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Zed Seeks `Avenida Cesar Chavez` in Major Nevada Cities

Rajan Zed further said that Nevada should honor Chavez’s Gandhian principles for social change.

(RENO) - 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.

Has Monsanto Hidden a Feudal Star Chamber Inside the Food Safety Law?

People need to understand the immense difference between statutory law (or civil law?) and common law.

(WASHINGTON DC) - 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.

Agriculture Productivity is Inversely Proportional to Political Fraud

Redactor: Mr. SP Gulati, former Secretary-Government of India.

(CHENNAI) - 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.

Georgia-Pacific Responds To Supreme Court Decision In Forest Roads Case

"The court's ruling is a significant victory for the 2.5 million people and thousands of local economies that depend on forest products for their livelihood" - Mike Adams, Georgia-Pacific

(WASHINGTON DC) - 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.

Oregon Timber Industry Comments on Senate County Payments Hearing

Group outlines what they describe as real solutions.

(PORTLAND, OR) - 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.

New Study Finds Pesticides Leading Cause of Grassland Bird Declines

Researchers focused on lethal pesticides, such as organophosphate and carbamate.

(WASHINGTON DC) - 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.

Alan J Ehry 1941-2013 The Beeman of Dundee

Alan John Ehry, 71, of Dundee died Jan 30.

(DUNDEE, Ore.) - 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.

Remembering a Great Man, Alan Ehry

Even the honey bees will miss their longtime friend, Alan Ehry.

(DUNDEE, OR) - 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.

Burma: More Lands Confiscated in Maungdaw South

Many Rohingyas have been starving from the shortage of food in Arakan State since June of last year.

(MAUNGDAW, Arakan State) - 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.

Farming for Tough Times

Food and farming are issues of concern at this year’s session of the New Mexico State Legislature.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Tough growing conditions are confronting farmers and ranchers across the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico.