Category Archives: Farming

No Part of Mad Cow is Safe to Eat

Posted on January 22, 2005 by bfialindathieman

No Part of Mad Cow is Safe to Eat Dr. Thomas Blythe, Earthtimes.org Mad Cow Disease Triggered by Inflammation Mad Cow disease, which was thought to spread in humans only if they consume infected brain or intestinal tissues of infected … Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Health Care & Medicare, Main Page, National News | Comments Off on No Part of Mad Cow is Safe to Eat

EPA Sweetheart Deal with Factory Farms Exempts Polluters from Clean Air Act

Posted on January 21, 2005 by bfialindathieman

EPA Sweetheart Deal with Factory Farms Exempts Polluters from Clean Air Act Hastings Group WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 21, 2005) In the wake of the EPA release of its CAFO Air Quality Compliance Agreement today, Michele M. Merkel, senior counsel of … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Farming, Health Care & Medicare, Iowa in the News, Main Page, National News | Comments Off on EPA Sweetheart Deal with Factory Farms Exempts Polluters from Clean Air Act

Keeping Livestock Records Secret?

Posted on January 21, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

 Keeping Livestock Records Secret? This item appeared in the Des Moines Register this morning: State agriculture officials want to be allowed to keep secret certain records dealing with the control of livestock diseases such as mad cow disease. Key lawmakers … Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Health Care & Medicare, Iowa in the News, Main Page | Comments Off on Keeping Livestock Records Secret?

Corporate Agribusiness: “Shocking But True”

Posted on January 19, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

Corporate Agribusiness:  “Shocking But True” Today came a bunch of stories that I could only label “shocking but true”, so I put together three of them in this little post of horrors… Tomato Profiteering Remember that massive tomato shortage?  According … Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Main Page | Comments Off on Corporate Agribusiness: “Shocking But True”

John Drury: The Bio-Village Project Meets The Iowa Values Fund

Posted on January 4, 2005 by bfiajohndrury

The Bio-Village Project Meets The Iowa Values Fund by John Drury We hear a lot about the Iowa Values Fund and the handouts to large corporations in order to get them to stay in Iowa or perhaps move their business … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Farming, Jobs, John Drury, Main Page, Organic Foods & Farming, Progressive Community | Comments Off on John Drury: The Bio-Village Project Meets The Iowa Values Fund

Call to Action: U.S. Cutting Food Aid Aimed at Self-Sufficiency

Posted on December 27, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Call to Action: U.S. Cutting Food Aid Aimed at Self-Sufficiency True Majority It is disheartening at this time when the spirit of the holiday season is in the air that we open the newspaper to find: “U.S. Cutting Food Aid … Continue reading →

Posted in Calls to Action, Farming, How You Can Help, Main Page, National News | Comments Off on Call to Action: U.S. Cutting Food Aid Aimed at Self-Sufficiency

Food Supply Vulnerable to Contamination by Drugs and Plastics from Gene-Altered Crops

Posted on December 16, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Food Supply Vulnerable to Contamination by Drugs and Plastics from Gene-Altered Crops Union of Concerned Scientists WASHINGTON — For more than a decade, corn, soybeans, and other food crops genetically engineered to produce drugs, vaccines, and industrial chemicals have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Farming, Health Care & Medicare, Main Page | 2 Comments

Asthma Danger To Rural Children

Posted on December 12, 2004 by bfiamollyreagan

Asthma Danger To Rural Children IOWA Public Radio December 12, 2004 Children living close to large factory hog farms have a higher than normal incidence of ASTHMA than children who do not live in such areas.  Those children living close … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Farming, Health Care & Medicare, Iowa in the News, Main Page | Comments Off on Asthma Danger To Rural Children

Meet the New [USDA] Boss

Posted on December 8, 2004 by bfiachadthompson

Meet the New [USDA] Boss Last Friday's American Progress Report gives us a summary of some of the policies pursued by Mike Johanns,an Iowa native and current Nebraska governor who was nominated as the new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, replacing … Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, GOP, Main Page, National News | Comments Off on Meet the New [USDA] Boss

Where Is The Next Generation of Farmers?

Posted on December 6, 2004 by bfiachadthompson

Where Is The Next Generation of Farmers? Iowa winters typically bring about two things: 1.  Packing the gym of the local high school for basketball games and wrestling meets. 2.  Reflecting on the farm economy – the fall harvest, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Jobs, Main Page | Comments Off on Where Is The Next Generation of Farmers?