Midterms Fallout: Regenerative Food for Health
The Most Inspiring-and Regenerative-Wins of the 2018 Elections
The regenerative food and farming movement didn’t get everything we wanted out of the 2018 elections-either in terms of candidates or, as Greg Palast documented, in terms of fair elections. Clearly, our democracy is far from perfect.
But thankfully, that hasn’t stopped the movement for health, justice and regeneration.
On November 6, the country elected several inspiring new leaders, some of whom are already getting to work at the local, state and federal level. On the ballot initiative front, voters in Portland, Oregon, passed a progressive initiative that will, among other things, direct funds to regenerative agriculture projects that sequester greenhouse gases and support local food production.
Maryland district sends anti-Monsanto delegate to the statehouse
We begin by congratulating Vaughn Stewart, the only candidate in the country we’re aware of who publicly called out Monsanto during his campaign-and with good reason.
At a public forum before the elections, Stewart said:
“This issue is very personal to me. I beat cancer last year for the second time in my life. I had salivary gland cancer when I was 18 and lymphoma last year. I can’t prove it, but I’m very certain that the reason is that Monsanto used my hometown in Alabama as a dumping ground for PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) for decades.”
Vaughn won! He’ll join the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 19.
Full article here from ORGANIC CONSUMERS
The regenerative food and farming movement didn’t get everything we wanted out of the 2018 elections-either in terms of candidates or, as Greg Palast documented, in terms of fair elections. Clearly, our democracy is far from perfect.
But thankfully, that hasn’t stopped the movement for health, justice and regeneration.
On November 6, the country elected several inspiring new leaders, some of whom are already getting to work at the local, state and federal level. On the ballot initiative front, voters in Portland, Oregon, passed a progressive initiative that will, among other things, direct funds to regenerative agriculture projects that sequester greenhouse gases and support local food production.
Maryland district sends anti-Monsanto delegate to the statehouse
We begin by congratulating Vaughn Stewart, the only candidate in the country we’re aware of who publicly called out Monsanto during his campaign-and with good reason.
At a public forum before the elections, Stewart said:
“This issue is very personal to me. I beat cancer last year for the second time in my life. I had salivary gland cancer when I was 18 and lymphoma last year. I can’t prove it, but I’m very certain that the reason is that Monsanto used my hometown in Alabama as a dumping ground for PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) for decades.”
Vaughn won! He’ll join the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 19.
Full article here from ORGANIC CONSUMERS