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Roundhouse grudge match: water vs cattle

Public News Service — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:45:29 +0000

The New Mexico Supreme Court rejected a cattlemen group's request to halt a series of public hearings this week to protect state water sources in wilderness areas.

Are state lands in good hands?

Stateline — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:17:59 +0000

Western land rush stokes feeding frenzy of special interests — and promises of big money.

Nitrogen is the new carbon

Public News Service — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:19:02 +0000

"There's a nitrogen spill everyday" say environmental scientists meeting in Boulder, Colo., to find solutions to smog, dead water and other risks.

GM wheat pocketbook poison

Public News Service — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:25:02 +0000

Red spring wheat prices would plummet in foreign markets if genetically modified grain is placed on the commodity market.

FRESH: New thinking about what we’re eating

Wendy Norris — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:14:03 +0000

The documentary FRESH is part consumer call to arms and expose on the food security movement to promote small sustainable agriculture over factory farming. Filmmaker Ana Sofia Joanes also provides one of the better explanations on how-to build an activism campaign around an important local issue. The film's Web site is packed with educational resources, community-organized screenings, social media outreach and a letter of support to the U.S. Dept. of Justice for public hearings to investigate agriculture monopolies. Dig in!

States poach farms from Big Ag regulated states

Wendy Norris — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:32:01 +0000

Source: Wall Street Journal

Weed-killer in the water. How safe is atrazine?

HuffPostFund — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:53:43 +0000

From American News Project and the Huffington Post Investigative Fund: One of the nation's most widely-used herbicides has been found to exceed federal safety limits in drinking water in four states, but water customers have not been told and the Environmental Protection Agency has not published the results.

Annual farm production for your Thanksgiving feast

Wendy Norris — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:13:29 +0000

Data: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2008 production figures. Get more fun Thanksgiving facts at the U.S. Census bureau.

The food lobby goes to school

Wendy Norris — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:09:23 +0000

From American News Project:

Who decides what our children are eating?

To a large degree, it is

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Baucus lobbyist complex

Wendy Norris — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:04:53 +0000

Twelve ex-staffers of Montana Sen. Max Baucus now work as lobbyists with direct interest in the Senate climate bill. Guess who's Mr. Popular?