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07 Jan 2011 09:57

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World: Is German farm feed manufacturer behind tainted egg outbreak?

  • 4,700 dioxin-sporting German farms quarantined source
  • » Blame it on the eggs, yeah yeah: The farms have been quarantined in the wake of a tained egg scandal reportedly caused by some possibly contaminated animal feed. Harles and Jentzsch, the makers of a fatty acid used by animal feed producers, noticed high levels of dioxins but reportedly did nothing to stop the spread of the fatty acid. So now, we’re here. Oops.
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28 Jul 2010 22:42

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U.S.: Arnold Schwarzenegger terminates hope of farm worker overtime

  • cause California’s legislature passed a bill giving farm workers the same right to an 40-hour workweek as everyone else. It would’ve been the first of its kind in the nation.
  • reaction Ah-nold vetoed it, saying that the rules don’t really work for farming – something, surprisingly, both organic farmers and big agriculture corporations agree on. source
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26 May 2010 10:54

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U.S.: Grasshoppers are coming to kill us all, eat our crops

OK, truth is, only half of that headline is true. If you can figure out which half is true, you win … absolutely nothing. *chirp* source
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23 Feb 2009 10:30

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World: Zimbabwe’s unified government seizing white-owned farms?

  • 77 farms in Zimbabwe have been seized by authorities source
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