Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Opera singers and artists in North Korea are giving daily concerts at farms in the western part of the country to "encourage" farmers to finish this year's harvest.
« #France 🇫🇷 passes law to protect #farmers against 'abusive' lawsuits from former city dwellers
The country has a history of conflicts between former city dwellers buying country houses and then complaining about roosters crowing, dogs barking, the noise of agricultural machinery or the smell of manure.
BFM TV reported that nearly 500 farmers are currently facing lawsuits from neighbours taking issue with noise, or smells, emanating from their farms.»
A Paris, #Ontario cattle farmer is concerned about coexisting with a proposed 400-unit subdivision. The farmland, bordered on three sides by the Grand River, has been a family farm since 1852.
More farmland gone: this farmer will likely be forced to sell - especially once the new homeowners start complaining about "the bad smell"
#Bauernproteste Wenn man weiterhin zulässt, dass mit Traktoren demonstriert werden darf, sind derartige Bilder in Deutschland auch nur noch eine Frage der Zeit.
X @ JamesKanter „Here is where #farmers storm the EU area at Maalbeek near EU HQ. "It looks like civil war" say EU officials as tractors overwhelm police. #FarmerProtest2024#FarmersProtest2024“
C'est pas facile de trouver les #paysannes#paysans, #agricultrices, #agriculteurs sur le fédiverse, du coup je propose d'essayer d'en tenir la liste ici (toot éditable sur demande)
The sleekit #Lamont is getting his promises out now. course He fails to say that he voted
*to allow further degradation of English waters
*to change the rules to enable a corrupt Tory to remain in parliament
*to screw Scottish #farmers
*to support every #Brexit#lunacy to date
And of course he supported Liz Truss's mania
While MSP he opposed the border railway, opposed education reforms, opposed support for families
#Czech#farmers are joining an international protest against EU agricultural policies, specifically the #europeangreendeal and the economic impact of cheap Ukrainian imports.
Even if #millenials can afford to buy a house, the fact that the big #insurance companies -- at least in #California -- aren't writing homeowner policies make such an investment really risky. I wish this #WashingtonPost article had mentioned these 2 things: 1) the fact that #StateFarm, #AllState, #Farmers, and #USAA are "putting a pause on these policies" (words used by agent) because of 2) #ClimateChange.
"This could be achieved by charging them for their #emissions under the bloc’s cap-and-trade emissions trading system (#ETS), which already covers power generation and heavy industrial sectors.
#Denmark’s government is discussing a #CarbonTax on its own beef and dairy production. It would be only the second country in the world after New Zealand to introduce such a levy."
Investing in #childcare is a path to attracting and retaining young #farmers and their families, and a strategy for growing and retaining the rural workforce. As one Ohio farmer put it: “If America wants farmers, farm families need help with child care.”
For the first time in history, the 2 largest U.S. farm organizations have included child care in their policy priorities for the 2023 federal farm bill.
This is big, and it’s an important much-needed investment.
Polish farmers will begin a complete blockade of all border crossings and railway shipment stations between Ukraine and Poland starting Feb. 20, protestors announced on Feb. 13.
Here is where #farmers storm the EU area at Maalbeek near EU HQ. "It looks like civil war" say EU officials as tractors aim for and overwhelm police. #FarmerProtest2024#FarmersProtest2024
‘Disturbing’: #weedkiller ingredient tied to #cancer found in 80% of US urine samples
CDC study finds #glyphosate, controversial ingredient found in weedkillers including popular #Roundup brand, present in samples
by Carey Gillam
Sat 9 Jul 2022 05.30 EDT
"The health impacts of glyphosate are disputed and the CDC report makes no observation about what the detected levels mean in terms of human health outcomes. However, its work comes at a time of mounting concerns and controversy over how #pesticides in #food and #water impact human and #environmental health.
"Both the amount and prevalence of glyphosate found in human urine has been rising steadily since the 1990s when #Monsanto Co. introduced genetically engineered crops designed to be sprayed directly with Roundup, according to research published in 2017 by University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers.
"Paul Mills, the lead researcher of that study, said at the time there was 'an urgent need' for a thorough examination of the impact on human health from glyphosate in foods people commonly consume.
"More than 200 million pounds of glyphosate are used annually by #US#farmers on their fields. The weedkiller is sprayed directly over genetically engineered crops such as #corn and #soybeans, and also over non-genetically engineered crops such as #wheat and #oats as a desiccant to dry crops out prior to harvest. Many farmers also use it on fields before the growing season, including #spinach growers and #almond producers. It is considered the most widely used herbicide in history.
