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We know the current role of certifications is not working when the outcome is 1 in 5 women working in ‘sustainably certified’ sugar cane fields is coerced into getting a hysterectomy to enable them to work harder and become increasingly indebted to their employers. The human rights violations listed in the New York Times article linked below are atrocious and inexcusable. Yet if we can look at these terrible situations, move beyond our pain, anger, and shame to get curious about how we ended up here it tells us something very profound about our food standards and certifications. We need to regenerate the role of certifications in our food system. When we stop to think about ʻrulesʻ and how we have reacted to them since childhood it becomes a whole lot clearer why certifications at large have been ineffective at delivering transparency, truth, and a food system that nourishes all life. Certifying bodies today are put in a hard position; limited resources, messy supply chains, backwards incentive structures, and overtaxed producers are just some of the pieces that make this job difficult. This is why reNourish has developed a community of practice that brings together people at all points of the supply chain (not just certifiers) to work on regenerating how we approach certifications and standards and evolve our system so that our legacy is so much more beautiful that what is shown in this article. If you are tired of constantly feeling the pressure of a broken system and your businesses inability to solve all of it or even work within it. We suggest you sign up for one of our upcoming offerings on our website www.renourishstudio.com Regenerative Organic AllianceElizabeth Whitlow Rodale Inc. Rodale Institute Annie Brown Bridget D. Gilmore Jeff Tkach Tammy Hobar Demeter Fibershed Real Organic Project Regenified™ Land to Market https://lnkd.in/gZp6zWrZ

How a Sugar Industry Stamp of Approval Hid Coerced Hysterectomies

How a Sugar Industry Stamp of Approval Hid Coerced Hysterectomies

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