Gary, Timothy Barr, DHS-NBAF Site Manager, spoke at The Kansas Cattlemen’s Association this past weekend. Nothing but PR. He couldn’t answer many of the questions. A couple of people said that they didn’t know much about the disease lab, but after hearing Mr. Barr, they were against it. NBAF has the potential of becoming an…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 16, 2012 Tester: Halt construction of ag disease research lab Senator concerned by ‘unnecessary cost and risks’ (U.S. SENATE) – Senator Jon Tester is calling on the Department of Homeland Security to halt construction of an agricultural disease research lab until security concerns are addressed and Congress approves any needed funding….
Just think what an outbreak of Hoof and Mouth would do in Manhattan, Kansas, our nation’s livestock center. And how that would open up meat imports from multinational corporations. Not only would it destroy the wealth created, but the ability to produce in the future. A bio lab of this nature in Kansas is truly…
Groups File First Amended COOL Complaint: New Plaintiffs Added and New Cause of Action Alleged Denver, CO – On Tuesday R-CALF USA joined with the Made in the USA Foundation to file their first amended complaint in their legal challenge against the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) ruling that found the United States’ country of origin…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, November 15, 2012 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Dawn Le: 202-549-6798, As Black Friday Approaches, WALMART WORKERS FROM STORES AND WAREHOUSES BEGIN TO STRIKE 1000-Store Protests Begin with Warehouse Workers from Southern California and Walmart Workers from Seattle and San Leandro Walking Off the Job National Leaders, Local Activists Commit to Supporting Strikes,…
When are ranchers, for their own sake, going to say that FMD is not a disease that would justify slaughtering millions of animals? Instead, they keep talking the global line, that it is a terrible disease threat. What follows are FMSA and international corporate rules that are a direct chute into this (and the animals…
14 November 2012 US high security bio lab faces uncertain future By Matt McGrath Science reporter, BBC World Service Where in the US should the world’s biggest animal disease lab go? Plans to build one of the world’s most secure laboratories in the heart of rural America have run into difficulties. The National Bio and…
Charts: How Big Pork Screws Small Towns —By Tom Philpott | Mon Nov. 12, 2012 3:08 AM PST § Green Fire Productions/Flickr I’ve argued often that the food system functions like an economic sieve, draining away wealth. Imagine, say, a suburb served by a handful of fast-food chains plus a supermarket or Walmart or two….
Some of these scenes remind me of the Texas panhandle–just last year, where thousands of acres that should have been cotton, were "planted" in super weeds, cattle were moved out for lack of grass, and dust devils cut across the horizon. Farmers lost their crop last year, and again this year. The only water available…