"Residues of glyphosate have been documented in an array of popular foods made with crops sprayed with glyphosate, including #BabyFood The primary route of exposure for #children is through the diet."
The ban on rice exports has disrupted global markets, threatening food security in the poor countries of Africa and South Asia. It is unlikely that either Indian consumers or farmers will benefit from the move.
I spoke to someone today who grew up on a farm and she told me “farmers really love and take care of their animals”.
I felt like saying “I know this teacher who really loves and takes care of his students, then at the end of term he cuts them into little pieces and barbecues them, isn’t that lovely?”
Opinion: Why the birthplace of the Western #Apache religion shouldn’t be destroyed by a #CopperMine
by Luke Goodrich
February 6, 2024·
"A federal court is poised to decide whether a #NativeAmerican#sacred site will be destroyed by a massive #copper#mine. Mining proponents claim that destroying the #SacredSite is necessary for the development of #GreenEnergy. That claim is both factually wrong and morally repugnant. And recent polling shows that the vast majority of Americans agree with what the constitution requires: #Native sacred sites deserve the same protection as all other houses of worship.
"Since before European contact, #WesternApache and other Native tribes have lived and honored their #Creator at #OakFlat, or 'Chi’chil Bildagoteel.' The site is the birthplace of Western Apache religion and the site of ancient religious ceremonies that cannot take place anywhere else. Because of its religious and cultural significance, Oak Flat is on the National Register of Historic Places and has been protected from mining and other destructive practices for decades.
"That changed in 2014, when several members of Congress, supported by #corporate#mining#lobbyists, slipped an amendment into a must-pass defense bill authorizing the transfer of Oak Flat to a foreign-owned mining giant. That company, #ResolutionCopper, announced plans to obliterate the sacred ground by swallowing it in a mining crater nearly two miles wide and 1,100-feet deep, ending Apache religious practices forever. That was no surprise given the company’s sordid history dealing with #IndigenousPeoples. The majority owner of Resolution Copper is #RioTinto (the world’s second largest mining company), which sparked international outrage in 2020 when it destroyed a 46,000-year-old rock shelter with some of the most significant #Aboriginal artifacts in all of #Australia.
"The Apache and their allies, represented by my firm, the #BecketFundForReligiousLiberty, have been fighting in court to ensure that such an atrocity won’t repeat itself at Oak Flat. After initial court rulings against the Apache, a full panel of 11 judges at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reheard their appeal last spring. A decision on whether the government can execute the land transfer is expected any day.
"Resolution Copper and its backers want the public to believe that building the mine is essential for developing #renewable energy. Extracting the copper beneath Oak Flat, they say, will help to build batteries necessary for powering #ElectricVehicles and thus fight #ClimateChange. In other words, we have to destroy Oak Flat in order to save the planet.
"These claims, however, are false — and they are specifically designed to obscure the physical and cultural destruction the project would wreak on the land.
"The mine will destroy the #environment, not save it. It is undisputed that the mine will swallow the ecologically diverse landscape of Oak Flat in a massive crater, decimating the local #ecosystem. It will also leave behind approximately 1.37 billion tons of '#tailings,' or #MiningWaste, which, according to the government’s own environmental assessment, will pollute the #groundwater and scar the landscape permanently. And the mine will consume vast quantities of water at the time it is most needed by drought-stricken towns and #farmers.
"Supporters of the mine are also at odds with the majority of Americans. According to this year’s Religious Freedom Index, an annual survey conducted by Becket, 74% of Americans believe that Native sacred sites on federal land should be protected from mining projects, even when the projects are purportedly pro-jobs and pro-environment.
"That conclusion is both sensible and humane. America can transition to renewable energy without blasting the cradle of Western Apache religion into oblivion. And it should. For too long, our nation has made excuses for taking advantage of #IndigenousPeople and their land. Indeed, our nation drove the Western Apache off Oak Flat and surrounding lands in the 1800s precisely to make way for #MiningInterests. It shouldn’t repeat that #injustice again.
"It is past time to protect Indigenous sacred sites from further destruction. Basic fairness and our constitutional commitment to religious freedom require no less. And, happily, most Americans agree."
North Korean opera stars are giving concerts to encourage farmers to finish this year’s harvest - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Opera singers and artists in North Korea are giving daily concerts at farms in the western part of the country to "encourage" farmers to finish this year's harvest.
Polish farmers to begin complete blockade of Ukrainian border crossings (kyivindependent.com)
Polish farmers will begin a complete blockade of all border crossings and railway shipment stations between Ukraine and Poland starting Feb. 20, protestors announced on Feb. 13.