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EPA Proposed Revisions to The Agricultural Worker Protection Standard

May 14, 2014

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period for the proposed revisions to the agricultural Worker Protection Standard for an additional 60 days, until August 18, 2014, in response to requests from growers, ...

Tags: EPA, Certification, Service

Barry Callebaut Announced Its 2012/13 Sustainability Report

Nov 18, 2013

Barry Callebaut - the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products - today announced its 2012/13 Sustainability Report which details the company's strategy in the areas of sustainable cocoa, environmental ...

Tags: Barry Callebaut, Packaging

Barry Callebaut Announced 2012/13 Sustainability Report Which Details Employee Development

Nov 15, 2013

Barry Callebaut – the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products – announced its 2012/13 Sustainability Report which details the company’s strategy in the areas of sustainable cocoa, ...

Tags: Barry Callebaut, chocolate, cocoa products

Dysfunctional Washington Benefits From Undercover Approach

Oct 7, 2013

A common source of water-cooler conversations is the federal government shutdown in early October and the overall ineffectiveness of our federal legislative and executive branches. If we - the American People – operated our ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food

Indian Govt Has Approved The Continuation of Three Sericulture Programs

Sep 24, 2013

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the continuation of three Central Sector Schemes of the Ministry of Textiles relating to sericulture sector viz, R&D, Training, Transfer of Technology and I.T Initiative (Rs.203.71 ...

Tags: Sericulture Programs

Tour Reinforces Play a Important Role in Farm Worker

Jun 4, 2013

A tour early this spring to the U.S.-Mexico border for the Arizona agricultural leadership group Project CENTRL at the San Luis, Ariz., Port of Entry was truly an eye-opening experience. This journalist was invited to participate and ...

Tags: Border Tour, Farm Worker

Global Cotton Production Is Estimated Down 5% From 27.8 Million Tons to 26.3 Million Tons

May 3, 2013

An estimated 34.1 million hectares of cotton are being harvested in 2012/13, 5% below the previous season; another 5% drop to 32.2 million hectares is forecast in 2013/14. Accordingly, global cotton production is estimated down 5% from 27.8 ...

Tags: ICAC, Cotton

Refuse to Buy an Animal That Has Been Fed Antibiotics

May 1, 2013

Last fall I flew halfway across the country to go grocery shopping with Everly Macario. We set out from her second-story apartment in Hyde Park near the University of Chicago and walked to the supermarket to buy a couple of?rib?steaks?that ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food

SACTWU and Government Deliberately Manipulate Wage Levels to Detriment of Small Companies

Feb 17, 2013

It is claimed that the industry’s collective bargaining structure is just a cosy club of big business, the union (SACTWU) and government, who deliberately manipulate wage levels to the detriment of small companies. The facts are ...

Tags: SACTWU, Small Industry, manipulate wage levels

SACTWU Has Pledged R1m Towards a Cosatu-Run Fund, to Unionise Farm Workers

Feb 17, 2013

The Southern African Clothing & Textile workers’ Union (SACTWU) has pledged R1m towards a COSATU-run fund, to unionise farm workers. SACTWU General Secretary, Andre Kriel, made the announcement at a recruitment planning meeting of ...

Tags: SACTWU, Farm Workers, R1m

Farm in Australia and Most Other Countries Could Be Run Successfully with Good Fencing

Dec 11, 2012

No farm in Australia and most other countries could be run successfully without good fencing.It is needed to keep animals separated,to keep them off growing crops and to keep wild animals from taking over the farm.Farm gates are an ...

Tags: Australia, fencing, farm gates

Ex-Im Bank Has Renewed a 12-Month Export Credit Insurance Policy for Wells Fargo

Nov 29, 2012

The Export-Import Bank of the United States(Ex-Im Bank)has renewed a 12-month export credit insurance policy for Wells Fargo to enable the export of American cotton to a large textile firm in Turkey,Menderes Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret ...

Tags: Export-Import Bank of the United States, US cotton, Turkey

The Weeding Gong-Drum Song of Northern Sichuan Is Largely Distributed in The Four Counties

Nov 29, 2012

The weeding gong-drum song of northern Sichuan is largely distributed in the four counties and three districts of Guangyuan city. Qingchuan weeding gong-drum song is the most representative one. The folk song is usually performed by a group ...

Tags: Weeding Gong, Drum Song, folk arts

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