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Flash Mob`s Major Production at Portland Apartheid Supporter `New Seasons`

I think people are eventually going to learn, the way we all learned about South Africa...

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - With all of the stories about terrible things taking place in the world, it is good to know that flash mobs are out there to embarrass the holy living sh*t out of retailers that want to grease their palms with blood money from Israel.

The people in this Portland, Oregon flash mob carry with them the virtue of what is right in this world, they are drawing attention to what is wrong.

Food For The Poor Celebrates 20 Years of Service in Guyana

During the past several years, Food For The Poor has constructed six Amerindian Villages in Guyana.

(COCONUT CREEK, Fla.) - Thanks to the continued support of Food For The Poor donors, the third-largest international relief and development agency in the United States will celebrate two decades of service to Guyana’s poor on Friday, June 3.

Food For The Poor began working in Guyana in 1991, delivering food and other basic items to Guyana’s poor.

Raw Deal for Doing Right; Government Protection for Doing Wrong

Feds target Amish in bizarre sting operation?

(LONDON) - Raw milk is being used to heal Crohn's disease. The Crohn's bacterium is identical to the Johnnes bacterium found in sick cattle.

The bacteria goes through into the milk, carries by pus.  It can be cultured in PASTEURIZED milk and the FDA has known this for more than a decade.

Japanese Company Takes Hold of Chile Business

By the end of the 1990s, Border Foods annual sales were estimated in the $50-$100 million range.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - A large Japanese company has acquired a strategic stake in the emblematic New Mexico chile pepper business.

On Thursday, May 12, Mizkan Americas announced it had purchased Deming’s Border Foods from Ares Capital for an undisclosed amount.

Commerce News: Tortilla Kings Claim New Mexico Conquest

GRUMA’s expansion in the US has been a contentious one, with rivals sometimes claiming unfair competition.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - The world’s dominant tortilla and corn flour manufacturer has purchased a once locally-owned tortilla and chile company in New Mexico.

In an Easter announcement, the Monterrey, Mexico-based Grupo Maseca (GRUMA) said that it had acquired the Albuquerque Tortilla Company for $8.8 million. Founded in 1987, Albuquerque Tortilla Company employed 180 people and had a reported sales stream worth $14 million in 2010.

REVIEW: Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? Opens Earth Day Nationwide

Winner of numerous International Film Festivals, the film is a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis by Portland Director Taggart Siegel.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In Oregon, honeybees have been long respected as an integral part of the food chain, as they are in other agricultural "bread basket" areas.

Mother Nature mandates that pollination occur for crops to produce at any reasonable level, and without bees... the world would be an entirely different place. Fruitless, one might say.

A Note on the American Psyche

In one of my stories last year I reviewed Shock Doctrine by fellow Canadian Naomi Klein. She recounted in depressing detail the horrors visited on other nations by American policies—almost always on behalf of business.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - With all the negative commentary on my “Shutdown” piece, I would just like to clear the air on what I write and why I write it.

Note: Rather than qualify every statement let me make clear that when I say “Americans”, I mean most or the vast majority of American citizens, but not all.

Nowruz, Iranians` Message of Peace and Friendship for the World

Nowruz celebrates the beauties of life and reminds us that we should enjoy these beauties before we lose the chance.

(TEHRAN) - During the final days of the year, the lifestyle of the Iranian people becomes quite different than the other days and months of the year.

The most remarkable feature of this difference is the immense dynamism and bustle of the people.

Dark Side of Giving: The Rise of Philanthro-Capitalism

The Gates influence and stranglehold on global institutions and mechanisms in healthcare are quite evident.

(NEW DEHLI) - A few years ago, Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda, had a chance meeting with Som Pal, former member of the Planning Commission and earlier minister of state for agriculture, and was bowled over by his sage-like views on developmental issues.

A `Revolution of Greens` Needed to Curb Food Price Crisis

Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet team highlights need for innovations in indigenous vegetable production to improve food security and raise incomes in the long term

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Food prices have soared to record highs and are projected to increase further in the coming decade, pushing millions of people into hunger and fueling political unrest around the world.

The Worldwatch Institute's recently released report shows that diversifying food production can help communities boost their self-sufficiency and protect vulnerable populations from price shocks.