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Organic Food Recall on Yom Kippur - Classic Monsanto

Thanks to the just released Seralini study, there is no doubt anymore that GMOs are a threat to humanity.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Worried about salmonella with the recent recalls on organic cashew butter and other organic nut butters?

Don't be. Eating garlic is excellent for handling food poisoning. Enough vitamin C will completely neutralize it. All toxins, like salmonella, are pro-oxidants and deplete electrons. All antioxidants are anti-toxin and contribute electrons.

FNS News: Border Food Summit Convened

The decades-old Southwest Marketing Network brings together producers, distributors and consumers of agriculture in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - In the waning days of summer, southern Arizona will become the hot spot for food.

Convened by the Southwest Marketing Network, the upcoming Border Food Summit is meant to attract people from across the region for three days of farm tours, presentations, workshops, discussions and, of course, traditional foods sampling.

Pediatricians and GMOs

Breast feeding is immunologically essential to an infant and baby and protective against a range of diseases.

(ANN ARBOR, MI) - Many pediatricians are undermining breast feeding. One hears this from mother after mother. Paraphrasing: "Even though the baby is nursing fine and I am happy to breast feed, my pediatrician said I should start the baby on formula at 6 months."

"She asked me why I was so opposed to formula." "He said not to worry if the baby had trouble latching on, just use formula."

Special Feature: A Pecan Epithet

A common bond across species, pecans apparently inspire both birds and humans to go the extra mile.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Observant travelers on New Mexico Highway 28 that passes through the immense, shady corridor of the Stahmann Farms pecan orchard in Dona Ana County will notice something is not the same.

“Closed” signs now hang on the large white building off to the side of the road that was once the popular Stahmann’s Country Store...

Sublimity Harvest Festival to Celebrate 40 Years

September Festival is “40 and Pullin’ Strong”

(SUBLIMITY, OR) - The second weekend in September will mark the 40th annual Sublimity Harvest Festival, a destination family event that started as a local truck and tractor pull competition and has evolved into a three-day outdoor weekend festival that includes monster trucks, multi-engine and modified tractors, ATVs, horses, modified trucks and farm tractors.

The Festival opens on Friday, Sept. 7 at 5 p.m. with a Pit Party to meet the drivers and their vehicles. The event is held on the Harvest Festival Grounds at Highway 22 and Golf Club Road in Sublimity.

Corn Disaster: Rain Coming, But Not Enough

Essentially, most of these areas are beyond hope for a significant crop this year.

(STATE COLLEGE, PA ) - AccuWeather.com reports additional corn crop failures are likely, due to too little rain and too much heat through the middle of August.

Goldman Sachs, Monsanto and the Suspicious Drought

Why is no one is filing FOIAs about whether HAARP is being used to cause this drought that threatens agriculture here and thus the country itself?

(WASHINGTON DC) - As farmers are cutting down their corn in the Midwest and ranchers are selling off their cattle.

When is someone going to make the connection that HAARP is yet another part of the from-every-side onslaught against farming and ranching that is occurring here?

`Mother Nature is Extremely Wise and Extremely Kind`

It seems the answers to some of the world's scariest problems are right under our nose.

(LONDON) - The title is a quote from Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride.

And Mother Nature has been unusually busy lately, helping out mankind. At every step, she is ending long-standing fears. One by one, they are being overturned.

(VIDEO) Young Hip-Hop Artist `JB` Gives Local Farm Two Thumbs Up

What happens when you mix Hip Hop, world citizenry and strawberries? (Includes JB's music video 'Can't Lose Bully Proof)

(BOSTON) - “A day in the country is worth a month in the city,” wrote the 19th-century English poetess Christina Rosetti.

Farm Bill Passes U.S. Senate With Bipartisan Support, Includes Two Key Merkley Provisions

“From wheat in the East to vineyards, berries, and grass-seed in the West, a strong farm bill is crucial for all of Oregon,” - Senator Jeff Merkley

(WASHINGTON DC) - Today, the U.S. Senate passed the 2012 farm bill on a 64-35 bipartisan vote.

The 2012 farm bill contains crucial support for agriculture, food and rural communities, including two key provisions authored by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley.