With the incredible success of the movement to raise the minimum wage in both blue and red states in recent years, the national movement has called for raising the federal minimum wage to $15. I appreciate going for as high as we can get; but I’m concerned by the fact that the only states where we have been able to raise to this level have relatively high costs of living.Continue Reading
In May this year, a Research Entomologist with the USDA contacted me and shared this message: I remember your full-page ad in the New Yorker several years ago when you predicted the disaster with dicamba-resistant transgenic soybeans. And guess what, it came true. Continue Reading
by Gero Leson
The concept of mixed agroforestry is catching on, promoted by practitioners and scientists and driven by several urgent needs worldwide: to help small farmers make their farms more productive, resilient, and profitable, and to sequester plenty of carbon while feeding a large part of the world’s population.Continue Reading
Crisis sometimes has a way of galvanizing communities, and in Spring, 2021, social services agencies in San Diego came together to successfully address a big challenge that had appeared—seemingly overnight. In the early part of 2021, the U.S. saw a steep increase in the number of unaccompanied minor children migrating across the U.S. southern border. Facing ongoing and escalating gang violence and drug trafficking in their home countries, coupled with devastating hurricanes wiping out food sources and shelter, Central American... Continue Reading
Yes—Dr. Bronner’s is making chocolate! I can guess what some of you are thinking. “I’m all for it. But why?!” The short version: Our mission, first and foremost, is to use our company as a vehicle for social good—and creating a line of organic, fair trade and vegan Magic All-One Chocolate presented an opportunity to invest even more resources into transparent, ethical supply chains, and regenerative organic farming practices that help mitigate climate change. The long version: Back in 2009,... Continue Reading
I’m writing in my capacity as a board member of MAPS and supporter of the Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative (as well as Decriminalize Denver, Decriminalize Nature DC, DN Seattle, Measures 109, 110 and the Plant Medicine Healing Alliance in Oregon). Decriminalize Nature (DN) leadership is engaging in the same conspiracy smear campaign against MAPS over personal possession limits in SB519, as they did against IPCI when the National Council of Native American Churches requested that peyote not be decriminalized in... Continue Reading
by Rob Hardy
Dr. Bronner’s has spent the past 15 years building a regenerative, organic, fair trade supply chain, investing in the farms and lives of the suppliers of our raw materials. This puts us in the unique position of having our ears to the ground, listening to what farming communities need in order to thrive. For several years, we have been responding to those needs by supporting programs that improve the lives, not just of the people who produce our raw materials,... Continue Reading
I began this blog on my return from going deep with ibogaine with my friends at Iboga Quest in Tepotzlan, Mexico. What incredible medicine, especially for folks in the throes of opiate addiction. Ibogaine interrupts withdrawal and resets the dopamine system, while precipitating an intense “life review” psychedelic experience, giving insights into behavior, thought patterns, and underlying traumas. It opens the opportunity for people to work on their underlying issues without intense physical withdrawal and craving. But it’s no magic... Continue Reading
by Sara Tajik
Your purchase can make a difference. When you participate in our ShoppingGives program, we will donate 10% of sales on drbronner.com to one of the following three organizations advocating for the intersection of animal rights with human and environmental justice. Encompass, La Raza for Liberation, and Vegan Outreach work to reduce animal suffering through public outreach within marginalized communities. We hope you enjoy learning about their powerful and unique missions. To participate in our campaign, just select the organization of... Continue Reading
After a rollercoaster ride, Senator Scott Wiener’s SB 519 is through the California Assembly Health Committee with an 8 to 4 vote. In order to make this happen, Senator Wiener’s office advised that we would have to drop ketamine and adopt personal possession limits. There was fundamental disagreement with Decriminalize Nature (DN) on whether it was politically possible to convince the Health Committee to go for no limits. We’re taking our lead on this from Senator Wiener, who understands the... Continue Reading
