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The I-HATE-MY-FATHER Generation

Walking the tight rope of moral uprightness is a huge challenge these days.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - There is a generation in Africa and beyond that is utterly confused. Of course the word “confused” has a power to evoke some really strong feelings or reactions. But the confusion here is not of this generation’s own making - at least according to the way they look at things.

It is their fathers’ fault that they are confused, or so they say and that’s the sad part about the so-called fatherless generation.

U.S. Senate: Unusual Coalition of Interest Groups Combine to End Ethanol Subsidies

The subsidy repeal is opposed by corn growers and ethanol producers, pitting alternative energy interests and environmental policy groups against each other.

(BERKELEY, Calif. MapLight) - On Tuesday, June 14, 2011, the Senate is expected to vote on an amendment introduced by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) to repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit, which subsidizes the production of ethanol.

On March 9, 2011, a coalition of organizations representing issues traditionally at odds with one another drafted a letter voicing their support for ending ethanol subsidies.

AID Condemns Police Intimidation and Unlawful Land Acquisition in Jagatsinghpur Odisha

AID urges the government to heed the voices of the villagers and to uphold the rule of law.

(COLLEGE PARK, Md.) - Thousands of residents of Dhinkia and Gobindpur, including hundreds of children, have been peacefully lying on the ground in the searing heat to protect their homes, lands and livelihoods as the police continue to enter their lands by force.

Serious questions remain concerning the clearance granted to acquire the land of the villagers.

Gone are the Days

Salem-News.com writer Ken Ramey discusses life in the Great Depression.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - Not long ago rugged individuals performed tasks on a daily basis; work that has virtually been eliminated by means not then available.

Food For The Poor Celebrates 20 Years of Service in Guyana

During the past several years, Food For The Poor has constructed six Amerindian Villages in Guyana.

(COCONUT CREEK, Fla.) - Thanks to the continued support of Food For The Poor donors, the third-largest international relief and development agency in the United States will celebrate two decades of service to Guyana’s poor on Friday, June 3.

Food For The Poor began working in Guyana in 1991, delivering food and other basic items to Guyana’s poor.

Raw Deal for Doing Right; Government Protection for Doing Wrong

Feds target Amish in bizarre sting operation?

(LONDON) - Raw milk is being used to heal Crohn's disease. The Crohn's bacterium is identical to the Johnnes bacterium found in sick cattle.

The bacteria goes through into the milk, carries by pus.  It can be cultured in PASTEURIZED milk and the FDA has known this for more than a decade.

Japanese Company Takes Hold of Chile Business

By the end of the 1990s, Border Foods annual sales were estimated in the $50-$100 million range.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - A large Japanese company has acquired a strategic stake in the emblematic New Mexico chile pepper business.

On Thursday, May 12, Mizkan Americas announced it had purchased Deming’s Border Foods from Ares Capital for an undisclosed amount.

Where is Superman When you Need Him?

Our children are being fed without question of corporate intent or consequences.

(SALEM, Ore.) - We learned in our early years that Superman never gave up, even with kryptonite in hand. We may not have super hero strength, but we Americans must find our will.

Commerce News: Tortilla Kings Claim New Mexico Conquest

GRUMA’s expansion in the US has been a contentious one, with rivals sometimes claiming unfair competition.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - The world’s dominant tortilla and corn flour manufacturer has purchased a once locally-owned tortilla and chile company in New Mexico.

In an Easter announcement, the Monterrey, Mexico-based Grupo Maseca (GRUMA) said that it had acquired the Albuquerque Tortilla Company for $8.8 million. Founded in 1987, Albuquerque Tortilla Company employed 180 people and had a reported sales stream worth $14 million in 2010.

REVIEW: Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? Opens Earth Day Nationwide

Winner of numerous International Film Festivals, the film is a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis by Portland Director Taggart Siegel.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In Oregon, honeybees have been long respected as an integral part of the food chain, as they are in other agricultural "bread basket" areas.

Mother Nature mandates that pollination occur for crops to produce at any reasonable level, and without bees... the world would be an entirely different place. Fruitless, one might say.