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Issue #14 of Canada's Grassroots National Newspaper
The Dominion is a free, not-for-profit newspaper available in print and online....
Posted: Tue, Feb 3, 2004 1:32pm PST
Organic Opponents Develop "Earth Friendly" Seal
The Center for Global Food Issues, a Churchville, Va.-based project of the Hudson Institute, has announced that it is developing an “Earth Friendly, Farm Friendly” seal for dairy farmers and processors using high-production conventional agriculture practices....
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 11:42am PST
COMMUNICATING METHANE GAS
Parcel A is still not safe, new restrictions place building restrictions up to 1000 feet from methane barrier...
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 5:11pm PST
Food First: Letter of Support for Proposition H
The Institute for Food and Development Policy, also known as Food First, is proud to endorse the Initiative on the Prohibition on the Propagation, Cultivation, Raising and Growing of Genetically Modified Organisms in Mendocino County....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 2:49am PST
Diane Wilson (Bhopal activist)Jailed For 4 Months And 20 Days
Diane Wilson, leading Bhopal activist was jailed for her actions in the sea drift texas....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 10:43pm PST
Millions Against Monsanto
Monsanto corporation sprays glyphosate herbicide over the Putomayo rainforest in Columbia and contaminates Maize in Oaxaca with their patented Bt gene engineered corn. Stand together with millions of people who say "STOP MONSANTO!"...
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 9:46pm PST
Impact of budget cuts on UC Sustainable Agriculture Programs- Your input needed
More than ever, California growers need farming systems that are environmentally sustainable and economically viable. They need a University system that produces this knowledge and quickly transfers it to the field....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 5:33pm PST
Pesticide Drift Sickens Residents
In two separate incidents, more than 150 people in the rural community of Lamont, California were poisoned by pesticide drift....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 3:53pm PST
ELP Bulletin: Chico, Calif. Activists Need Your Help
Two earth liberation activists need our support...
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 3:42pm PST
Bay Area Organizing Meeting to Prepare for the BIO 2004 Annual International Convention
Food First and other concerned groups and individuals (like you) will be at an organizing meeting to prepare to mobilize around to the BIO Conference. The meeting will take place on Feb 3, from 3-5 PM at the Humanist Hall in Oakland....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 7:29am PST
VEGAN, organic and free from capitalism
vegan and organic food free from synthetic pesticides and genetically engineered products is a right for everyone, regardless of income or social status.....
Posted: Tue, Jan 27, 2004 11:25pm PST
Buffalo Field Campaign Update 1/23/04
In this issue:
* Update from the Field
* Bison Vaccination EA - Thank you for speaking out!
* The Yellowstone Buffalo Preservation Act - Has YOUR Rep signed on?
* Thank you for supporting the BFC!
* BFC Wish List
* Last Words...
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2004 3:11am PST
Join California Safe Schools www.calisafe.org at Berkeley Pesticide Conference
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
22ND ANNUAL PESTICIDE FORUM...
Posted: Sun, Jan 25, 2004 1:19am PST
Critical Mass in Modesto Forming!
The DAAA Collective (Direct Action Anti-Authoritarians) is launching a new sub-collective: Critical Mass! Beneath this concrete a beach - will you join us in a swim?...
Posted: Sat, Jan 24, 2004 11:56pm PST
Biotech industry secretly influences Mendo ballot
Biotech Industry Frantically Spending $ to Stop GMO Ban Ballot Measure in Mendocino County, CA...
Posted: Sat, Jan 24, 2004 9:21pm PST
Save The American River Parkway!
Proposed budget cuts by Sacramento County threaten to close the American River Parkway, a park that receives more annual visitors than Yosemite National Park....
Posted: Sat, Jan 24, 2004 9:11pm PST
Bechtel Moves Main Division out of SF
Bechtel is moving its most prominent division out of San Francisco to Maryland to be near its main customer - the U.S. Government.
ORGANIZE A FEB. 24 PROTEST AT THE LOCAL OFFICE OF HALLIBURTON, BECHTEL, OR ANOTHER WAR PROFITEERING COMPANY...
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2004 7:01pm PST
Anti-Immigrant Coup at Sierra Club?
The most powerful and venerable environmental organisation in the United States is facing what is being described as its greatest crisis in its 112-year history. There are claims that anti-immigration groups are planning to take over the Sierra Club, in a battle that has reopened the debate on the priorities for environmentalists worldwide....
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2004 9:27am PST