Is soil our secret weapon against climate change? The Huffington Post Marco Marzano de Marinis November 11, 2016 What if one of the planet’s secret weapons in the fight against climate change was all around us? What if every country had it in abundance, and it could also be used at the same time to…
The TPP is on its last legs – an amazing achievement of innumerable organizations and activists here and in the other TPP countries and an amazingly dedicated, relentless team of congressional allies led by the indefatigable Rep. Rosa DeLauro. Six years of relentless, strategic campaigning = international people power united beating overwhelming multinational corporate power….
Capital Journal Rancher lobbying group sees Trump as hopeful sign for cattle producers November 14, 2016 By Stephen Lee stephen.lee About 160 people filled most of the seats in the Fort Pierre Livestock Auction sales barn on Sunday, not to deal cattle but to organize ways to protect their end of the industry. They came…
Aberdeen American News Struggling cattle producers seek answers in tough times By Elisa Sand esand Cattle producers facing plummeting prices and a future where they’re not sure a profit is on the horizon gathered in Aberdeen hoping to hear a solution. Doland Farmer Preston Miles said times are tough, operating costs areincreasing and his calf…
Did someone forward you this newsletter? Get your own copy by subscribing here. Independent Ranchers Take New Tack in Fight Against Pro-Big Beef Checkoff The most recent attack by American ranchers on the Department of Agriculture’s beef checkoff tax reached a federal court two weeks ago. The suit, filed by the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund…
Big Ag Had A Very Bad Election Night In a win for environmentalists and animal welfare groups, a red state’s voters just said no to a “right to farm.” 11/10/2016 05:51 pm ET Joseph Erbentraut Senior Reporter, The Huffington Post BRANDI SIMONS/GETTY IMAGES The right-to-farm amendment in Oklahoma could have blocked future local or state…
Oklahoma ‘Right to Farm’ proposal voted down by Paul Monies Published: November 8, 2016 8:01 PM CDT Updated: November 9, 2016 2:37 AM CDT Oklahomans weren’t ready to enshrine the “right to farm” in the state constitution as voters in urban and rural areas rejected State Question 777, according to preliminary election results Tuesday night….
FOCUS: Naomi Klein | Climate Change Is Intergenerational Theft. That’s Why My Son Is Part of This Story Naomi Klein, Guardian UK Klein writes: "We still have both the time and power to force our politicians to change course. It’s too late for most of the world’s coral reefs but it’s not too late for…
Eat Or Be Eaten: How ‘Big Ag’ Came To Be by Amy Mayer & Luke Runyon, Harvest Public Media Some of the world’s largest agribusiness companies announced plans to combine, if regulators sign on. (Photo by Amy Mayer, Harvest Public Media) Listen to this story: October 31, 2016 – 6:45am The industry that supplies farmers…