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Eastern Monarch Population Improves But Remains Threatened The annual count of migratory monarchs who spend the winter in Mexico was released today and shows that the revered orange-and-black butterflies remain vulnerable to extinction. This year’s count of 4.42 acres of occupied habitat nearly doubled since last year but remains perilously low. “While it’s wonderful news that the monarch population increased this year, their numbers are still down by 80% overall and remain just one-third the size needed to avoid migratory collapse,” said Tierra Curry, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity. “Monarchs still need big help if we’re going to save these iconic butterflies from the double threat of climate change and pesticides.” In one of the longest migrations of any insect, at the end of summer eastern monarchs fly from the northern United States and southern Canada to overwinter together in high-elevation fir forests in Mexico. The population size is determined by measuring the area of trees turned vivid orange by the clusters of butterflies. Scientists estimate that 15 acres of occupied forest is the minimum threshold for the migrating pollinators to be above extinction risk in North America. In December 2024 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to protect monarch butterflies as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in response to a decade of advocacy by conservation groups. In 2014 the Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and renowned monarch biologist Lincoln Brower petitioned the Service seeking protection for the butterflies and their habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The listing should become final in December 2025. Center for Food Safety Read more: https://lnkd.in/dSTYFjUf

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We’re taking legal action to urge US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect people, wildlife, and waterways from toxic #Atrazine pollution! CFS has joined forces with conservation groups and family farmers to ask a federal court to force EPA to take long-overdue action to ensure that the highly controversial and dangerous herbicide atrazine does not continue to pollute the nation’s waters, harming people, wildlife and plants. Atrazine, which is banned in 60 countries, is the second most widely used herbicide in the United States and one of most widespread #pesticide contaminants of the nation’s water. It is a known hormone-disruptor and exposure is linked to birth defects, multiple cancers, and fertility problems like low sperm quality and irregular menstrual cycles. https://lnkd.in/egnuZBwR

US-Funded ‘social network’ v-Fluence Caught in Secret Smear Campaign Against Pesticide Critics—Forced to Shut Down v-Fluence secretly profiled 500+ environmental advocates, sharing personal details in a private portal used by industry insiders. Funded partly by US tax dollars, the operation aimed to discredit critics of pesticides and GMOs. After public outrage, the company collapsed under backlash. ?? Sign up for our email alerts to receive updates and action items supporting our legal work on pesticides, GMOs, and beyond! https://lnkd.in/ec47in6r

Nature's Path Foods?and CFS are partnering together to elevate the power of?#OrganicFarming, and to call on Congress to pass the #AgriculturalResilienceAct (ARA) in the upcoming?#FarmBill. The?#ARA?is a groundbreaking piece of legislation that will give farmers the tools they need to farm sustainably, with organic front and center, so that the U.S. can reach net-zero agricultural emission by 2040. ?? Did you know that industrial agriculture accounts for approximately 17% of global greenhouse gas emissions? Industrial farming methods strip the soil and release harmful amounts of carbon into the atmosphere – to the tune of ??.?? ?????????????? ???????? ???? ?????? ????????????????. But it doesn’t have to be this way: organic farming offers a solution - it prioritizes soil health and carbon sequestration – sequestering up to ????% ???????? ???????????? to build critical climate resilience.?On top of that, organic avoids use of synthetic fertilizers and toxic pesticides linked to more greenhouse gas emissions, , protects biodiversity, and uses far less energy (around 45% less!). ? Join us TODAY! Tell Congress to pass the Agricultural Resilience Act (ARA) in the upcoming?#FarmBill?— ?? https://lnkd.in/e8TxRUst To learn more about?#ARA?and advocate for a Farm Bill that works for everyone, check out ?? https://lnkd.in/gYSuNP5u

We're steadfast in championing an ?????????????? ?????????? Farm Bill. ? In the coming months, Nature's Path Foods and CFS will team up to spotlight key issues in the 2025 Farm Bill. Together, we can prioritize climate-friendly, organic agriculture. ?? ?? Take Action! Urge Congress to back a fair, organic, and sustainable food system ?? https://lnkd.in/gYdj96ij

No matter who is in office, we’re unwavering in our commitment to an?Organic First?Farm Bill. ? Over the next few months, Nature's Path Foods and CFS will be partnering across our social network to share more about critical aspects of the 2025 Farm Bill. Join us as we identify easy ways for you to engage and influence the future of organic food and agriculture in the US. Together we can ensure that climate friendly, organic agriculture is a priority.??? ?? Act Now! Tell congress to support an organic, climate-friendly, and equitable food future:?https://lnkd.in/gYdj96ij ?? View our own impact video here ?? https://lnkd.in/eG6cX_7E

Relative fo the age of the Earth, the Industrial Revolution is a blink of an eye. ?? Via?Environmental Media Association But in that short amount of time, humans have devastated the Earth’s biodiversity. Is that our purpose? To destroy what took millions of years to evolve? We must leave the industrial mindset behind and adapt to a mindset of stewardship.

The work continues. At CFS, we’ve worked for over 25 years to win a more sustainable food system and safeguard our food, environment, and health—regardless of who’s in charge in Washington DC. Our mission to hold corporations accountable, protect natural resources, and advocate for transparent food systems is about something bigger than politics: it’s about the future of our shared home and the health of generations to come. And that strategy works–over the course of our 25 year history, we have won more than 75% of our cases. With your support, we can file new lawsuits, amplify our advocacy, challenge harmful policies, and empower communities to resist actions that put our environment at risk. ? Thank you for standing with us, today and every day. ? ? In solidarity, Center for Food Safety Team

SIGN UP for our action alerts to support our work on neonics and beyond! ?? https://lnkd.in/ec47in6r Pesticide coated seeds are so deadly that just a single seed can kill a bird.?????? ? A government loophole has allowed pesticide giants to sell these toxic seeds without regulation for so long that they now blanket 150 million acres of US farmland, polluting our soil, air, and water and causing mass bee die-offs.??? ? So we took the government to court. But then mega-corporations like Monsanto-Bayer and Corteva got the greenlight to intervene in our case, allowing them to send their army of attorneys to help the government try to beat us in court. Now our attorneys are up against the entire pesticide industry. We need your support more than ever!