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The Biofuels Bailout: (M)ethadone for our Fuel Addiction?
The recent announcement by the Obama Administration of renewed support to the bloated biofuels industry has the Brazilians jumping for joy.
The Brazilians? Wait a minute... Yep, here are the latest headlines from UNICA, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association:
Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Welcomes U.S. EPA's Renewable Fuels Rules
Lawsuit: U.S. Department of Agriculture discriminating against Hispanic farmers
by Brad Woodard / 11 News
Updated Wednesday, Jan 27 at 11:01 PM
HOUSTON—In the shadows of the mountains near El Paso, where New Mexico’s border meets Texas, the remnants of a simple farming life sit mostly idle.
Lupe Garcia and his ancestors have been working the land there for centuries.
"The Spaniards came in the 1500s, and my family came with the Spaniards," Garcia said. "We were here before the Pilgrims."
In 1955, Garcia’s father, a decorated World War II veteran, managed to buy a farm. In its prime, the family was working 1,000 acres.
But times have changed.
Who Will Feed Us? Questions for the Food and Climate Crises
This report by the ETC Group was released in November 2009.
http://www.etcgroup.org/upload/publication/pdf_file/ETC_Who_Will_Feed_Us...
To the governments and organizations gathered in Montreal on the situation in Haiti
January 25, 2010
The recent tragedy in Haiti shocked the people of the world for its
destructive impact, the environmental and social consequences, and
especially for the loss of human lives. Unfortunately, natural
disasters are not new in that Caribbean country, which was impacted in
2008 by hurricanes Hanna and Ike.
Nor is it the first time we have watched the international community
make pledges of cooperation and assistance to Haiti. We are concerned,
as organizations and social movements and on the basis of permanent
Grassroots Voices: Linking farmers' movements for advocacy and practice
Journal of Peasant Studies, vol 37, no. 1, January 2010
Eric Holt-Gimenez Guest Editor
The contributors to this Grassroots Voices article include: Roland Bunch; Jorge Iran Vasquez; John Wilson; Michel P. Pimbert; Bary Boukary; Cathleen Kneen
Why Big Ag Won't Feed the World
Atlantic Monthly on-line
by Josh Viertel
January 20, 2010
http://food.theatlantic.com/sustainability/why-big-ag-wont-feed-the-worl...
Haiti: Roots of Liberty--Roots of Disaster
January 21, 2010
Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-holt-gimenez/haiti-roots-of-liberty--...
"In overthrowing me, you have cut down in Saint-Domingue only the tree of liberty. It will spring up again by the roots for they are numerous and deep."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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