Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with agriculture www.salem-news.com 2013 Foster Farms, a Porterville, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 6,165 pounds of ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast strips. The food contains wheat and soy, known allergens, which are not declared on the product label, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today. http://salem-news.com/articles/may212013/chicken-recall.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may212013/chicken-recall.php Tue, 21 May 2013 17:34:00 PDT On April 17, 2013, police detained more than forty Rohingya. They were teenagers, youths and adults from Kyeinn Chaung (Bollibazar) and Aung Sit Pyan, from the Maungdaw district in Arakan. http://salem-news.com/articles/april222013/burma-detainees-mf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april222013/burma-detainees-mf.php Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:01:00 PDT Consistent with the unjust, decaying economic model of our deficit times, the commodification of everything and everyone proceeds apace in India. The commercialisation of the land is shattering the lives of millions of India’s poorest, hungriest most malnourished people, who are being murdered and raped, violently displaced and falsely arrested as huge multi nationals, financially favoured and militarily armed by the Indian government, ravage the land. http://salem-news.com/articles/april062013/india-development-gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april062013/india-development-gp.php Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:36:00 PDT Monsanto already got DHS to define organics as a biosecurity threat. So it is no leap of the imagination that Vilsack who has been an aggressive servant of the biotech industry, is set to declare organic products plant pests or noxious weeds. http://salem-news.com/articles/march312013/monsanto-fda-rf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march312013/monsanto-fda-rf.php Sun, 31 Mar 2013 01:18:00 PDT A farmer was crushed to death by a truck in his contracted land for refusing to transfer the land to a local developer in Zhongmou County, C China’s Henan Province, on Mar 27. The dead surnamed Song is a local villager, who has contracted the land for planting trees with another three, according to Song’s brother-in-law during an interview. http://salem-news.com/articles/march292013/sl-china-women.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march292013/sl-china-women.php Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:10:00 PDT Nevada Cesar Chavez Day Committee has urged that one major street in all major cities/towns of Nevada be renamed as Avenida Cesar Chavez after civil rights icon Cesar Estrada Chavez. In a release in Nevada today, Zed also stressed that Nevada should declare March 31 as state holiday. http://salem-news.com/articles/march292013/chavez-zed.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march292013/chavez-zed.php Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:03:00 PDT HR 875 was an early version of the current food safety law. It includes a star chamber - a "court" outside of the legal system, with unlimited funding through raids and fines and with no oversight whatsoever, which could impose any "remedy" on anyone, not excluding seizure of all they own, limitless imprisonment, torture or execution/assassination. http://salem-news.com/articles/march242013/ffd-law-rf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march242013/ffd-law-rf.php Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:53:00 PDT Vile and crafty King Sisyphus, so the Greek myth goes, thought he was as smart as God. Zeus being smarter punished him to roll a boulder up the hill only to repentantly watch it roll down the other side. Since Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh and his Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar also believe they are smarter than God, they deserve the same Sisyphean punishment. http://salem-news.com/articles/march242013/india-ag-as.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march242013/india-ag-as.php Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:27:00 PDT The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court's decision in the case of Georgia-Pacific West, Inc. v. NEDC, Sup. Ct. No. 11-347, commonly referred to as the "forest roads" case. The decision overturns a 2011 ruling that reversed 35 years of regulation governing management of rainwater runoff from forest roads. http://salem-news.com/articles/march202013/forest-roads.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march202013/forest-roads.php Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:05:00 PDT The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is holding a hearing in Washington, DC today entitled “Keeping the Commitment to Rural Communities”. They're reviewing the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act and Payments in Lieu of Taxes county payment programs. http://salem-news.com/articles/march192013/timber-energy.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march192013/timber-energy.php Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:08:00 PDT A new study identifies acutely toxic pesticides as the most likely leading cause of the widespread decline in grassland bird numbers in the United States. The finding challenges the widely-held assumption that loss of habitat is the primary cause of those population declines. http://salem-news.com/articles/february252013/horned-lark.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february252013/horned-lark.php Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:23:00 PST Alan John Ehry was born September 10, 1941 in Cottage Grove, Oregon, to Anna and John Ehry. He was raised on the farm, and there he discovered the wonder of honeybees. He married the love of his life Marjorie Groesbeck in 1962 and they were blessed with 50 years of marriage. http://salem-news.com/articles/february172013/alan-ehry.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february172013/alan-ehry.php Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:00:00 PST What a tragic day it is. Alan Ehry, my father-in-law, died in a tractor accident on his property. The man was incredible, he was larger than life and faithful to his values to the core. He loved many but was loved by more. http://salem-news.com/articles/january312013/alan-ehry-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january312013/alan-ehry-tk.php Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:44:00 PST More than 150 acres of arable lands were recently confiscated from Rohingya Muslims in Burma by the government authority. The land was given to Natala villagers in Maungdaw south, said a local farmer on condition of anonymity. http://salem-news.com/articles/january302013/burma-land.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january302013/burma-land.php Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:58:00 PST Tough growing conditions are confronting farmers and ranchers across the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico. http://salem-news.com/articles/january272013/farming-mexico.