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Climate Bill a Farm Income Boost, USDA Estimates
Business  (tags: farmers, business, climate bill, economy, money, money )

Cal
- 127 days ago - uk.reuters.com
farmers and foresters could earn more money from carbon contracts than they pay in higher costs from legislation to control greenhouse gases, the Agriculture Department estimated
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The Multiple Ways Monsanto Is Putting Normal Seeds Out of Reach
Business  (tags: monsanto, gmo seeds, contamination, farmers, seed cleaners, farms )

Molly
- 248 days ago - survivingthemiddleclasscrash.wordpress.com
People say if farmers don't want problems from Monsanto, just don't buy their GMO seeds. Not so simple. Where are farmers supposed to get normal seed these days? How are they supposed to avoid contamination of their fields from GM-crops?
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Fighting GMO Contamination Around the World
Business  (tags: GMO seeds, genetic contamination, contamination, farmers, farming, lies, dishonesty )

Molly
- 255 days ago - opednews.com
Ever since GMOs were first introduced in the mid-1990s, farmers' groups and NGOs have warned that they would contaminate other crops. This has happened, just as predicted.
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Goodbye Farmers Markets, CSAs, and Roadside Stands
Business  (tags: monsanto, cargill, adm, tyson, food saftey bill, farmers, local foods )

Molly
- 266 days ago - opednews.com
The "food safety" bills in Congress were written by Monsanto, Cargill, Tysons, ADM, etc. All are associated with the opposite of food safety. What is this all about then?
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Farmers Blamed for Rising Cost of Food
Business  (tags: farmers, prices, economy )

Brian
- 573 days ago - money.cnn.com
Congressmen form both sides of the aisle point the finger at farmers for skyrocketing grocery prices, but oil prices are 'main culprit' says leader of National Farmers Union.
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Immigration Issues End a Pennsylvania Grower's Season
Business  (tags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Campaign 2008, farmers, immigrants, day laborers, human rights, fair wages )

Blue
- 602 days ago - nytimes.com
In Clarks Summit, Pa., the new politics of immigration has put Keith Eckel, one of the largest tomato growers in the Northeast, out of business
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Farmers Look Ahead -- Baltimoresun.Com
Business  (tags: Department of Agriculture, urging, farmers, new, chemical, guidelines, economy, corporate, consumers, americans, environment, news, business )

TW
- 683 days ago - baltimoresun.com
Chemical storage<br /> The state Department of Agriculture is urging farmers and agribusiness organizations to review new chemical guidelines from federal Homeland Security regulations to determine whether they comply.
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Local Farms Want Fair Trade Certification, Too
Business  (tags: Fair Trade, USA, Farmers, americans, farming )

Holly
- 779 days ago - treehugger.com
A group of farmers is calling out for what it has dubbed "agricultural justice." And to bring the international fair-trade movement--the same one that lobbies for worker equity and sustainability across the globe--home to the Midwest.
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Florida Farms For Fuel ~Hemp
Business  (tags: hemp, farmers, agriculture, business, empowerment, environment, farming, freedoms )

Barb
- 951 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...
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