to analyze potential Dacthal lawsuits involving those that had been uncovered to the pesticide. There are issues about its affect on thyroid hormone ranges in unborn infants, which is linked to impaired motor expertise, decreased IQ and different worrying impacts.”

Learn how questions surrounding Dacthal well being results return years

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