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january272013/farming-mexico.php Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:18:00 PST Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh and his economists have been harping on increasing agricultural productivity ever since this group came into positions of power. Their usual complaint is that agricultural productivity of farmers in India is a drag on the growth rate of Gross Domestic Product. http://salem-news.com/articles/january222013/india-agriculture-as.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january222013/india-agriculture-as.php Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:07:00 PST Family farmers and activists gathered before the White House today after a hearing on the landmark Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association et al. v. Monsanto case. http://salem-news.com/articles/january102013/monsanto-hearing.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january102013/monsanto-hearing.php Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:33:00 PST Dozens of family farmers will visit Washington, D.C. next week to take on Monsanto and demand the right to farm. The case is the landmark lawsuit. http://salem-news.com/articles/january062013/farmers-monsanto.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january062013/farmers-monsanto.php Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:37:00 PST OSGATA et al v. Monsanto challengesb Monsanto's transgenic seed patents and seeks preemptive court protection for farmers when Monsanto seed trespasses onto their farms and contaminates their crops. Should contamination occur, innocent farmers would be placed in legal jeopardy and could be held liable by Monsanto for patent infringement... http://salem-news.com/articles/november242012/osgata-monsanto.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november242012/osgata-monsanto.php Sat, 24 Nov 2012 12:53:00 PST The California Right to Know campaign focused on passing Prop 37, an initiative to get genetically engineered food labeled so people would be able to know what is going in their own and their children’s bodies. The corporations involved in producing and selling GMOs poured millions into stopping the initiative, putting out stunning lies to do so. http://salem-news.com/articles/november172012/calif-food-ab.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november172012/calif-food-ab.php Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:57:00 PST My family is going to lose our home on Monday unless we get your help right now. Chase Bank said they would meet with our family representative to hear an offer that would allow us to stay in our home -- but now nobody at Chase will return our calls. http://salem-news.com/articles/november012012/farm-family.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november012012/farm-family.php Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:44:00 PDT As a loyal subscriber, you know what an important role Frontera NorteSur (FNS) plays in filling the information gap during these critical times along the US-Mexico border. http://salem-news.com/articles/november012012/support-fns.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november012012/support-fns.php Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:03:00 PDT High fall is a glorious time in New Mexico. http://salem-news.com/articles/october312012/high-fall-kp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october312012/high-fall-kp.php Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:40:00 PDT The campaign for Prop 37 is pretty high tech and educated. Many communities are being completely left out of even knowing what is happening to them because they don't have computers or speak English. http://salem-news.com/articles/october102012/california-fights-gmo-ja.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october102012/california-fights-gmo-ja.php Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:14:00 PDT Stymied by fears of a Tea Party revolt, Congress skipped town last week, ignoring a critical farm bill with a Sept. 30 deadline, says an economics professor at Linfield College in Oregon. http://salem-news.com/articles/september262012/farm-bill.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september262012/farm-bill.php Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:42:00 PDT Worried about salmonella with the recent recalls on organic cashew butter and other organic nut butters? Don't be. Eating garlic is excellent for handling food poisoning. Enough vitamin C will completely neutralize it. All toxins, like salmonella, are pro-oxidants and deplete electrons. All antioxidants are anti-toxin and contribute electrons. http://salem-news.com/articles/september262012/monsanto-gmo-tg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september262012/monsanto-gmo-tg.php Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:53:00 PDT In the waning days of summer, southern Arizona will become the hot spot for food. Convened by the Southwest Marketing Network, the upcoming Border Food Summit is meant to attract people from across the region for three days of farm tours, presentations, workshops, discussions and, of course, traditional foods sampling. http://salem-news.com/articles/september082012/food-summit-kp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september082012/food-summit-kp.php Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:18:00 PDT Many pediatricians are undermining breast feeding. One hears this from mother after mother. Paraphrasing: "Even though the baby is nursing fine and I am happy to breast feed, my pediatrician said I should start the baby on formula at 6 months." "She asked me why I was so opposed to formula." "He said not to worry if the baby had trouble latching on, just use formula." http://salem-news.com/articles/august112012/pediatricians-gmo-cn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august112012/pediatricians-gmo-cn.php Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:58:00 PDT Observant travelers on New Mexico Highway 28 that passes through the immense, shady corridor of the Stahmann Farms pecan orchard in Dona Ana County will notice something is not the same. “Closed” signs now hang on the large white building off to the side of the road that was once the popular Stahmann’s Country Store... http://salem-news.com/articles/july292012/pecan-epithet-kp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july292012/pecan-epithet-kp.php Sun, 29 Jul 2012 22:04:00 PDT The second weekend in September will mark the 40th annual Sublimity Harvest Festival, a destination family event that started as a local truck and tractor pull competition and has evolved into a three-day outdoor weekend festival that includes monster trucks, multi-engine and modified tractors, ATVs, horses, modified trucks and farm tractors. The Festival opens on Friday, Sept. 7 at 5 p.m. with a Pit Party to meet the drivers and their vehicles. The event is held on the Harvest Festival Grounds at Highway 22 and Golf Club Road in Sublimity. http://salem-news.com/articles/july242012/sublimity-festival.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july242012/sublimity-festival.php Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:44:00 PDT