#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Milk made the old fashioned way at Sweet Rowen Farm http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013304260004&gcheck=1 Like other people, I first mistook the name of Paul Lisai’s Sweet Rowen Farm, assuming it was a misspelling of “rowan,” a mountain ash tree. I was wrong: Rowen is the Scottish word for the second cut of hay, fragrant grass harvested at the height of summer. Sweet Rowen Farm is built on grass, on the pastures where Lisai’s herd of Randall Linebacks graze in summer and on the fields where he cuts their winter hay. He came to this farm-in-the-making after a boyhood in Grafton, college at nearby Sterling College and work on dairy farms in the Northeast Kingdom and New Zealand. On a sunny April day, clad in jeans, a …http://www.twitpic.com/cmzfgv
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Wal-Mart & ALEC Scandal: Company Subjects Female Prison Laborers to 'Slave-Like' Conditions http://www.policymic.com/articles/7771/wal-mart-alec-scandal-company-subjects-female-prison-laborers-to-slave-like-conditions “Since 1991, Wal-Mart has been buying produce from a corporation out of Arizona, Martori Farms. A recent Huffington Post article clearly documents how Martori Farms has been using female prisoners from Arizona’s state prisons as farm workers – for the past 20 years.”http://www.twitpic.com/cabz7g
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot Outlawing exposés of factory farm horrors http://www.jimhightower.com/node/7954#.URRRph26paY Big Ag has a big problem – but it's come up with a neat solution. The problem is that the meat, eggs, and dairy that are marketed to us as “wholesome” foodstuffs by such giants as Tyson, Smithfield, and Borden are actually produced in mammoth, mega-messy, monstrous factory farms. Known by the baleful industrial acronym, CAFO, these Confined Animal Feeding Operations amount to animal concentration camps. They cram thousands of cows, pigs, chickens, and other pastoral creatures into torturously-tiny cages enclosed in metal, prison-like buildings. The animals never see the light of day, they're routinely dosed with antibiotic…http://www.twitpic.com/c1q6qy
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Union-Made Health Foods and Snacks http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Other-News/Union-Made-Health-Foods-and-Snacks We know it’s hard to keep one resolution going, but we’re going to challenge you to take on two. Eating right is always a smart choice, but if you can buy union and eat right at the same time, you’re definitely on your way to promoting some positive changes. We’ve put together a list of some of the great healthy, union-made products that are out there. See our full product listing for more. Andy Boy Vegetables; Blue Diamond Almonds; California Mushroom Farm Inc.; EuroFresh Farms Vegetables; Fresh Express Salads; Hidden Valley Salad Kits; Monterey Mushrooms; Ocean Spray Cranberries; and Sunkist Citrus Fruit—Look for the UFW black …http://www.twitpic.com/bwyy6e
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Hands off our heritage: Some wary of China's reach http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Hands-off-our-heritage-Some-wary-of-China-s-reach-4110433.php Life in this French village revolves around wine. The backyards of its tidy houses nurture the grapes that have made Burgundy famous the world over. At an auto repair shop, everyone seems to have an opinion about the recent sale of a local vineyard to a Macau casino magnate. “It's a piece of French heritage that's heading abroad,” says mechanic Bertrand Babouhot. Across the road, rows of gnarled vines lead to the rundown chateau that was sold. “It's like selling the Eiffel Tower to the Americans.” On the other side of the globe, farmer Margaret Peacock expresses similar outrage over the sale of 13 dairy farms in N…http://www.twitpic.com/blgr67
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot [VIDEO] Hantz Farms Deal, Controversial Land Sale, To Go Before Detroit City Council http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/19/hantz-farms-deal-land-detroit-council_n_2159863.html The name Hantz Farms conjures up strong reactions from many Detroiters — especially those involved with the city's urban agriculture movement. After nearly four years the controversial development project, originally envisioned as the world's largest urban farm, is scheduled to go before Detroit City Council on Tuesday. According to Marcell Todd Jr., director of Detroit's City Planning Commission, if approved, the Hantz deal would be “the largest speculative land sale in the city's history.” In its current form, the proposed transaction involves the sale of about 1,500 parcels — …http://www.twitpic.com/bjqbe2
I guess there aren't many farms in Detroit… #p2 #tcot #tlot #owshttp://www.twitpic.com/9zkx0f
Sunrise over, er, some state. And we talk about what it might be like to live on these farms. #owshttp://www.twitpic.com/9nyckr