Dan Blaustein-Rejto is the director of food and agriculture at the Breakthrough Institute. John Durnell, a man with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, is suing Monsanto over the use of Roundup, the most widely used herbicide in the United States. The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Monday.
This week on Reveal, reporter Nate Halverson reports that the US Forest Service and timber companies are spraying glyphosate in California’s forests in an effort to regrow timberland that's been decimated by years of megafires. The Forest Service is “addicted to herbicide use and glyphosate, and we need to get them into rehab.”
There are concerns about the impact of conflict in Iran and high oil prices on plastic prices. China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia consume a third of the world's plastics. President Trump wants to cut WIC benefits. Floods in Pakistan may have affected 3.3 million jobs. Women Fishers in Kenya are defying gender norms.
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The rising cost of fertilizer and fuel is pushing some farmers to the brink in the Mississippi Delta. The Trump administration's tariffs and other retaliatory measures have gutted export markets Delta farmers depend on. Sledge Taylor applied for relief from the administration's $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance Program. He received a payment in March, but it covered only about 20% of what he actually lost last year.
Mary Creasman is in Sacramento to support California Senate Bill 982. The bill would empower California’s attorney general to sue fossil fuel companies over climate damages in an effort to shore up insurance. The State Building and Construction Trades Council of California urged state Senate leaders to oppose the bill.
Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz have slowed down fertiliser shipments which could put harvests at risk in Africa. Africa's smallholder farmers produce nearly 70 percent of sub-Saharan Africa's food. The African Development Bank Group launched the $1.5bn African Emergency Food Production Facility to help countries respond to supply disruptions amid the Ukraine war.
Argentina is one of the countries with the highest use of glyphosate, a powerful herbicide. According to Wildlife Conservation Society Argentina, more than 135 wild species are affected by illegal trafficking in the country, at least 20 of them are in danger of extinction, and nine out of ten wild animals die during the journey to their destination. In 2025, Tierra del Fuego approved the bill that enables the installation of salmon farms.
Steak 'n Shake has hired Michael Boes as its Chief MAHA Officer. Boes will be in charge of "nutritional integrity, ingredient transparency, and the healthiness of our products." The MAHA movement is not keen on fast-food restaurants. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. supports banning TV ads for fast food.
A new international study found a link between the consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and a measurable decline in the brain’s ability to focus. The research followed over 2,100 middle-aged and older adults. For every 10% increase in UPFs, researchers observed a distinct drop in visual attention. The participants consumed 41% of their daily energy from UPFs.