agriculture
Undocumented immigration: paying the price of NAFTA
August 2, 2010It is unconscionable to blame and persecute Mexican and other immigrants who are forced to migrate because of trade policies that our own government has so forcefully promoted.
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Factory-scale medical pot production set
July 29, 2010OAKLAND, Calif. - With a City Council vote July 27, Oakland became the first U.S. city to authorize industrial-scale production of medical marijuana.
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Why working in the fields is no laughing matter
July 27, 2010Recently, Arturo Rodriguez, president of the United Farm Workers, appeared on Comedy Central's Steven Colbert Report to encourage U.S. workers to take jobs in agriculture.
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The war on antibiotics
July 15, 2010Without strict new regulations, the way beef, poultry, and pork are produced in America could rob us of effective antibiotics.
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Senators confident on votes to lift Cuba travel ban
July 14, 2010There are enough votes in the Senate to lift the travel ban that now bars U.S. citizens from traveling to Cuba, key Republican and Democratic senators say.
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