August 14, 2018 3:33 PM FYI: Politico covered the CPA’s call for COOL in last Friday’s trade news. TRUMP SUPPORTERS PUSH FOR COOL REVIVAL IN NAFTA: R-CALF USA and other members of the Coalition for a Prosperous America, which is closely aligned with the Trump administration on trade, are making a last-minute bid to persuade…
by: Karen Dillon In western Kansas, painful losses feel increasingly imminent. There’s literal loss – the essentially irreversible depletion of Ogallala Aquifer groundwater after the large-scale pumping of it to irrigate crops in recent decades. But there are also the economic losses that might follow and hurt more and more farmers, their families, businesses and…
Last call! Here is a sample letter to share with followers. Comments can be submitted at this link, takes maybe five minutes! Due 8/17. Full petition attached. https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FSIS-2018-0024 August 17, 2018 REF: FSIS-2018-0024-0001 RE: Product of U.S.A.” entry in the FSIS Food Standards and Labeling Policy Book ATTN: Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of…
by Jessica Fu | August 13th, 2018 What the $289-million verdict in favor of a former groundskeeper suffering from terminal cancer means for hundreds of other, similar lawsuits awaiting trial. A California Superior Court jury on Friday found agrochemical company Monsanto liable for making a product that contributed to former school groundskeeper Dewayne “Lee” Johnson’s…
by Chris McGreal in Haven, Kansas | Mon 13 Aug 2018 As the chain opens stores at the rate of three a day across the US, often in the heart of ‘food deserts’, some see Dollar General as an admission that a town is failing When Dollar General came to Haven, Kansas, it arrived making…
by Priya Krishna | Aug. 13, 2018 The term doesn’t mean much in restaurants, which are not required to undergo the same rigorous certifying process as farms and food companies. About four years ago, Gil Rosenberg started eating at Bareburger, an international restaurant chain, after undergoing surgery that left him prone to infection and more…
by Colin Todhunter, Asia-Pacific Research | August 08, 2018 India celebrates its independence from Britain on 15 August. However, the system of British colonial dominance has been replaced by a new hegemony based on the systemic rule of transnational capital, enforced by global institutions like the World Bank and WTO. At the same time, global…
by Thomas Greaney and Samuel R. Miller | 9 Aug 2018 Antitrust law has been much in the news recently, but not in a good way. A spate of articles from The Economist, The Atlantic, and The Nation, among others, talk about America’s “Monopoly Problem.” By this is meant that major sectors of the US…
Contact: David Muraskin, Public Justice – dmuraskin, (202) 861-5245; or Bill Bullard, R-CALF USA CEO – r-calfusa, (406) 252-2516 Independent Ranchers Seek Injunction of Beef Checkoff Funds in Thirteen More States Checkoff programs in Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin would be…
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 R-CALF USA is expanding their war on the Beef Checkoff by asking for a preliminary injunction now in place against the Montana Beef Council to be extended onto the state beef council’s part of the checkoff in 13 additional states. The group announced on Thursday that it is going back to…