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13th Annual Bites for Rights to be held June 21st

BRO’s most delicious fundraiser of the year hopes to hit 100 spots across Oregon.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Restaurants, coffee shops, carts, bars and bakeries around the state will donate a generous percentage of their day’s proceeds to Basic Rights Oregon on June 21st.

“This is one of the most fun – and easy – fundraisers we have all year,” said Basic Rights Oregon’s development Director Juan Martinez.

California Firm Recalls Turkey Burger Product Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergen

The product bears the establishment number “P-157” inside the USDA mark of inspection. -Includes statement from Foster Farms-

(WASHINGTON DC) - Foster Farms, a Turlock, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 15,040 pounds of a turkey burger product because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen.

The product contains a seasoning mix with hydrolyzed soy protein, a known allergen, not declared on the label.

Government Scientists Won`t Stop Field-Testing of BT Eggplant

Philippines- the battle over GMO food.

(MANILA, Philippines PhilStar) - Government scientists will continue field testing a genetically modified eggplant in the Philippines.

This, despite the Supreme Court’s (SC) issuance of a writ of kalikasan against its commercial production.

Oregon Prepares to Just Say NO! to GMO

GMOs have been injected into everything from baby formula to our dairy, and even our meat.

(NEWPORT, OR) - Health conscious Oregonians are mounting a campaign to demand that GMO foods be labeled as such. The group behind this effort has a web site http://oregonrighttoknow.org.

They have one month to gather enough signatures to place this issue on the state-side ballot in November.

Goodbye Mother`s Day: Bill Gates Wants to Stop Kids William Davies

Genetically engineered organisms might wreck the cycle of existence but they provide a synthetic cycle, not of life but of profit.

(NEW YORK ) - The destruction of our earth is coming from the massive industries behind fossil fuels, deforestation, industrial agriculture, extraction of natural resources, and the synthetic drug industry.

But the wealthiest people in the world are pinning the blame on babies. And parents who made them. And they have a solution - vaccines!

Government Cuts to Food Assistance Programs Would Escalate Food Insecurity, Researcher Says

Expert says cuts will affect approximately 50 million Americans struggling to meet their food needs.

(COLUMBIA, MO.) - Congress currently is considering the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012, commonly known as the “farm bill,” which would cut billions of dollars to public food assistance programs.

Michelle Kaiser with the University of Missouri School of Social Work, says the cuts will affect approximately 50 million Americans struggling to meet their food needs.

FNS News: Bleak News for Rio Grande Irrigators

The May 2012 Water Supply Forecast for New Mexico cited unseasonal temperatures that could impact farmers later in the growing season.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Rio Grande irrigators in the Paso del Norte borderland are in for more bad news.

Experts have noted that spring runoff forecasts for the Rio Grande into New Mexico’s Elephant Butte Reservoir are only 21 percent of normal flows.

Biotech 2, Vermont 0

The biotech industry has had to use corruption and threats to keep secret what they continue to claim is safe and "substantially equivalent" to normal food.

(MONTPELIER, VT) - Vermonters was slammed by the biotech industry twice this month.

They were hit the first time when 90% of the population wanted GMOs in their food labeled but the governor would not sign a bill requiring this because the biotech giant Monsanto threatened to sue the state.

Rising Gas Prices- What Media Will Not Tell You

A failed and foolish foreign policy towards Iran, along with looking the other way while allowing Wall Street speculators to gain control of such things as oil and gas, are the two primary reasons for suffering at the pump.

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - Another of the many failures of mainstream media is its unwillingness to explain to the American public the causes for rising gas prices.

There is no current shortage of gas and oil, world demand is down, current US demand is lowest since 1977, and supplies are relatively high, so what gives?

GM Maize: Nepal`s Food Security Threatened

The sole purpose of genetic engineering of seeds is control over seed supply and global food availability. This weaponization of food system is being implemented by a few American and European multinational firms.

(NEW DELHI) - Not only Nepal’s but the entire Himalayan region is under threat.

Genetically Engineered seeds are weapons of mass culling. The Nepalese Government’s foolishness in inviting USAID and Monsanto for ‘agricultural development’ through genetically engineered maize will destroy the quality of its livestock and humans.