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Kucinich Secures Funding for Organic Farming Research- Victory!
Business  (tags: environment, farming, farms, GoodNews, Agriculture, organic, government )

Tierney
- 24 days ago - organicconsumers.org
"Organic foods and products should be able to, at a minimum, compete equally with foods and products made with pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and genetic manipulation," said Kucinich.
9 comments
Late Blight Yields Bitter Harvest
Business  (tags: agriculture, blight, diseases, farming )

Michelle
- 100 days ago - boston.com
Disease that spawned Ireland's potato famine hits New England
5 comments
Tell American Public Media to Stop Letting Monsanto Leverage Its Reputation! - Take Action!
Business  (tags: monsanto, media, bioenginneering, food, agriculture, business, corruption, corporate, cover-up, dishonesty, marketing, lies, usa, consumers, ethics, money )

Holly
- 163 days ago - capwiz.com
LIES! "Marketplace is supported by Monsanto, committed to sustainable agriculture, creating hybrid and biotech seeds designed to increase crop yields and conserve natural resources."
18 comments
Sign Petition: Support AgJOBS To Help America's Farm Workers
Business  (tags: society, culture, rights, farm, workers, government, law, agjobs, poverty, wages, housing, healthcare, food, agriculture, stability, guestworker, business, economy, humans, rights )

Tom
- 177 days ago - ufwaction.org
There's a bipartisan immigration bill before Congress that could drastically improve the lives of these men and women who pick our country's food. It's called AgJOBS--The Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act (S. 1038, Feinstein).
29 comments
Why the Slow Food Movement Needs to Help Stop America's Slave Labor
Business  (tags: human rights, farm workers, slavery, fast food, Immokalee, Florida, agriculture, business, crime, government, abuse, humans, society, economy, corporate, consumers )

Tom
- 236 days ago - alternet.org
If you eat tomatoes, in America, between the months of December and May, chances are some were picked by slaves. Immokalee, Florida, is where 90 percent of the nation's winter tomatoes are grown. We need to be in solidarity with those who grow our food.
3 comments
Sign Petition: End Sweatshops and Slavery in the Fields
Business  (tags: human rights, farm workers, slavery, fast food, Immokalee, Florida, agriculture, business, crime, government, abuse, humans, society, economy, corporate, consumers )

Tom
- 237 days ago - tinyurl.com
Burger King and other food industry leaders have not only refused to join Yum! Brands and McDonald's in working with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to improve farm labor conditions, but have actually sought to reverse gains made by workers.
17 comments
Dairy Cows Head for Slaughter as Milk Prices Sour
Business  (tags: animals, AnimalCruelty, slaughter, ethics, milk, agriculture, cattle, cows, dairy, slaughter )

Echo
- 265 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Hundreds of thousands of America's dairy cows are being turned into hamburgers because milk prices have dropped so low that farmers can no longer afford to feed the animals.Dairy farmers say they have little choice but to sell part of their herds for slau
6 comments
Almond Growers Sue USDA to Halt Mandatory Chemical Fumigation of Raw Almonds
Business  (tags: farming, farms, USDA, Almond, organic, agriculture )

Linda
- 424 days ago - naturalnews.com
After having their organic almond businesses devastated by the USDA's bizarre decision requiring mandatory chemical fumigation of almonds, the almond industry is fighting back. Fifteen American almond growers have filed a lawsuit against the USDA...
15 comments
Ethanol Industry: Jobs Are Better Than Food? : Gas 2.0
Business  (tags: agriculture, alternative fuels, biofuels, corn, ethanol, farms, graineconomy, business )

Clayton
- 614 days ago - gas2.org
The ethanol industry seems to be on the warpath against bad press (maybe that's just my impression), which it's been continuously mired in over increasing food prices, changing land-use patterns, and the questionable environmental benefits of ethanol.
2 comments
FDA: Contaminated Feed Could Affect Farms Nationwide
Business  (tags: contamination, diet, health, illness, risks, animal, birds, petfoodrecall, farming, farm animals, Farm Animals, agriculture, food, profit, consumer, china )

Heather
- 920 days ago - cnn.com
Contaminated feed found in 38 Indiana chicken farms; more farms likely affected o Feed contains recalled pet food with tainted wheat gluten o No human illnesses have been reported related to tainted poultry feed o Reports of 4,150 dog and cat deaths
7 comments
Florida Farms For Fuel ~Hemp
Business  (tags: hemp, farmers, agriculture, business, empowerment, environment, farming, freedoms )

Barb
- 933 days ago - wesh.com
An Orlando-based company is trying to convince Florida farmers that their key to energy independence can be found in a plant. The Jatropha plant, native to Malaysia, has seeds the size of grapes...
4 comments
   

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