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The Story of Pesticide Protection for Farm Workers

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A sign defaced warning about the dangers of pesticides. photo: Wikimedia Commons

Farmworkers plagued by pesticides, red tape by Ronnie Greene for iWatch News NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Laboring in the blackberry fields of central Arkansas, the 18-year-old Mexican immigrant suddenly turned ill. Her nose began to bleed, her skin developed [...]

Regional Food System Study Develops Strategy for Economic Independence

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A picture of grain being shipped by sailboat to reduce impact and resources for a local food system in the West Kootenay region. Deconstructing Dinner documented the project. photo: Deconstructing Dinner

Toward a Regional Food System Alliance Development Strategy for the West Kootenay: an analysis of the best practices for forming and sustaining a regional food system alliance for our region by Deconstructing Dinner in collaboration with Columbia Basin Trust, [...]

Rewarding Polluters: Energy Stimulus Prevents NEPA Oversight

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The administration has awarded more than 179,000 “categorical exclusions” to stimulus projects funded by federal agencies, freeing those projects from review under the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA. Coal-burning utilities like Westar Energy and Duke Energy, chemical manufacturer DuPont, and ethanol maker Didion Milling are among the firms with histories of serious environmental violations that have won blanket NEPA exemptions.

Transgenics in the Food Market | Editorial

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This editorial is the second, in a series published to address genetically engineered foods. Simple Transgenic Timeline for a Genetically Engineered (GE) Food Market Initiative. 1940′s – Beginning of chemical agriculture production. 1970′s – Intro to genetic patenting [...]