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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
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Judge rules Thai workers were exploited, physically abused on Hawaii farms
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:09 AM :: 6569 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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The federal civil case against Global Horizons has dragged on for years....
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Monday, March 24, 2014 |
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Guilty: Physical abuse, exploitation, and barbaric security measures at Maui Pineapple
By News Release @ 7:38 PM :: 9912 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Ethics, Agriculture, Labor
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Kobayashi cited examples of physical abuse, exploitation, and barbaric security measures at Maui Pineapple Company's historic pineapple plantations and old worker dormitories where the Thai workers were forced to live and other abuses throughout Hawaii.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014 |
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UHERO: Climate Change Behind Push for Water Conservation
By UHERO @ 11:20 PM :: 6880 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Agriculture
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Drawdown of existing groundwater stocks is likely still decades away....
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Thursday, February 13, 2014 |
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Hawaii pesticide data: Homes not fields found to be source of most problems
By Selected News Articles @ 3:54 PM :: 5163 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii Statistics
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...90% of the exposures occurred in a residence, 4.4% in the workplace and 1% in a school. The remaining 4% consisted of miscellaneous locations....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014 |
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Rep Thielen Pushes Hemp Legalization
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 5535 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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Today the United States Senate approved the Agriculture Act of 2014, also known as the “Farm Bill,” which includes legalization of industrial hemp for research purposes....
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Thursday, January 30, 2014 |
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Monsanto Hawaii Pesticide Use
By News Release @ 4:59 PM :: 5843 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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We are listening to your concerns and, as promised, would like to address some of your questions regarding pesticide use....
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Thursday, January 30, 2014 |
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What Congress Did While You Were Talking About the State of the Union
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:32 PM :: 4205 Views :: Agriculture
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Congress is very fond of two things: throwing a bunch of stuff into one bill and rushing bills through while Americans are focused on other news....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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Three Bills Affect Future of Ag Land in Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:32 PM :: 4341 Views :: Agriculture
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The second bill says the best way to preserve lands for agriculture in perpetuity is for the State to own it....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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Monsanto Hawaii Announces Enhanced Community Engagement Effort
By News Release @ 2:54 AM :: 5779 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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While there has been a lot of discussion about Monsanto, there seems to be little understanding about our operations and what we do....
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
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USDA: Pesticides, Chemicals, and Synthetic Ingredients Used in 'Organic' Food
By Andrew Walden @ 11:58 PM :: 9905 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...here is a selection of some of the most interesting ingredients included in "organic" foods and another list of synthetic pesticides and other substances allowed for use in "organic" crop and livestock production....
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Thursday, December 26, 2013 |
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Ready to handle the Crazies? Psych Major to Head Agriculture Board
By News Release @ 11:56 PM :: 6477 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...Abercrombie today announced the appointment of Scott Edward Enright as chairperson of the Hawaii Board of Agriculture, effective Jan. 1....
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013 |
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Hawaii SEED Wants to Destroy Papaya Farmers
By Selected News Articles @ 9:16 PM :: 5042 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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The truth is that Mr. Ritte enjoys his papayas and doesn’t care if it is GMO or not because he knows that it is fine. Remember the March ag day Mr. Ritte?
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013 |
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Hawaii Agriculture Conference, January 8-9, 2014
By Robert Thomas @ 3:51 PM :: 6845 Views :: Agriculture, Land Use, GMOs
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On January 8 and 9, 2014, the Seminar Group is putting on what we hope will become a regular event - the Hawaii Agriculture Conference....
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Sunday, December 8, 2013 |
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How to Use Anti-GMO Ordinances to Seize Marijuana Plants: A Guide for Police Departments
By Andrew Walden @ 12:30 AM :: 14970 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs, GMOs
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... between $400,000 and $1,000,000 in fines for a single mature 40-day old plant ....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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Congress Wants to Tax Your Christmas Tree
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:36 PM :: 4646 Views :: Agriculture, Taxes
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Christmas trees are pretty unpopular, right? The House must think so, since its farm bill would pave the way to set up a Christmas Tree Promotion Board....
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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Maui Pesticide Bill Would Fine Farmers, Landscapers $10K per Day
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 8642 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, GMOs
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...to be placed on the December 6, 2013, Council agenda....
