16 July 2014 WHY I BECAME A SOCIALIST By J. Glenn Evans I spentmost of my life a devout capitalist and over 20 years as stockbroker and investment banker. Today I am a Socialist. As the years went by, I observed the amoral practices of capitalism that rigged the system in the absence of regulation….

Federal Judge Accuses Federal Land Managers of Attempting to Bankrupt Ranch In a scathing 104-page opinion a Nevada federal judge lambasted the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service for behavior that “shocks the conscience” of the court, accusing federal officials of attempting to bankrupt the Hage family ranch by entering into “a literal,…

Group Opposes USDA Plan to Establish Another International Bureaucracy Billings, Mont. – In comments filed last night, R-CALF USA urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to abandon its plan to establish yet another international bureaucracy, this one to implement APHIS’ proposed Draft Framework for Implementing the United…

The Joplin Globe Editorial Our View: Vote no on Amendment 1 Jul 13, 2014 Proponents of Amendment 1 — the Right to Farm Act — have not made their case. We’ve met with advocates of this amendment to the Missouri constitution and listened to their arguments, but we don’t believe they have adequately answered the…

FAIR / By Kari Hamerschlag and Stacy Malkan Staggering $1.3 Billion Spent to Propagandize About GMO and Chemical-Intensive Foods It’s a disaster. Photo Credit: Twin Design July 8, 2014 The New York Post loves a good villain, but you’d think it would be hard to cast a bad light on the group of people profiled…

The Ecologist / By Oliver Tickell Major Study: Monsanto GMO Corn Can Cause Damage to Liver and Kidneys, and Severe Hormonal Disruption Key study has passed through three peer reviews. July 9, 2014 A scientific study that identified serious health impacts on rats fed on ‘Roundup ready’ GMO maize has been republished following its controversial…

U.S. Government Ties El Salvador USD 277 M Aid Package to Monsanto’s GMO Seeds Jun 27, 2014 Originally posted on Sustainable Pulse It has come to light that the U.S. government is withholding $277 million in aid money from El Salvador in order to pressure it to accept Monsanto’s GM seeds. The President of the…

Report of the June 2014 meeting of the Secretary of Agriculture’s Advisory Committee on Animal Health. Gilles Stockton, June 30, 2014 The Secretary of Agriculture’s Advisory Committee on Animal Health (SACAH) met in mid-June. The Committee exists to allow stake holders to provide input into the policy/regulation making process of the USDA Animal and Plant…

10 companies that put nearly all the food on supermarket shelves July 8, 2014, 1:29 PM ET The American supermarket now offers more than 38,000 items, and an infographic by Oxfam International making its way around the Web reveals how 10 companies are responsible for almost all the processed food and beverages stocked on the…

Our View: Who’s calling the shots? The Joplin Globe http://www.joplinglobe.com Tue Jul 08, 2014, 09:46 AM CDT — If Missouri Farmers Care really does care about the “Right to Farm” amendment on the Aug. 5 ballot, it sure has an odd way of showing it. The farm advocacy group has voiced its objection to a…