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India Says No to Cultivation of Genetically Modified Eggplant

The GM seeds would have been marketed by the Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company owned in part by Monsanto, a US corporation.

(NEW DELHI / SALEM) - India rejected genetically modified eggplant on Wednesday, amongst concerns of public health and “inadequate” science.

Disquiet on the Western Front: Showdown in the Malheur Marshes

Eastern Oregon cattle ranchers get away with criminal behavior toward the families of federal employees.

(HARNEY COUNTY, Ore.) - Six hundred miles north of Tonopah, Nevada, in the high desert of central Oregon, lies Harney County, another site of intense confrontation between federal officials and the militant property rights movement.

Here federal Fish and Wildlife Service agents sought to fence off a wetland that had been trampled by a rancher’s cows on the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge about thirty miles south of the dust-caked town of Burns.

A Society Beyond The Limit

Our environment is being destroyed to accommodate our increasing population and fixation on growth

(GOLD RIVER, B.C.) - My first introduction to Donella Meadows was in the mid 1990s after I began publishing The Record in Gold River. I found her columns on the Internet published under the title The Global Citizen, columns that spoke clearly about our environment and our place in it.

She co-authored a study in 1972 titled The Limits To Growth which dealt with problem of a growing world population and a finite resource base, a problem that even today many refuse to acknowledge.

Report Finds `Alarming` Rise in Global Hunger

Financial crisis and gender inequality worsen malnutrition.

(NEW YORK) - Underscoring the warning issued by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Program that hunger is worsening around the world, the 2009 Global Hunger Index (GHI) records “alarming” levels of hunger and malnutrition in 29 countries.

American Agri-Women Gather for 34th Annual Convention in Salem, OR

“Celebrating American Agriculture” is the theme of the annual convention.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The heart of the Willamette Valley is putting out the welcome mat for some special women who are dedicated to agriculture, and coming together in Oregon's capital city for their annual event. This time, in Oregon.

Farmers Arrested for Planting Industrial Hemp at DEA Headquarters

The group plants hemp seed on the DEA's Lawn with ceremonial shovels.

(WASHINGTON D.C. ) - Groups organizing in Washington D.C. today say the DEA's continued blockade of state industrial hemp programs Violates common sense as well as Obama's Presidential Directive to federal agencies to respect states' rights.

Even though the U.S. is the largest market for hemp products in the world, and industrial hemp is farmed worldwide, not a single American farmer has the right to grow the versatile crop.

Landowners Need to be Able to Defend Property from Wolves

When I see the emotional polarization in the news and wolf forums and opinion boards, I realize this 'wolf experiment' is a very complex issue.

(JACOBS RANCH, Keating Valley, Ore.) - On Good Friday morning three generations of Jacobs' got to experience firsthand the havoc two wolves could wreak. Just a two-minute jaunt from our sleeping households, four of the five documented wolf attacks occurred on what we call the "Home Ranch," a 640-acre chunk of farm and pastureland, just a part of what we make a living on in this high desert country.

From that day in April until today, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife and Animal Damage Control confirmed 29 lambs, a pet goat and one calf killed on two ranches. This act stirred and spread the hotbed of debate in our small ranching community of Keating Valley to the Legislature in Salem and beyond.

Potential Fruit Fly Invasion Serious Threat for Oregon Fruit

Officials say the insects could shut down all of Oregon's fresh fruit sales.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The spotted wing Drosophila, which some have dubbed the “Dragon Fruit Fly”, has invaded Oregon from California and has already been confirmed in several Oregon fruit crops. Terry Witt with Oregonians for Food & Shelter, says the crops likely to be invaded include blueberries, caneberries and grapes.

Stuart Olson, a local peach, apple and cherry grower, believes this could literally shut down fresh fruit sales from Oregon. "Unlike the vinegar fruit fly that takes to rotted fruit, this critter infects ripening fruit and is visible in the fruit as a small maggot."

Oregon Authors Take the Spotlight at the 148th Oregon State Fair (VIDEO)

Knowledge and fun go hand in hand at this year's Oregon State Fair!

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Oregon State Fair is going strong, rain or shine, with tens of thousands of new and returning visitors making the most of the last few days of the 2009 fair.

In the former Jackman/Long building, nothing beats the Oregon Authors exhibit.

Images of the 2009 Oregon State Fair

Tuesday is Senior Day, The NPRA Rodeo Finals kick off.

(SALEM, Ore.) - This year's Oregon State Fair is in full swing and tens of thousands are capitalizing on the good weather and awesome fanfare that only an event like this can bring.