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Protesters Block Monsanto in the Netherlands - Demanding End to GMOs

Banners were posted with the message "Imagine, monopoly of food, poisonous agriculture, The World according to ... Monsanto"

(BERGSCHENHOEK / SALEM) - Protesters in the Netherlands shut down a Monsanto seed plant by forming a blockade.

About 50 members of the action group ‘Roundup Monsanto’ showed up at the at 6 o’clock Monday morning, demanding they stop patenting seeds and other living organisms.

Homegrown Solutions to Alleviating Hunger and Poverty

Women growing vegetable gardens in a slum outside of Nairobi, Kenya, were among the best prepared for the country’s 2007 food crisis, despite being some of the poorest.

(DAKAR, Senegal) - “We’ve got hundreds of local foods, almost 600 that we’ve categorized through our research,” said Kristof Nordin in a January interview with Nourishing the Planet.

“But we are starving because we are only planting one crop: maize, which came originally from America.”

CSA Farmers Lament Lack of Community

“Most CSA farmers would like to see more community connections, but we are appreciative of the connections we do have" - Josh Volk, Slow Hand Farm, a CSA farm in Portland

(McMINNVILLE, Ore.) - In recent years the local food movement has made significant steps forward in improving the supply of fresh, seasonal vegetables to consumers.

But many local farmers want to grow more than food, said Linfield College senior Beth Satterwhite, who surveyed 12 Oregon farmers in the Portland Area CSA Coalition this spring.

Oregon Joins Many States Celebrating Hemp History Week

Historic Early 20th Century USDA Hemp Research Documents Re-Discovered

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Today marks the start of the 1st Annual Hemp History Week, which is taking place between now and May 23, 2010. As a national grassroots education campaign, 185 events have been planned nationwide in 32 states with the goal of renewing strong support for hemp farming in the U.S.

For Those Who Don`t Believe Israel Shoots Innocent Farmers

Activists have repeatedly witnessed Palestinian farmers being shot at by Israeli forces as they attempt to work on agricultural land situated within 700m of the Green Line.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It was late February in 2009, when Israeli forces shot a 20-year old Palestinian farmer as he was working in a field near Al-Faraheen.

Weeks earliern, Israeli forces shot at several farmers, killing a 27-year old farmer.

Sturgeon Season Closes Above The Dalles Dam

36 fish per week is the average harvested in the last 3 weeks.

(CLACKAMAS, Ore) - Fishery managers from Oregon Washington closed the Columbia River to retention of sturgeon in The Dalles Reservoir between The Dalles and John Day dams, effective May 6.

The action was taken during a joint hearing of the two states based on surveys indicating that anglers are on track to achieve their harvest guideline of 300 sturgeon by that date.

GM Food... Feeding the Hungry or Population Control?

Around 75% percent of our processed foods contain some form of genetically modified ingredients.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Today Salem-News reports the shocking results of a joint experiment in Russia involving hamsters, that could seriously impact the future of GM foods.

California and Oregon Nurseries Prevail in South Carolina Trade-Restraint Lawsuit

"If the principle of federal preemption had been undermined, then the door would swing open to a patchwork of regulation among the states and marketplace chaos would ensue" - OAN executive director John Aguirre

(SACRAMENTO) - The California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers and the Oregon Association of Nurseries successfully resolved a federal lawsuit against South Carolina today.

The two associations filed their lawsuit on March 10 challenging a regulation that disrupted shipments of plant material from California and Oregon growers.

Older Farmers May Opt out of Water Conservation Systems

“One of the best ways we can promote water conservation is to encourage younger people to get into farming, so long-term investments will be worth the cost” - Eric Schuck, economics professor at Linfield College

(McMINNVILLE, Ore.) - Irrigation season kicked off April 1, but some Oregon farmers won’t see much of a flow.

NIFI Comes to New Mexico

Examining a a contemporary movement to help immigrants become farmers in New Mexico.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Cecilia Tamez has worn many hats and lived lots of struggles. The resident of Radium Springs, New Mexico, once had a store in Las Cruces that sold custom-made dresses for traditional quinceaneras and weddings.

She’s run an independent trucking business, and battled cancer. But there is something that harkens Tamez back to the land.