AP Lewis
Root Cause Advocacy
Category: ECOLOGY
WhyFOAM?
Hope. For me, that is what IFOAM stands for. Day after day we hear news about the destruction of the planet and the decay of society. And yet, we also see that community-embedded organic agriculture practices are the solution to…
Read More2024 IFOAM Governance Task Force
Consensus Recommendations – DRAFT unofficial The IFOAM global task force on government reform met online over a period of months during the first half of 2024 to address concerns about how IFOAM operates and how individual members, sector groups, and…
Read MoreDangers of Commercialization of Modified Microbes – Comment to USDA
The USDA’s sole focus on plant pest risk establishes a dangerously myopic framework for regulation. Here are the overall concerns that the USDA is glossing over.
Read MoreAnalysis of and Recommendations for Improving Proposed Boulder County Composting Code Land Use Amendments
Submitted to Boulder County Departmental Staff of CP&P (and Planning Commission), OSCAR, BCPOS, Public Works, Boulder Public Heath, and Boulder County Commissioners Submitted 16 June 2023 Introduction – Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on proposed land use…
Read MoreAs Federal Pesticide Oversight Decays, Grassroots Parent Groups Flourish.
All the minute amounts of individual toxic chemicals may not kill you right away, but the toxic assault of all the chemicals, adjuvants, and synthetic materials are taking a serious toll on public health.
Read MoreDangerous Loopholes in the Proposed SEC ESG Rules for Full Value Chains
At each step in the value chain, portfolio companies tend to reset the baseline measure used for comparisons and ignore the cumulative negative effects of their value chain. Everybody gets to be green.
Read MoreWhile the USDA fiddles, The Real Organic Promise rebuilds the future.
Created on 2018-04-27 15:35 Published on 2018-04-27 15:55 “It’s easy to compromise when your community is informed, experienced and honest.” — Alan Lewis * ************************* * “Let me describe how the Real Organic Project came about. These are many of…
Read MoreCelebrating the Regenerative Vegan: True to Self, True to Animals, True to Planet
We celebrate the Regenerative Vegan for making the effort to understand planetary ecology and animal welfare in all its complexity Created on 2021-08-04 22:19 Published on 2021-08-04 22:48 If you’re not one, you know one: the principled eater who refuses…
Read MoreGrassland Ecology 101 for Vegans and Synthetic Meat Marketers
The Big Lie depends on you dismissing the natural laws of grassland ecology and focusing solely on bad industrial livestock practices. Created on 2019-03-22 17:32 Published on 2019-03-22 19:19 First, congratulations on your commitment to making the world a better…
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