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FDA Forced to Consider Bisphenol-A Ban

Among other precautions, the FDA is supporting the development of BPA alternatives for the linings of food cans and infant formula canisters.

(WASHINGTON DC LID) - Federal regulators will decide this month whether to ban use of the synthetic chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) in all food packaging, officials said.

Samba Fogo & SambaDa to Headline 15th Anniversary World Beat Festival June 30 - July 1

Cultural Legacy Theme Featured Through Youth Performances.

(SALEM) - The Salem Multicultural Institute today announced that Samba Fogo of Salt Lake City will headline the 15th Anniversary World Beat Festival, which takes place June 30 – July 1.

Samba Fogo Music and Dance Company draws on Afro-Brazilian traditions and mythology and fuses Brazilian dance and fire dance.

TRAVEL EDIBLES: A True Alternative to Expensive Roadside Restaurants

Be sure to bring along an abundance of non-perishables. That can save you oodles.

(SALEM) - My spouse and I love to travel and let our minds unravel. To date we've driven the roads of 47 of the 50 states.

Yet we try to maintain a fairly frugal budget as we trek along. We neither pig out nor go high hog on high-priced roadside restaurants.

BobbiLynn Forbus Will Perform at `Hoedown for Humanity`

'HOEDOWN FOR HUMANITY' - Marion/Polk Food Share Benefit.

(INDEPENDENCE, OR) - Local resident, Nashville recording artist/songwriter BobbiLynn Forbus, is bringing ‘Hoedown For Humanity’, Winter Concert and Dance to benefit Marion/Polk Food Share to the Independence BPOE #1950.

Located at 289 South Main Street, the event takes place Saturday March 17th 5pm-11pm. A bag of nonperishable food items per person, will be accepted as admission at the door.

Sitting in Starbucks, eating GMOs

The vast majority of the country believes people have a right to know what is in their food and that GMOs must be labeled.

(NEW YORK ) - Across the country rage is growing about GMOs and their being unleashed one after another on the country.

`Whole Foods and Challah with GMOs`

Sabbath blessing over the Challah: "Blessed art Thou, Lord our God, who brings forth bread from the earth."

(NEW YORK CITY) - There is a growing outrage over genetically engineered crops.

Pathologists report evidence of animal sterilization, scientists are seeing gross deformities in amphibians and birth defects...

A Child Dies of Hunger Every Six Seconds

1 out of 7 children born in the world’s poorest countries is sentenced to die before reaching the age of 5.

(MADRID) - Let's consider some statistical facts that must be taken into account: A child, less than 5 years old, dies of hunger every 6 seconds.

About 30 children die every 3 minutes from impoverishment. Studies reveal a total of 6 million children under 5 suffering from malnutrition worldwide.

OSGATA et al. v. Monsanto
Will Farmers Receive Justice?

Monsanto would not give up its option to sue contaminated family farmers...

(NEW YORK) - It was standing room only as family farmers from around North America filled a federal courtroom in Manhattan on Tuesday.

The topic was the landmark organic community lawsuit OSGATA et al v. Monsanto.

GMO Foods and the Damage to Human Babies, Placentas & Umbilical Cords

Short umbilical cords causing strife.

(JAKARTA) - I am writing from Indonesia, the country who got GMO soy first... I'm curious to share what I am seeing.

In 2008 Bumi Sehat Bali's 573 babies saw an increase in retained placentas, and an increase in velamentous cord insertion.

Unacceptable Police Brutality Continues at Posco Site in Odisha, India

Below is an appeal from the protesters.

(NEW DELHI, India) - Villagers in this contested region of India have been cordoned off by the Police. Entry and exit into the villages are controlled and restricted.

Three prominent leaders remain behind bars for opposing the forcible occupation of their lands by POSCO, nominally Korean but largely an American and European banksters controlled firm.