PCUSA Animal Rights Commission

What we eat is one of our most important decisions every day. Our food can either promote health, or it can make us sick. Agriculture can contribute to vibrant, healthy communities, or it can undermine them. Farmers can use scarce natural resources responsibly, or they can squander and deplete them. Unfortunately, American farm policies have enabled a harmful system to take root. It doesn’t have to be this way. As consumers become more concerned about our broken food system, they are voting with their dollars. There is growing demand for organic produce, and farmers markets are spreading along with community gardens.

NYT, Aug. 2, 2016, GENE BAUR President and Co-founder Farm Sanctuary

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-californias-only-known-wolf-pack-there-are-now-at-least-8-new-pups/ar-BB17iUPV?ocid=chromentpnews

In California's only known wolf pack, there are now at least 8 new pups California officials say there's at least eight new pups added to the state's lone wolf pack, the Lassen Pack.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/australia-platypus-threat-climate-change-200120034327635.html

Australia's platypus under threat from climate change The platypus has disappeared from as much as 40 percent of its historical range due to changes wrought by humans.

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/220/422/956/?z00m=32229223&redirectID=2971916455

Sign Petition: Australia's Leaders Refuse to Take Definitive Steps to Battle Climate Change Meanwhile, their country burns. (52941 signatures on petition)

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-urge-congress-to-defend-the-endangered-species-act-from-trumps-attack?source=20190829_ProtectESA_FWA&referrer=group-food-water-action&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.foodandwateraction.org%2Fdonate%2Fjp-esa-aa%3Fms%3Dligr_ps_09032019_jp-esa%26oms%3Dligr_ps_09032019_jp-esa&j=313638&sfmc_sub=509996363&l=35&mid=100001791&utm_source=MarketingCloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FWA_Climate_Fracking_NAT_Joint+petition+ESA+(FWA%2c+noGL)_AMB0919&ms=onor-em-09212019-FWA_Climate_Fracking_NAT_Joint+petition+ESA+(FWA%2c+noGL)_AMB0919&oms=onor-em-09212019-FWA_Climate_Fracking_NAT_Joint+petition+ESA+(FWA%2c+noGL)_AMB0919&eml_name=FWA_Climate_Fracking_NAT_Joint+petition+ESA+(FWA%2c+noGL)_AMB0919&eml_id=313638&gs=GxlJbkxjcq%2B8UZOd9mKlA%2FrUqmVv9Bhub1uCcnoOsk%2FAQ6T%2FAXyET%2BMg3cRAarznAdzGoo51DzWpg7%2Fz%2BAXUDaE1x%2F4E6M31GGoZYU1jiyF5w%2FaCNxIAfcqLiNEd0p9J&af=DApU0sW5Bf8Qtko2HQPcGP%2B1Favyw%2BT0EDeZXFnMfSV3iJgvK8i7sRDin3GZLwJKmUrGQ1ZjZe5Pj5co3ILqNnV0uqSezSITQ13V%2Fv%2BOY20R4%2FBnqiWniuW5cHop%2BmCSlH9PggG6iFzGKOw73yZCxjsqs%2FBw%2FDmdTU0on2UP52xiDW4d9hpKHnT6JP85%2BNHr

Sign the petition: Urge Congress to defend the Endangered Species Act from Trump’s attack TEXT HERE

https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-sea-level-rise-california-coast/

The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim California’s coastline is eroding with every tide and storm, but everything built before we knew better is fixed in place with nowhere to go.

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/491/376/391/?z00m=31613392&redirectID=2872856650

Sign Petition: Make Animal Cruelty a Federal Felony! Pass the PACT Act! Tell Congress to pass the Act that will protect helpless animals against malicious crimes. (129719 signatures on petition)