Organic Consumers Association

05/12/2026

BREAKING NEWS: "Decades of cancer, broken treaties and silence. The Mikisew Cree are taking Alberta and Canada to court."

Decades of cancer, broken treaties and silence. The Mikisew Cree are taking Alberta and Canada to court.

05/12/2026

Turn the sound up, close your eyes and breathe deeply. 💧💙

05/12/2026

🚨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:
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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!

05/12/2026

So true!

05/12/2026

A recent study reveals that pet flea and tick treatments are poisoning wild birds. The study found that songbirds that collect and line their nests with pet fur are at greatest risk.

https://organicconsumers.org/pet-flea-treatments-are-poisoning-wild-birds-new-study-finds/

05/12/2026

“Food Libel” and “Ag-Gag” laws are the corporations’ attempt to keep us from knowing where our food comes from and how it’s produced.

Food Libel laws let corporations take their critics to court, while Ag-Gag laws criminalize investigations into animal abuse at factory farms.

TAKE ACTION: Tell Your State Legislators to Protect Food and Environmental Activists’ Right to Free Speech! Block and Repeal Food Libel and Ag-Gag Laws!

https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/94199/action/1

05/12/2026

Every meal is an opportunity to choose a better food system 💫

05/11/2026

Don’t forget it!

05/11/2026

Two things happened this week that, taken together, tell us everything we need to know about the fight we are in, and why we are winning.

Thanks to the network of OCA supporters, and our allies and advocates across the country who sent letters, made calls, and refused to back down, the House stripped three pesticide liability provisions from the Farm Bill last week.

These are both excellent reads to learn more about what happened this week:

Despite Defeat of Pesticide Liability Shield, House Farm Bill Still ‘Has Industry Fingerprints All Over It’
👉 https://www.commondreams.org/news/pesticide-liability-shield

No Safe Bets — Supreme Court Glyphosate Case Seen Too Close to Call
👉 https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/04/no-safe-bets-supreme-court-glyphosate-case/

The Luna Amendment passed 280 to 142, removing the sections that would have handed Bayer-Monsanto a get-out-of-jail-free card for cancer lawsuits and blocked states from regulating pesticides. This is a real win, and it belongs to all of us.

Three days before that vote, the same company sat before the Supreme Court in Monsanto v. Durnell and asked nine justices to rule that 60,000 cancer victims have no right to hold them accountable, because the EPA, which Bayer has spent decades lobbying and influencing, has never required a cancer warning on their product. The Trump administration is actively supporting Bayer-Monsanto, siding with the company in court, and arguing their case.

Analysts came out of the courthouse unsure which way the court will rule. A decision is expected before the end of June.

We’ll be watching the Supreme Court closely, and we’ll keep you all informed every step of the way.

TAKE ACTION: Find Out How Your Member of Congress Voted and Let Them Know What You Think!

Click here to see the Roll Call Votes on the Luna Amendment
https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll148.xml
YES votes are for Monsanto-Bayer to be held liable for pesticide harms. NO votes are to relieve the company of liability for pesticide deaths and illnesses.

If your Member of Congress voted YES, thank them here
https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/97463/action/1

If your Member of Congress voted NO, let them know what you think here
https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/97467/action/1

These are both excellent reads to learn more about what happened this week:
https://organicconsumers.org/despite-defeat-of-pesticide-liability-shield-house-farm-bill-still-has-industry-fingerprints-all-over-it/

https://organicconsumers.org/no-safe-bets-supreme-court-glyphosate-case-seen-too-close-to-call/

05/11/2026

"Much like a mother fungus catalyzes a waterfall of positive effects for the soil beneath banana plants, when we patronize Rio y Valle and Equal Exchange, we feed resources into organizations who are methodically and creatively bolstering people power."

Check out this great article about farmer cooperatives and soil resilience from Equal Exchange
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Much like a mother fungus catalyzes a waterfall of positive effects for the soil beneath banana plants, when we patronize Rio y Valle and Equal Exchange, we feed resources into organizations who are methodically and creatively bolstering people power.

05/11/2026

The Environmental Working Group puts mushrooms on the Clean Fifteen at #14 among fruits and vegetables with the lowest pesticide residues, but this doesn’t mean mushrooms don’t have pesticide residues.

The U.S. government’s Pesticide Data Program found residues of the anti-mold pesticide thiabendazole in 54.5 percent of conventionally grown mushrooms.

The EPA classifies thiabendazole as likely to be carcinogenic when doses are high enough to disrupt thyroid hormones. According to the EPA’s assessment, thiabendazole also harms the immune and nervous systems. The European Food Safety Authority determined that thiabendazole is associated with adverse effects on thyroid hormone function. If we’re concerned about the health effects on farm workers and rural communities in addition to consumers, we shouldn’t just be looking at pesticide residues per pound of produce, we should also be looking at pesticide usage per acre of farmland.

If you look at pesticide residues per pound of produce, as the Environmental Working Group does, mushrooms make the Clean Fifteen, but if you look at pesticides per acre of farmland, as the Pesticide Action Network has done, mushrooms would be #2 on the Dirty Dozen, second only to potatoes.��

We need to keep in mind that the damage from conventional farming doesn’t end at our plates — even produce that tests residue-free was grown with chemicals that poison our waterways, deplete our soil, and silently devastate wildlife along the way. The organic food we purchase or grow isn’t just a personal health choice, it’s a vote for and a contribution to a food system that doesn’t gamble with humanity’s most critical medicines — or the health of the planet we all share.

Read “The Clean Fifteen List and How You Measure Pesticides Changes Everything,” by our Research Director, Alexis Baden-Mayer. 👇️
https://organicconsumers.org/the-clean-fifteen-list-and-how-you-measure-pesticides-changes-everything/