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Female workers face rape, harassment in U.S. agriculture industry
2013-06-25 11:51:38| Agriculture - Topix.net
California farmworker Maricruz Ladino said that when supervisors in the agricultural industry abuse their workers, "it's very difficult to fight against that because we are working out of necessity, because we need to provide for our families."
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Female workers face rape, harassment in U.S. agriculture industry
2013-06-25 11:51:37| Agriculture - Topix.net
Esther Abarca said the foreman drove to parts of the apple orchard that she had never seen.
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'Nobel Prize' of Agriculture Winner a Career Monsanto Man
2013-06-22 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Two of the three scientists sharing this year's World Food Prize have ties to prominent biotech companies, including Monsanto. While not nearly as high-profile, the World Food Prize is referred to as the "Nobel Prize for food agriculture." The award, announced Wednesday at the U.S. State Department (with Secretary of State John Kerry contributing his own remarks) will be shared this year by scientists who each play a role in the advancement of genetically engineered crops: Marc Van Montagu, Mary-Dell...
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China Green Agriculture Inc. Announces Ministry of Agriculture...
2013-06-21 13:19:39| Steel - Topix.net
The objective of this program is to promote the use of customized formula fertilizer for farming lands of various nutritional conditions nationwide, and targets to increase the farmers' awareness of opting for eco-friendly fertilizer products.
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FAO Statistical Yearbook Paints Picture of Food, Agriculture
2013-06-21 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - The 2013 edition of FAO's "Statistical Yearbook" sheds new light on agriculture's contribution to global warming, trends in hunger and malnutrition and the state of the natural resource base upon which world food production depends.
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