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Lee van der Voo

@lvdvoo

Co-founder OregonExploration.News. Author of The Fish Market, As The World Burns. Tweets infrequently, prefers plants.

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With major props to kari lydersen, here's how government incentives are driving bigger, potentially more dangerous piles of cow manure into ag workers' environments

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Meatpackers like Tyson set an example for others in the supply chain. With on-site care systems that workers say make painful injuries worse. A former Tyson nurse agrees. Fantastic work for Civil Eats from @reporterdriver @jacky_muniello

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Innovators are proving that better labor conditions are possible. Here's a look at the solutions to close out this 5-part look at animal ag work by @xtinacooke @GosiaWozniacka

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Time for some social media gloating! Congrats and huge props to @reporterdriver @xtinacooke @GosiaWozniacka and Civil Eats for the investigative nom!! Shout out to kari lydersen as well, whose work, while not strictly foodie, was crucial to the reporting.

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About a year ago I started wondering, not unprovoked, about how marine observers could be dying without the marketplace seeming to notice... civileats.com/2023/05/23/the…

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Such a joy to work with artist Tina Zellmer on this project. A lovely person and an obviously very talented illustrator.

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This one from Ted Genoways just gutted me. A lot of heartbreaking sacrifice lies core to a 20,000-hog-a-day churn. thefern.org/2023/05/a-poli…

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Most troubling about this news is that President Biden is not challenging the practice. Instead, he included it on page one of his budget like a cookie for detractors.

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!!! Judge rules in favor of youths in landmark Montana climate trial - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

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Don't miss this important investigative series. The Long Reach of the Walmart-Walton Empire | Civil Eats civileats.com/2023/11/01/the…

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1. Important series from Civil Eats. It looks at how Walmart uses sustainability to grow its market power and crucially the covert role of the Walton Family Foundation and its major grantees, like Enviro. Defense Fund, in helping Walmart enlarge its power. civileats.com/2023/11/01/the…

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“Walmart’s corporate governance strategies [allow] it to rely on MSC’s debatable sustainability criteria in such a way that … [it] can achieve its sustainability goals without fundamentally changing its business model,” writes Aaron Van Neste in an op-ed. buff.ly/47GNdIX

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.Walton Foundation invested in a Honduran lobster fishery, targeting its sustainability and touting its success. Ten years later, thousands of workers have been injured or killed. Read the latest installment of our investigative series, #Walanthropy. buff.ly/46Fs01e