Food & Water Watch

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Here at Food & Water Watch, we’re working hard to stop industry greenwashing scams like carbon capture – and we’re thankful to everyone who helps power this critical work!

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📣 NEW 📣 Mars Inc. just announced plans to acquire Kellanova, a spin-off of Kellogg’s snack division, in a $36 billion effort to dominate the snack market. This merger would further consolidate our food system – while also increasing food prices and giving consumers fewer choices on grocery store shelves. As our Research Director Amanda Starbuck says, “While these processed food giants stand to ramp up profits from snack market domination, the American consumer will lose out with higher costs and fewer healthy options.” We need to reverse the trend of just a few large corporations gaining more control over the food we eat and putting our health at risk by pushing unhealthy foods! Read our full release here: https://fwwat.ch/3M8IMy1

If you drove a car around the world 28 million times, the methane emissions from your trip would equal the same amount of methane as U.S. factory farms release in a year. That’s also the equivalent of 30.9 BILLION gallons of gasoline being burned! Factory farms are helping fuel this methane emissions emergency, and we need to fight back NOW. Learn how in our new report: https://fwwat.ch/4dfQm5v

The climate crisis is fueling extreme heat waves across the country – endangering agricultural workers, putting our food supply at risk and threatening our water supplies and infrastructure. That’s why we’re supporting the Extreme Heat Emergency Act! Read our new web piece to learn more: https://fwwat.ch/3YsqPll

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