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The EPA regulation on agriculture prices increase the production of food, fiber, and fuel. There are some regulations that are not proven to benefit the human health.

This is a brief article on how the Nestle corporation is partnering with the Fair Labor Association to investigate child slavery claims at suppliers cocoa farms. The Fair Labor Association has made changes in other industries in the past but this will be the first time with a food product.

A follow up on the findings of The Fair Labor Association in regards to Nestle chocolate farms and child slave labor. The group has found that there is still a large child slave labor issue and the chocolate industry can not be counted on to fix it.

This article spotlights how the Western countries influence is reducing child labor issues on Ghana chocolate farms. The article gives good information on where to find more sources on the issue. However, it is contradictory to everything else I have found so far.

This website explains the child labor laws in India. This website explains the difference between making children work in harsh conditions and being pushed under the law if they are caught and helping out around the farm after school.

This site provides information on recent bills that were passed in efforts to lower child labor. It provides a few situations in which these bills will benefit children. It also provides information from credible sources about this topic.

This article makes an interesting point that i have never even thought about. The difference between child labor and farm chores is a very thin line. This article explains that many children have lost their lives in incidents working on a farm.

This site has a giant list of companies that are against GM foods and farming. Not to mention a great list of quotes and facts about the countries stance on GM foods and reasons not to back the people who stand for GM foods.

Thank you so much for sharing this! It's very good to know that there are companies against this issue. I'm going to print this out so I can use it to improve my health.

The article reviews recent news from Arizona government limiting water supply allotted to farmers for 2022 due to the record breaking low of the Colorado river and the status of the drought. It reviews climate changes effects on our western water supply from the Colorado River and Arizona's share of its percentage being cut by an agreement from the early 1900s. The water supply will force farmers into seeking more resourceful ways of farming from drought proof crop to reducing their growing area and crop types but ultimately demands a change in how the western states and Arizona source their water supply as it effects our food supply for the future.

It is truly devastating how the drought is affecting the food supply and our farmers in Arizona, there is a need for better water management, and we need a lot more water in Arizona to survive in the intense heat.

I can't imagine how a farmer feels. The colorado river needs a dramatic change.

This article is about the ban of Coke/fanta but not diet sodas. They have hiked the price double and raises 100 mill lbs a year. Days before france announced rations to ketchup and salt in schools and mayo. Denmark also places a tax on sat. fats

"Essentially, we're playing chicken with the lives of the American people - our schools, communities, small businesses, farms, public safety, infrastructure and national security," Secretary Duncan told members of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee.

Even though child labor laws were passed decades ago prohibiting employment of underage youngsters, pockets of oppressive child labor exist, literally, on American soil; child farm laborers work long hours in squalid conditions and often receive half the standard minimum wage.

This is a very strong topic. Mostly because children can't really speak up, and we are the ones that need to do it for them. You're childhood should be something you enjoy and not have to struggle through. And the fact that they are always taken advantage of, with low wages and horrible working conditions, makes it an extreme priority in social justice issues.

Behind the closed doors of modern farms they endure brutal cruelty. Most spend their entire lives in dark, crowded, waste-filled sheds.

Yales article on how to do your part in aiding the preservation of biodiversity. 6 easy ways to do you part in helping your planet.