Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with agriculture www.salem-news.com 2010 It was standing room only as family farmers from around North America filled a federal courtroom in Manhattan on Tuesday. The topic was the landmark organic community lawsuit OSGATA et al v. Monsanto. http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/osgata-monsanto.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/osgata-monsanto.php Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:19:00 PST I am writing from Indonesia, the country who got GMO soy first... I'm curious to share what I am seeing. In 2008 Bumi Sehat Bali's 573 babies saw an increase in retained placentas, and an increase in velamentous cord insertion. http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/gmo-babies.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/gmo-babies.php Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:30:00 PST For longtime commercial beekeeper Eric Olson of Yakima, no sting is as painful as the one he felt last winter when he discovered his hives had gone silent. Peering into each box, he saw the queen and a mere scattering of her worker-bee offspring; tens of thousands of adult bees - gone. http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/bee-research.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/bee-research.php Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:57:00 PST Villagers in this contested region of India have been cordoned off by the Police. Entry and exit into the villages are controlled and restricted. Three prominent leaders remain behind bars for opposing the forcible occupation of their lands by POSCO, nominally Korean but largely an American and European banksters controlled firm. http://salem-news.com/articles/february012012/poco-update-as.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february012012/poco-update-as.php Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:20:00 PST The article 'Blackwater's Black Ops' - by Jeremy Scahill, carried by The Nation, was republished by a number of groups that took the additional step of concluding that Blackwater was purchased by Monsanto, the driving force behind both Agent Orange, and Genetically Modified Food (GMO). As it turns out, Monsanto did not purchase Blackwater (XE), however there is no question that the groups have done their share of dancing. http://salem-news.com/articles/january172012/monsanto-xe-jc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january172012/monsanto-xe-jc.php Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:08:00 PST One hundred and fifty persons-men, women and children-have died of hunger in nineteen districts of Bihar in the past five years to 2011. The dead are mainly from the Dalit community. Some had the ‘red ration card’ with entitlement of 25 kg of rice at highly subsidized rates, yet they could not afford to buy even 50% of the entitlements. http://salem-news.com/articles/january172012/india-deaths-as.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january172012/india-deaths-as.php Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST Members of a Stop the Jewish National Fund (JNF) delegation joined with several groups to take part in a new project to re-plant trees in previously devastated areas of Palestine. The group planted 111 trees, representing the number of years that the JNF has been in existence, playing a key role in Israel’s policy of displacing and dispossessing Palestinians. http://salem-news.com/articles/january152012/palestine-trees-db.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january152012/palestine-trees-db.php Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:45:00 PST Palestinian fishermen of the Besieged Gaza Strip are calling on the world to force Israel to lift the naval blockade which restricts the Palestinian fishing area to 3 nautical miles. Their message calls for support of the Oliva and similar peaceful civil missions aimed at monitoring Israeli violations and at ensuring Palestinian fishermen the possibility of fishing in safe conditions. http://salem-news.com/articles/january152012/gaza-fishermen.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january152012/gaza-fishermen.php Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:22:00 PST Once again, our seeds are under attack. Trans-national seeds companies like Monsanto, Syngenta and Bayer are pushing GM seeds in India without proper biosafety assessment. http://salem-news.com/articles/january042012/seed-attack-as.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january042012/seed-attack-as.php Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:02:00 PST As the winter sky rehearsed a coming storm, noisy gulls out for cheap pickings swooped low over a McDonalds’ parking lot on the edge of New Mexico’s Elephant Butte Reservoir. A half hour downriver in the village of Hatch, green and red Christmas decorations mimicked the colors that pump life into the community every year... http://salem-news.com/articles/january042012/chili-pilgrims.