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Thursday, November 28, 2013 |
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Hawaii a Testing Ground for Mainland Hysteria
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:13 PM :: 6177 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Hawaii has long had an unfortunate tendency to attract the most extreme Mainland activists....
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Monday, November 25, 2013 |
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Solving the Global Sugar Trade Problem
By NCPA @ 1:15 PM :: 6644 Views :: World News, Agriculture
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Agriculture subsidies and trade manipulation have long been among the most intractable of policy problems....
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
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Maui Mayor Signs MOU with Monsanto Requiring Disclosure of Pesticide Use
By News Release @ 9:38 PM :: 6433 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, GMOs
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While watching what was happening in other counties, Maui County decided to approach Monsanto - which has farms on both Maui and Molokai - to require disclosure of the company’s restricted-use pesticides and all information about related practices....
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
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Petition: Support Hawaii Farmers Now!
By News Release @ 1:33 PM :: 5570 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Counties are listening to the most ill informed people and the farmers are being attacked ....
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
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EEOC: Del Monte Hawaii Settles Thai Farm Workers Case
By News Release @ 3:15 AM :: 5213 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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The EEOC named Del Monte Fresh Produce's Hawaii subsidiary, which contracted with Global for approximately three years ending in 2005 to tend pineapple fields the subsidiary leased on the island of Oahu....
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Sunday, November 17, 2013 |
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Open Letter: 80% of Hawaii Ag Reject Anti-GMO Bill 113
By News Release @ 5:45 PM :: 7940 Views :: Hawaii County , Agriculture, GMOs
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...the undersigned farmers, ranchers and floral & nursery growers collectively produce more than 80% of the food and agricultural products grown in Hawaii....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Pesticides: State Launches 'Agricultural Good Neighbor Program' for Kauai
By News Release @ 1:33 AM :: 5772 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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One day before Kauai County Council set to consider override of Mayor's Veto ....
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Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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U.S. Sugar Policy Sends Candy Makers Abroad
By NCPA @ 10:06 AM :: 7547 Views :: National News, Agriculture, Small Business, Cost of Living
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U.S. candy makers are expanding production in other countries as federal price supports and a global glut of the sweet stuff give an ever-greater advantage to foreign rivals....
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013 |
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Ag Department Backs Kauai Mayor’s Veto, Developing Pesticide Regs
By News Release @ 1:54 AM :: 5339 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Department of Agriculture reaffirmed the Mayor’s assessment that complicated legal issues and practical enforcement and implementation details must be taken into consideration to effectively address community’s concerns....
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Monday, September 23, 2013 |
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GMOs: Abercrombie to Impose Pesticide Standards, Setbacks on Farmers
By News Release @ 10:55 PM :: 6294 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Abercrombie, together with members of the Kauai Legislative Delegation, today announced that the state would be putting forth standards and guidelines for seed/diversified agriculture companies....
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
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The Only Way to Reform the Farm Bill
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:05 PM :: 3898 Views :: Agriculture
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Lawmakers return to Washington today with only nine legislative days in the House before some farm bill programs expire at the end of the month....
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Sunday, August 25, 2013 |
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29.4 million in Tax Revenue by Seed Companies in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:16 PM :: 5805 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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During the hearing on Bill 2491 on Kauai a council member “Gary Hoosier” said the seed companies paid zero Hawaii taxes....We dug, it took a whole 60 seconds to figure out his statement was a myth ....
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Sunday, August 11, 2013 |
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Producers Already Enjoy Reduced Rate
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:01 AM :: 8313 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...it is not the cost of the tax that adds to the price of locally grown products as much as it is the external factors such as the cost of land, labor, and regulatory compliance....
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Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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Kauai Farmers Mobilize to Save Agriculture from Anti-GMO Protesters
By Video @ 4:02 PM :: 9246 Views :: Kauai County, Agriculture, GMOs
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Correcting the misinformation being spread by special interest groups about how we farm....
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Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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Why I’m Going to Hawaii to Defend the Maize Winter Nurseries
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 AM :: 5970 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Hawaii currently plays an important role in the global food supply – one far more important than that of its historical sugarcane and pineapple industries....
