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Legislation Nation – Food Safety & Modernization Act
In sometimes having a law that “aims to ensure” the safety of something, one may find themselves the victim of bureaucracy, and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2010 certainly has the...
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Roaring Fork Food Policy Council
– Gwen Garcelon A few years ago I watched a documentary called The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, about how Cubans re-invented their entire agricultural system after being cut off...
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Stop Giving Money to Policy-Makers & Start Giving Money to Farmers
Monsanto, the large multi-national agriculture and chemical company that is known well for its genetically modified products and Round Up Ready super-pesticides, now has America’s government’s okay...
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Just Say NO to Chicken from China
There’s something awesome about being on the frontier of globalization – with the opportunity to see trade increase amongst individuals all over the world while improving the standard of living and...
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Hemp, Cannabis, and the Natural Medicine Revolution
Hemp has been grown in the United States since the 1600’s – the seeds for hemp came over with the Puritans on the ships that sailed from England. Much of what was grown was actually meant for British...
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National Young Farmers Coalition
– Kate Greenburg Founded in 2010 by three young farmers, the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC) represents, mobilizes, and engages young farmers to ensure their success. With three farmer-driven...
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Roundup Possibly Carcinogenic? We Knew THAT!
The World Health Organization (WHO) has come around to the idea that there is a “possible” link between popular insect and weed killers and various forms of cancer. I believe that many of us have been...
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How the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Could Hurt You
Originally posted at www.REBELLION.life. The TPP is billed as a “free-trade” agreement between the United States government (representing the interest of the large corporations who have bought it) and...
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Stop the Personal Care Products Safety Act (S. 1014)
Bureaucracy and the heavy hand of the federal government continue to challenge cottage industries with broad, top-down legislation that, if enforced, could wipe out artisan soap makers and other...
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