{"id":83027,"date":"2020-07-14T13:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-coalition-of-food-justice-climate-and-environmental-groups-calls-on-consumers-to-boycottbigmeat\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T13:21:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:21:02","slug":"una-coalicion-de-grupos-de-alimentacion-justicia-clima-y-medio-ambiente-hace-un-llamado-a-los-consumidores-a-boycottbigmeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/una-coalicion-de-grupos-de-alimentacion-justicia-clima-y-medio-ambiente-hace-un-llamado-a-los-consumidores-a-boycottbigmeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Coalition of Food, Justice, Climate and Environmental Groups Calls on Consumers to #BoycottBigMeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">IOWA CITY, Iowa<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 14, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Organic Consumers Association (OCA), Forward Latino, Socially Responsible Agricultural Project (SRAP), Dr. Mercola and U.S. Farmers &amp; Ranchers for a Green New Deal, today launched the &#8220;Boycott Big Meat&#8221;\u00a0national consumer education and lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign is endorsed by 50+ groups, including <span class=\"xn-location\">Cedar Rapids, Iowa<\/span> Sunrise Hub and Iowa Alliance for Responsible Agriculture. <\/p>\n<p><b><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2857294-1&amp;h=2069826770&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7515925040772%2FWN_XNcw_0acSByHXGvyZyMlJA&amp;a=Join+the+virtual+press+conference+July+14%2C+7+p.m.+CDT.\" rel=\"nofollow\">Join the virtual press conference <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 14<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">7 p.m. CDT<\/span>.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Consumers must lead the just transition to a decentralized system of organic regenerative pasture-raised\/grass-fed meat production, run by a diverse network of local\/regional independent farmers, ranchers, processors and retailers who are committed to fair pay and safe working conditions, and environmental and climate justice,&#8221; said <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Ronnie Cummins<\/span>, OCA&#8217;s international director.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.),<\/b>\u00a0<b>who introduced the House version of the Farm Systems Reform Act, said<\/b>: &#8220;Consumer demand and policy reform must go hand-in-hand to level the playing field for independent diversified producers so they can provide a dependable and sustainable food Consumers deserve to know where their meat comes from, and farmers deserve a fair shot in the marketplace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From the growing number of meatpacking plant workers suffering from COVID-19, to families mourning the loss of\u00a0 loved ones, we are witnessing the human cost associated with the profits of our nation&#8217;s largest meat processors,&#8221; <b>said <span class=\"xn-person\">Darryl Morin<\/span>, Forward Latino president.<\/b> &#8220;Predominantly people of color, these essential workers have the right to the same workplace protections most of us take for granted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With price fixing, injustices to farmers and meatpacking plant workers, a lack of food security and infrastructure, and environmental and public health concerns that hurt us all, the industrial livestock system has long been rife with abuse,&#8221; <b>said <span class=\"xn-person\">Sherri Dugger<\/span>, executive director of SRAP.<\/b> &#8220;Our future depends on our taking action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2857294-1&amp;h=1670511115&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.organicconsumers.org%2F&amp;a=Organic+Consumers+Association+(OCA)\" rel=\"nofollow\">Organic Consumers Association (OCA)<\/a><\/u><\/i><i>\u00a0is a national grassroots nonprofit advocating on behalf of millions of consumers for safe, healthful food and a clean environment. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2857294-1&amp;h=1593786942&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fforwardlatino.org%2F&amp;a=Forward+Latino\" rel=\"nofollow\">Forward Latino<\/a><\/u><\/i><i>\u00a0is a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy and service organization dedicated to assisting Latinos pursuing the American Dream. Forward Latino fulfills its mission through advocacy, civic engagement, education and service delivery.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2857294-1&amp;h=134381792&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fsraproject.org%2F&amp;a=Socially+Responsible+Agricultural+Project+(SRAP)\" rel=\"nofollow\">Socially Responsible Agricultural Project (SRAP)<\/a><\/u><\/i><i>\u00a0helps rural communities replace industrial livestock production with ecologically sound, socially equitable, and economically viable animal agriculture.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Organic Consumers Association<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">IOWA CITY, Iowa<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 14, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Organic Consumers Association (OCA), Forward Latino, Socially Responsible Agricultural Project (SRAP), Dr. Mercola and U.S. Farmers &amp; Ranchers for a Green New Deal, today launched the &#8220;Boycott Big Meat&#8221;\u00a0national consumer education and lobbying campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign is endorsed by 50+ groups, including <span class=\"xn-location\">Cedar Rapids, Iowa<\/span> Sunrise Hub and Iowa Alliance for Responsible Agriculture&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comida-y-bebida"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}