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August 2, 2006
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LE BUGUE, France (UPI) -- A headline you are unlikely to read in the United States has been appearing in various versions in the newspapers of southern France this past couple of days.
'Mowers attack harvest' is the general theme. The mowers, however, are not mechanical but human. And the crops they are attacking are genetically modified.
'Mowers attack harvest' is the general theme. The mowers, however, are not mechanical but human. And the crops they are attacking are genetically modified.
August 2, 2006
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Today we bring you a feature commentary about the importance of physical education for children. In public schools all across the country, recess time and P.E. classes are being cut back and replaced with academic study. It's a huge mistake, and it's part of the reason we're raising a generation of children with rampant obesity and diabetes problems.
But there's more to this story than just disease prevention. Read the full feature at:
http://www.newstarget.com/019837.html
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August 2, 2006
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CITIZEN REPORT SUBMITTED ON THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS ON SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
Public Responds to the SLO Health Commission GMO Task Force Report
SAVE THE PLANET BUY ORGANIC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Teresa Campbell
August 2, 2006 805-927-0714
teresa@slogefree.org
CITIZEN REPORT SUBMITTED ON THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS ON SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
Public Responds to the SLO Health Commission GMO Task Force Report
August 2, 2006
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When Elena Ortiz found a job on an organic raspberry farm after working for nine years in conventionally farmed fields, she was glad for the change. The best part about her new job was that she no longer had to work just feet away from tractors spraying chemical herbicides and pesticides. An added bonus was the fruit itself -- "prettier," she said, and firmer, which made it easier to pick.
August 2, 2006
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Seven people from the same village in Karo district, northern Sumatra, Indonesia, are in hospital with suspected bird flu H5N1 infection, say local authorities. This is the same general area where seven family members came down with bird flu and died a couple of months ago.
August 2, 2006
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From the Baby Steps Department where Democratic leaders plot policy comes a letter to President Bush signed by the opposition party's Congressional leadership, as well as a number of House and Senate Democrats who have been associated with national security and intelligence issues.
August 2, 2006
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"Sometimes an intended epithet can be turned to good advantage...In the sole surviving issue of the Decatur, Texas Times, one finds the way Populists not only accepted the label `calamity howler' but insisted that they had ample reason to howl and would continue to howl until their objectives had been attained." --- THE POPULIST MIND, edited by Norman Pollack
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August 2, 2006
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I've written a good deal about global warming over the years, but like most people, I still have a hard time envisioning how we will know when the apocalypse arrives. Nobody will ring a bell to announce that a climate-change event has begun, and it's easy to ignore the signals that climate is changing. After all, we've always had extreme weather, and it's possible that what signifies the point of no return will not be in the realm of weather anyway but rather a derivative effect such as a financial crisis or crop failure.
August 2, 2006
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Hemp. It conjures up a few images, doesn't it?
Scratchy shirts. Hippies. Pot.
It's a four-letter word to many, and to others an environmentally sound alternative to the likes of cotton.
It's long-lasting, durable, farming it uses no pesticides and
requires less water than cotton, and it's versatile, says Bobby Wood,
owner of Equinox, a hemp clothing store on North Fourth Avenue.
Wood, who calls himself Bobby D, has been wearing hemp for several
years, even washing his face with it (he also carries hemp toiletries).
August 2, 2006
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Anymore, lack of availability is really no longer a viable reason for
not buying local, organic or otherwise ethical food in the upper
Midwest. You may have your complaints about price, regulation or
philosophy, but those who grumble that such good food is nowhere to be
found are most often displaying their own lack of effort to find it.
In Rockford alone, we have at least three functional farmers’ markets where I can buy the freshest foods directly from the person who grows it. There are more in surrounding towns. We have the nation’s largest
