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Rwanda Achieves High Rank in Action Aid`s Scorecard -

further action needed to face food, climate crisis.

(WASHINGTON D.C .) - 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.

Pharma`s Don`t-Take-Vitamins Study Diametrically Opposed by Valid Study

A top expert criticizes not only the study’s methodology, but the familiar commercial intent behind the study.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - 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?

Oregon Wheat Farmer Brings $25 Million Annual Wine Business to the Columbia River Gorge

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Wheat to Wine and Why: A bright spot for a dull Oregon economy.

(THE DALLES, Ore) - The Oregon Wine Industry has reported doubling wine revenues during this recession and exports look very good as Red Wine sales in Hong Kong has doubled just this past year, as the fast-increasing affluent Chinese are demanding quality imported wines.

Capitalist Hong Kong now has more than 100,000 millionaires - a 33% increase since 2008.

FNS News: First Border Food Summit to Meet

“We believe healthy food access is a human right and we are trying to foster a local food movement in the Paso del Norte region” - Cristina Dominguez-Eshelman, La Semilla Food Center

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - In the Rio Grande Valley of southern New Mexico and far west Texas, early fall is a very busy time of the year. Weekdays are devoted to harvesting one crop while preparing for the next.

Family Farmers and Ranchers: `Enough Is Enough` - of Obama Administration`s Agriculture Policies

“Fighting for the U.S. Cattle Producer”

(BILLINGS, Mont.) - R-CALF USA has scheduled a news conference for 1:00 p.m. CDT on Sept. 20, 2011, at the Callicrate Cattle Company feedlot located at 940 County Road 12, St. Francis, Kansas.

Prior to the news conference, beginning at noon, a free lunch consisting of Callicrate beef burgers will be served to the public and media.

EPA`s `Lethal` Action Threatens ALL Family Farm Agriculture - $37,500 per day per violation!

This overreach and abuse of federal power could be headed your way.

(ST. FRANCIS, Ks. No Bull Food News) - This unwarranted action comes against, Mike Callicrate and A.J. Jones, two of the nation’s leading advocates of sustainable family farm agriculture.

Mike and A.J. produce good food from their environmentally beneficial, humane, and sustainable farming and ranching operation.

Death of the Bees. Genetically Modified Crops and the Decline of Bee Colonies in North America

This article was originally published by Global Research in March 2008.

(LONDON) - Commercial beehives pollinate over a third of [North}America’s crops and that web of nourishment encompasses everything from fruits like peaches, apples, cherries, strawberries and more, to nuts like California almonds, 90 percent of which are helped along by the honeybees.

Somalia`s Education Sector Further Threatened by Famine Exodus, UN Warns

Over $20 million will be needed to help 435,000 children & maintain education.

(GENEVA) - Immediate action and funding are urgently needed to prevent a dramatic worsening of the educational situation in war- and drought-wracked Somalia.

Some 1.8 million children are already out of school, with a knock-on effect on access to health care, the United Nations warned today.

Somalia Needs Your Help!

In order to act out solidarity, one must take firm and tenacious determination.

(MADRID, Spain) - The humanitarian organization “Action Against Hunger” has launched a solidarity challenge through an ad campaign with the slogan: “Action Against Hunger in Somalia”.

The worst drought in 60 years is affecting Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti. About 2.5 million Somalis have fleeted their homes in hopes to escape hunger and suffering.

The Monsanto Anschluss

Long laid plans to undo the rule of law.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - To begin to appreciate the scope of Monsanto’s attack on the American people, one can look in three places, beginning with the USDA’s ruling on genetically modified Kentucky Bluegrass, and the agricultural – that is to say, food – element involved.

Monsanto, beside controlling the White House and creating interagency power to introduce GMOs everywhere, appears aware that what it is doing threatens others and has prepared for that as well.