Farmers to America: We Can’t Breathe. Generations of farmers have fought the system. Why won’t they act now? Published on June 2, 2020 By Alan Lewis “I can’t breathe.” For 75 years this is the cry we have heard from generations of our American farmers. Year after year, federal policy makers have emboldened centralized management…
Tribes Create Their Own Food Laws to Stop USDA From Killing Native Food Economies Jacob Butler checks on grapes in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community garden. YES! photo by Tristan Ahtone. From blue corn to bison, narrow federal food-safety codes impact tribal food systems. But advocates are writing their own food laws to preserve…
PLEASE NOTE: New summer hours at our Fillmore store Open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat for your shopping convenience! Come see us. (Town Center store hours will remain the same.) Ranch Foods Direct, 1228 E. Fillmore Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80907
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 28, 2020 CONTACT: Abraham White, awhite Angel Amaya, aamaya American Farmers, Ranchers and Food Workers Call for Better Worker Protections at Meatpacking Plants to Stop COVID-19 Outbreaks and Protect Food Supply Diverse Group Makes Urgent Call on Trump Administration to Take Immediate Safety Steps to Prevent Ongoing Spread of COVID-19 Union…
Brazilian appeals court authorizes Batista brothers to go back to JBS parent J&F FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s billionaire businessman Joesley Batista is pictured at the Brasilia international airport, after giving testimony in Brasilia, Brazil, September 7, 2017. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian appeals court STJ on Tuesday authorized the return of billionaire brothers Joesley…
The Laurel Outlook Thursday, May 28, 2020 COVID 19 exposes food insecurity By Walter Schweitzer, President, Montana Farmers Union Guest Commentary Thursday, May 28, 2020 When I looked up “food security” this definition made the most sense to me. “Food security incorporates a measure of resilience to future disruption or unavailability of critical food supply…
Ag commissioner encouraged by Trump order to DOJ to investigate packers for cattle market manipulation May 28, 2020 By Brandon Moseley Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries Commissioner Rick Pate (R) thanked President Donald J. Trump (R) for asking the Department of Justice to investigate the Big Four meatpackers for possible market manipulation of the…
Senate Democrat introduces bill to protect food supply By Alex Gangitano – 05/27/20 12:55 PM EDT © Greg Nash Sen. Debbie Stabenow (Mich.), the top Democrat on the Agriculture Committee, introduced a bill on Wednesday to protect the food supply that has been disrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Food Supply Protection Act would…
Opinion: Software to Swallow — Impossible Foods Should Be Called Impossible Patents Intellectual Property Model of Food Maintains Harmful Reliance on GMO Grains, Detracts from Regenerative Agriculture, Hastens Soil Loss Seth Itzkan May 25 Impossible Foods Patents — Partial Listing Impossible Foods should really be called Impossible Patents. It’s not food; it’s software, intellectual property…
Published Wednesday, May 20, 2020 EDITORIALS BY ART CULLEN We would almost say we are grateful that testing for COVID-19 finally hit Buena Vista County, long after the virus did. Grateful is not quite the right word. Grateful that the government finally got around to its mandated public health responsibilities? Relieved is more like it….