Agriculture
9 unrolled threads about agriculture, each one readable on a single page.
Brett Ender 🥩⚡️@MeatMafiaBrettThe chicken you are eating has increased 364% in size over the last 50 years. Here is what this means for your health. THREAD 🧵
SummaryModern chickens have grown 364% larger over 50 years due to the 1948 'Chicken of Tomorrow Contest,' which prioritized size and speed of growth over taste and nutrition. Today's chickens are slaughtered at 47 days as oversized baby birds fed high-carb diets of corn and soy, resulting in bland, nutritionally inferior meat compared to pasture-raised alternatives.Apr 16, 202227 tweets♥ 169K
Amy Sterling Casil@ASterlingI am a 5th generation Southern Californian who grew up in an orange grove and in Hollywood. I fled my home state in 2020. Los Angeles is burning right now because of what We the People have allowed ri...
SummaryA California native argues that LA's current fires are connected to decades of water mismanagement, with billionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick controlling majority ownership of the state-funded Kern Water Bank and using vast amounts of California's water for pistachio exports while local communities lack clean drinking water and face health crises.Jan 12, 202526 tweets♥ 86.9K
Congressman Greg Landsman@RepGregLandsmanCongress was moments away from passing a bipartisan funding agreement that would have helped our farmers, seniors, families, and small businesses – almost everybody. Then, a billionaire & Trump s...
SummaryA congressman details how a government shutdown blocked by Trump and Elon Musk prevented passage of a bipartisan funding bill that would have provided relief to farmers, seniors, small businesses, and families through expanded healthcare, disaster aid, farm support, infrastructure funding, and consumer protections.Dec 19, 202413 tweets♥ 71.9K
James Li@5149jamesli🚨 Gavin Newsom & his allies just forced 12 historic family farms & dairies out of Point Reyes National Seashore in California. They claim it’s about saving the environment — but the truth co...
SummaryGovernor Newsom and environmental groups forced 12 family farms and dairies out of Point Reyes National Seashore in California despite a 60-year promise allowing ranching, replacing them with contracted grazing operations. The ranchers received a $30M payout but were silenced under gag orders, raising questions about whether the deal prioritized conservation or political interests.Mar 4, 202512 tweets♥ 49.1K
Mike Lee@BasedMikeLee🧵🚨 1. Everyone should know the story of Roscoe Filburn, a farmer from Ohio who found himself in the crosshairs of one of the most absurd federal overreaches in history. It’s a tale of government con...
SummaryThis thread recounts the story of Roscoe Filburn, an Ohio farmer fined by the federal government for growing wheat beyond his quota for personal farm use. The Supreme Court's 1938 Wickard v. Filburn decision expanded federal Commerce Clause authority to regulate even non-commercial, intrastate activities, setting a precedent for broad government control that the author argues represents dangerous overreach.Dec 14, 202414 tweets♥ 42.1K
Stand for Health Freedom@standforhealth1Thomas Massie is sounding the alarm. Congress is on the brink of passing a liability shield for pesticide companies, like Bayer, who give Americans cancer. Bayer is a foreign company, but Congress w...
SummaryRep. Thomas Massie warns that Congress is about to pass a liability shield in the Farm Bill that would grant Bayer and other pesticide companies immunity from lawsuits for health damages caused by glyphosate, preventing farmers and Americans from suing even if they develop cancer. The bill would protect corporations rather than farmers, contradicting Trump's MAHA movement, and Massie urges people to contact Congress to remove the problematic sections.Mar 30, 20262 tweets♥ 29K
Cory Booker@CoryBookerDonald Trump has betrayed America's farmers. Because of his actions many are facing financial catastrophes. Trump froze farmer's funding, broke their contracts, and left them scrambling to make ends...
SummaryThe thread criticizes Trump for freezing farmer funding, breaking government contracts, and abandoning agricultural support shortly after taking office, featuring testimonials from farmers across multiple states expressing frustration over financial hardship and broken commitments.Mar 4, 20258 tweets♥ 28.8K
Daniel Coronell@DCoronellVoy a contarles en un hilo mi columna #ElEstructurador El hombre que estructuró la operación para que le regalaran 95 millones a Juan José @LafaurieCabal y le dieran un crédito dirigido a pequeños pro...
SummaryUn investigador expone cómo Indalecio Dangond, dueño de Open Loans, estructuró una operación para que Juan José Lafaurie Cabal (hijo del presidente de Fedegan) recibiera 95 millones en subsidios y crédito de Finagro destinados a pequeños productores, usando documentación falsa y presentándose fraudulentamente. El esquema involucra irregularidades como tierra que no era de su propiedad, contadora que trabaja para su padre, y plazos de pago incompatibles con ciclos de cultivo de palma.Jul 5, 202612 tweets♥ 12.1K
Robert W Malone, MD@RWMaloneMD