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january042012/chili-pilgrims.php Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:39:00 PST What elements of nature move solid objects with invisible force? These questions and a possible answer to the first, are the nature of this article about seemingly unnatural occurrences, at least one of which, may not be such a mystery after all. http://salem-news.com/articles/january032012/unexplained-objects-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january032012/unexplained-objects-tk.php Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:03:00 PST On December 31, 2011, Obama signed the NDAA, codifying into law for the first time in American history that the military can imprison citizens or non-citizens indefinitely, inside or outside the United States, without charges or trial. - ACLU This obscene bill was the work of the US Senate. http://salem-news.com/articles/january022012/bestial-military-kb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january022012/bestial-military-kb.php Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PST Considered by world nations to be a "Weapon of Mass Destruction" (WMD), a key chemical in Agent Orange, 2, 4-D, may be dropped on US farmland in a few months time. According to an article published on Tuesday, the US govt. may soon approve the petition of the Dow AgroSciences Chemical Company to unleash Agent Orange on agricultural land across the United States. http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/agent-orange-farms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/agent-orange-farms.php Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:51:00 PST The pharmaceutical industry (which is synonymous with the Biotech Industry) has, without public involvement or even awareness, created a situation in which people could be consuming "drugs" without realizing it. And people are already trapped into eating unlabeled, genetically engineered stuff that is not even food to begin with. But the graver reality isn't mentioned. Though the pharmaceutical industry may say they are growing pharmaceutical crops, in reality they are growing genetically engineered diseases. http://salem-news.com/articles/december272011/growing-bioweapons-js.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december272011/growing-bioweapons-js.php Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:51:00 PST The EPA is currently conducting a "Registration Review" of glyphosate. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in the herbicide RoundUp. RoundUp is owned by Monsanto, recently named the worst company in the world by the Natural Society. The EPA will be gathering data on glyphosate through the summer of 2012 and making a final decision no earlier than 2015. http://salem-news.com/articles/december232011/epa-glyphosate.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december232011/epa-glyphosate.php Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:32:00 PST Ron Paul is scoring big points with those who decry government control of food products by declaring an end to regulations on the sale of raw milk in the state of New Hampshire. The Congressman and Republican Presidential Candidate said, "The drug companies, the insurance companies, they are the big lobbyists and they promote things, and they would also prevent and would like to regulate all alternative care and vitamins and nutritional products and keep people from it." http://salem-news.com/articles/december162011/ron-paul-raw-milk-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december162011/ron-paul-raw-milk-tk.php Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:23:00 PST Your cells are your foundation for health. If your cells begin behaving or functioning abnormally, your foundation will begin to crumble, leaving you vulnerable to a wide range of health problems. The body is incredibly resilient and efficient, but over time, a poor diet and lifestyle may weaken the health and vitality of your cells. The food you eat is also the food your cells consume, so by eating nutrient-dense food, you provide your cells with the support they need to keep your entire body healthy. http://salem-news.com/articles/december152011/cellular-health-ie.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december152011/cellular-health-ie.php Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:16:00 PST The Food Modernization and Safety Act empowers DoD and Department of Homeland Security to mass slaughter animals here in the event of an animal disease outbreak. No need for the disease to be dangerous, or even exist. A declaration by the CDC is enough for military to roll out and begin killing. http://salem-news.com/articles/december152011/animal-disease-bd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december152011/animal-disease-bd.php Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:35:00 PST The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill (HR 1633) that would establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard applicable to coarse particulate matter in order to limit federal regulation of "nuisance dust" in areas in which such dust is regulated under state, tribal, or local law. Proponents of the bill were concerned about the possibility that the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency would regulate so-called "farm dust," particulates kicked up in the air during normal farming practices. http://salem-news.com/articles/december102011/farm-dust.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december102011/farm-dust.php Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:02:00 PST A Rwandan newspaper, the Chronicles, reported that the former rebel leader and all-powerful iron-handed leader of Rwanda said, “I will not be around as president come 2017”. On the issue of whether or not President Kagame will amend the constitution allowing him to remain in power, the Chronicles quoted President Kagame saying, “...on this issue, I am almost taking it personal with people who keep asking... http://salem-news.com/articles/december102011/rwanda-turnover-ck.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december102011/rwanda-turnover-ck.php Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:42:00 PST Pesticide Action Network (PAN) International hailed the verdict of the Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) against the world’s six largest agrochemical companies Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow Chemical, DuPont and BASF after a historic four-day session that culminated in Bangalore, India yesterday. Victims and survivors of the pesticide industry from all over the world, represented by PAN International, testified before a distinguished international jury to indict the “Big 6” for human rights violations. http://salem-news.com/articles/december072011/agrochemical-tribunal.