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Building Border Food Security

“I think it’s been really positive,” - Youth Organizer, Cristina Dominguez

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Sprouting up in the Rio Grande Valley, a new organization seeks to reshape the production, distribution and consumption of food.

Called La Semilla Food Center, the New Mexico-based project intends not only to grow and sell organic food, but also expose youth to new careers, inspire value-added industries, get locally-grown produce into large institutions, spin-off small businesses, and encourage nutritional awareness.

From the Township Garden to the City Table

“To grow these vegetables here for me, first, is a life” - Christina Kaba, a farmer working with HoH

(CAPE TOWN, South Africa) - Around 1 million people in South Africa—the majority of whom are recent arrivals from the former apartheid homelands, Transkei and Ciskei— live in the shacks that make up Khayelitsha, Nyanga and the area surrounding the Cape Flats outside Cape Town.

Just under half, or 40 percent, of the population is unemployed, while the rest barely earn enough income to feed their families.

Corn Belt Senators Push Back Against Eliminating Ethanol Subsidies

Monsanto, ADM, ... Contribs to corn belt Senators pushing back against eliminating ethanol subsidies...

(BERKLEY, Calif.) - As Reuters reports, Sen. Dianne Feinstein recently attempted to drastically reduce subsidies for ethanol production.

Feinstein's plan was to amend HR 4853 - the Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 to reduce the import tariff on ethanol from $0.45 to $0.36, and the $0.10/gallon tax credit for small ethanol producers to $0.08.

Celebrating Christmas in Bethlehem, Palestine

The people of Palestine also celebrate. They need to, as any other people would need to celebrate.

(BETHLEHEM) - In this time of year, people around the world celebrate. They celebrate the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem Palestine.

They celebrate a birth that was meant to propagate a set of ideals to make the world a better place. 2010 years later, that same birthplace is plagued by a regime that practices the exact opposite of those ideals.

Gaza Under Illegal Attack Again

Israel continually, immorally and illegally, attacks and kills the oppressed Palestinians of Gaza. They are firing again right now.

(GAZA STRIP) - Huge explosions here in Gaza, in the North and South. Ambulances are going to the scenes.

F-16 jets can be clearly heard flying overhead. Imagine the terror of the children in these areas.

Bittersweet Season for the Obese: Holidays Bring Mixed Blessings

Those who endlessly ingest sweets in the name of festivity are indulging in first-class folly.

(SALEM, Ore.) - There an old maxim that states, "One man's bread is another man's poison". Regardless of your gender, this aptly applies to the Holiday Season which definitely proves a very mixed bundle of blessings.

Ingesting sweets can be bittersweet to good health. It can be the nutritional equivalent to shooting yourself in the foot, only the consequences are not quite as immediate. Self-inflicted wounds to oneself will surface.

Almost 100 Gaza Laborers Shot this Year for Collecting Rocks

These are the stories about Gaza that you rarely if ever hear.

(GAZA) - Since March 2010, 97 people have been shot in Gaza for collecting stones. This is one of the few ways a person can actually make money here at all.

Beit Hanoun, Gaza is a dangerous place to spend time. 22 days before this report was filed, our party was shot at by Israeli soldiers in towers, here, in this same place.

Wikileaks Document Shows EPA Knowingly Allowed Use of Pesticide that Kills Honeybees

The pesticide is already illegal in Germany, Italy & France.

(SAN FRANCISCO / WASHINGTON D.C.) - Beekeepers and environmentalists today called on EPA to remove a pesticide linked to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), citing a leaked EPA memo that discloses a critically flawed scientific support study.

The November 2nd memo identifies a core study underpinning the registration of the insecticide clothianidin as unsound after EPA quietly re-evaluated the pesticide just as it was getting ready to allow a further expansion of its use.

Robot Restaurant Opens in China

The restaurant glibly advertises: "With two robot receptionists and a full robotic wait staff, the Dalu Rebot Restaurant is a great place to grab a bite and get closer to your future."

(CHICAGO) - The current population of China is estimated to be in the neighborhood of 1.355 billion people.

Monsanto and India Farmer Suicides

Since 1997, more than 200,000 Indian farmers have committed suicide and the numbers continue to rise.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - For generations the farmers of India have sown their seeds, putting aside enough seeds for next year's crop.

The women are usually responsible for safeguarding these seeds. Then along came Monsanto.