Tag: farmers
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Call to action – Join the demand to investigate Michigan DNR director over forced shooting of baby piglets in cold blood
from naturalnews.com: There is nothing more pathetic, ugly and insidious than a tyrannical government thug who uses his power to destroy the lives of law-abiding citizens. Today, we have witnessed the outrageous acts carried out by jack-booted scumbags in Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) who masterminded armed raids on two ranches in that state,…
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At Center of Health Care Fight, a Farmer’s 1942 Case
from nytimes.com: If the Obama administration persuades the Supreme Court to uphold its health care overhaul law, it will be in large part thanks to a 70-year-old precedent involving an Ohio farmer named Roscoe C. Filburn. Mr. Filburn sued to overturn a 1938 federal law that told him how much wheat he could grow on…
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Agricultural Markets Still Unbalanced and Unfair, Farmers Say
A handful of companies still control huge portions of livestock, dairy, and poultry markets, they said, and farmers continue to face abusive and unfair treatment.
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Questions About Raw Milk? Ask a Farmer.
Whether you like raw milk or not, it has been part of mankind’s diet for thousands of years, which is why I find it suspicious when the government insists that you can only drink a particular form of milk in which the nutrients have been destroyed.
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rural farmers unite to feed occupy protestors
from brasscheck tv: We missed this story a while back, but it’s such an inspiring story it’s worth going back. How rural farmers, an unemployed chef and a protestor named Heather are getting 1,000 dinners served at Occupy Wall Street every night.
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10/2 binge & purge: gmos, gmos & more gmos
chuck norris has a question for you: would you know if you’re eating genetically engineered foods?* some sea lice with that farmed salmon?* study: enough water to 2x world food production* farmers, advocates launch raw milk institute* court rules against raw milk farmer* feds help gmo salmon swim upstream* busting monsanto’s ‘better’ broccoli* video: ronnie…
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wisconsin judge says raw milk is no ‘fundamental right’
from the complete patient: Those raw milk proponents advocating “teach, teach, teach” may want to enroll Wisconsin Judge Patrick J. Fiedler in their first class–in the kindergarten section. In response to a request from the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, the judge issued a clarification [PDF] of his decision last week regarding his assessment of the…
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Remedy Radio: Knowing Yourself Through The Food You Eat
This episode of Remedy Radio, Episode 009 – Shon the Farmer: Knowing Your Self Through the Food You Eat, reveals not just how to know your self, but to GROW yourself through the food you cultivate and eat.
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Northern Europe’s Farmers Fear Drought As Bad As 1976
Farmers in northern Europe are finding themselves caught between a hard place and a rock-hard place as an unusually dry spring turns to summer.