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december072011/agrochemical-tribunal.php Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:58:00 PST This headline will come as a violent surprise to 300 million Americans. This story was prompted by an article by Paul Armenteno of NORML, from a Washington Post exchange by Tennessee Congressman Steven Cohen, who wants the Obama Administration to change cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule II. And Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske, who responded by stating that the government, "ardently supports medical marijuana research". http://salem-news.com/articles/december052011/kerlikowske-slivovitz-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december052011/kerlikowske-slivovitz-pl.php Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:19:00 PST Though Oregon’s timber counties have among the highest unemployment rates in the Northwest, a recent report from the Department of Labor’s Inspector General revealed that millions of dollars in stimulus funds were used by contractors employing foreign workers to perform forest thinning work. Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew proposing changes to the H-2B foreign worker visa program that would help prevent similar incidents in the future. http://salem-news.com/articles/december012011/merkley-timber.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december012011/merkley-timber.php Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:41:00 PST The international community must seize the chance to put countries in the driving seat of their own development, anti-poverty agency ActionAid says, as the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness opens in Busan, Korea. ActionAid is calling for donors to agree to fund developing country government plans which directly benefit poor communities and enable citizens to hold their governments to account. http://salem-news.com/articles/november282011/action-aid-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november282011/action-aid-jf.php Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:25:00 PST Mexico’s National Weather Service (SMN) has predicted that a drought afflicting more than half the country will likely last at least three more years. And according to the SMN, the upcoming winter rainfall could range between 20 and 30 percent of normal, especially in the northern, western and central parts of the nation. Considered by the National Water Commission to be Mexico’s worst drought in 70 years, the dry spell is causing serious problems in the agricultural and ranching economy as well as threatening the viability of rural communities. http://salem-news.com/articles/november232011/mexico-drought.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november232011/mexico-drought.php Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:10:00 PST We know how hard people are fighting now to save the economy, to stop the wars, to prevent more nuclear power plants, mountain top mining, fracking, and more drilling, to stop genetic engineering, and incredibly importantly - save our farmers and ranchers. But what is happening to supplements is little noticed but is of ultimate importance. The battle to save supplements is a battle to save nature and the accumulated wisdom of thousands of years of using it to heal. http://salem-news.com/articles/november192011/saving-nutrition-ad.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november192011/saving-nutrition-ad.php Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:17:00 PST A public hearing is being held in Corvallis, Oregon this Thursday, November 17th to determine if Genetically Modified sugar beets will be deregulated in Oregon. Meanwhile, the public comment period maybe just a local distraction giving way to full federal deregulation without any representation of organic and conventional crop farmers. http://salem-news.com/articles/november172011/gm-beets-as.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november172011/gm-beets-as.php Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:56:00 PST The Democratic Party of Georgia and Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials is having a 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Freedom Rides. To this they have invited Congressman David Scott, the man who ran the infamous house committee that laughed at the very idea of justice and fair markets for the little guy. http://salem-news.com/articles/november102011/crushing-black-farmers-sj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november102011/crushing-black-farmers-sj.php Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:58:00 PST Rwanda ranks 3rd in its capacity and preparedness for the triple crisis confronting the world’s food system, according to research in 28 developing countries. The ActionAid report released today, On the Brink: Who’s best prepared for a climate and hunger crisis?, shows that Rwanda is one of the developing nations most prepared for confronting the three interlocking global challenges of climate change, resource scarcity and rising and volatile food prices. http://salem-news.com/articles/october202011/rwanda-food-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october202011/rwanda-food-jf.php Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:44:00 PDT Have you not asked yourself why vitamins (!) are suddenly an issue and who is behind it? As food is increasingly degraded, are you not aware how crucial supplementation for vital nutrients is? http://salem-news.com/articles/october152011/vitamin-study-ag.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october152011/vitamin-study-ag.php Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:29:00 PDT