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Thursday, July 25, 2013 |
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KSBE, ML&P, Grove Farm Plan to Chop Down Thousands of Trees
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 5771 Views :: Energy, Agriculture
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The feedstock for the biofuel is anticipated to be woody biomass-based....
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Thursday, July 25, 2013 |
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Soaring Renewable Fuel Costs Spark New Fight over Ethanol Mandate
By NCPA @ 1:08 PM :: 5096 Views :: Energy, Agriculture
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Renewable fuel credit prices rose to record highs recently, reigniting the debate over repealing the federal government's ethanol mandate....
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
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How Much of Food Activism Is Nonsense?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:36 PM :: 6068 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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There are plenty of people out there telling us what we should eat—and worse, trying to use public policy to make us live by their opinions....
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
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Organic food – What is an ‘organic’ label really worth?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:12 PM :: 6122 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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fraud has flown under the radar. And as sales have boomed and the stakes have risen, the scale of deception has broadened....
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Thursday, July 11, 2013 |
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Health Dep't Harasses Farmers for 'Fugitive Dust'
By News Release @ 9:21 PM :: 6987 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Small Business
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...for causing or permitting visible fugitive dust to become airborne....
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Thursday, July 11, 2013 |
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Late-Night Shenanigans in the House
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:57 AM :: 5648 Views :: National News, Agriculture
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It still goes out of its way to tax Christmas trees....
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013 |
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Things That Aren’t Inevitable
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:21 PM :: 5490 Views :: National News, Agriculture
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Don’t you love it when the conventional wisdom gets turned on its head?
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Friday, June 28, 2013 |
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Foodstamps: The House of Second Chances
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:02 AM :: 4475 Views :: Agriculture
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is reportedly pushing to split up the old farm bill and take food stamps out of it....
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Friday, June 28, 2013 |
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Study: Most of Hawaii's commercial seafood is imported
By UHERO @ 3:29 AM :: 6064 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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Hawaii sits in the middle of the largest ocean on earth. So the majority of the seafood consumed on these islands must then come from local waters, right?
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Thursday, June 27, 2013 |
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Animal Cruelty: Abercrombie Signs Six Bills
By News Release @ 2:05 PM :: 5718 Views :: Agriculture, Law Enforcement
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SB978 provides harsher penalties for those found guilty of animal cruelty by upgrading misdemeanor cruelty offenses involving 10 or more animals to a Class C felony....
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Signs Seven Ag Bills
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 4267 Views :: Agriculture
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...Abercrombie today signed seven bills related to agriculture....
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Friday, June 21, 2013 |
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Farm Bill Defeat Signals Trouble for Immigration Reform
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:15 PM :: 5243 Views :: National News, Agriculture
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Sixty-two Republicans bucked their own party to vote against the bloated bill....Coupled with a large bloc of Democrats (Including Hanabusa and Gabbard) who wanted more spending on food stamps....
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Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
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House Defeats $940 billion food stamp bill 195 to 234
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:27 PM :: 5081 Views :: National News, Agriculture
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the food stamp program has doubled under the Obama Administration....
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Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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SB482: Cutting Red Tape Helps Small Business, Honey
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 5721 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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“Many small beekeepers have been unable to successfully navigate current regulatory hurdles required to operate a certified food-processing establishment on their own premises for the extraction and bottling of honey, which has resulting in many giving up beekeeping entirely,” said Hawaii Board of Agriculture Chairperson Russell S. Kokubun.
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
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Farm Bill: Ask John Boehner Why
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:44 PM :: 4212 Views :: Agriculture
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...Boehner said yesterday that he will support the bloated farm bill....
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Monday, June 10, 2013 |
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Biofuels Spike World Food Prices, Malnutrition Grows
By NCPA @ 1:16 PM :: 4686 Views :: Energy, Agriculture
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The spike in food prices, coupled with the global economic crisis, halted and even reversed the long-time trend in reducing malnutrition....
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Thursday, June 6, 2013 |
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$800B Food Stamp Bill on Senate Agenda
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:10 PM :: 3768 Views :: Agriculture
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Senate is expected to vote this morning on a measure that will effectively end debate on the misnamed “farm” bill....
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