Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
56 followers · 474 posts · Server sfba.social
What do #BigAg, #ViolentRanchers, and their#CorruptPoliticians have in common? Billions in federal $subsidies to #WasteWater with export free-trade ready #ThirstyCrops during #droughts, polluted #drinking water supplies with farm #chemicals, destroyed #habitat for rare species, #PesticideDrift, #deadzones from runoff, #ICE to #criminalize and exploit #farmworkers, 34M #foodinsecure Americans, and dammed and destroyed rivers.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01032023/farm-bill-climate-change/
#bigag #violentranchers #wastewater #thirstycrops #droughts #drinking #chemicals #habitat #pesticidedrift #deadzones #ice #criminalize #farmworkers #foodinsecure
American Assoc Wine Economists · @wineecon
381 followers · 275 posts · Server mstdn.social
Pesticide drift. California helicopter aerial pesticide applicator service responsible for numerous pesticide-drift incidents faces fines of more than $200,000 and tightened oversight under a recent court judgment. Details here: https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/2023/021423.htm
#pesticides #pesticidedrift