At the briefing meeting at the Deputy Governor's office, the President of the Association, Alhaji Ba Jeja Jawara, spoke about his Aassociation's development plans that include empowering farmers to take up commercial farming in order to increase food self-sufficiency in the region. At the briefing meeting at the Deputy Governor's office, the President of the Association, Alhaji Ba Jeja Jawara, spoke about his Aassociation's development plans that include empowering farmers to take up...

The record cold was expected to last through the weekend across the Southeast, inspiring farmers and parents alike to bundle their crops and children. On Saturday morning, temperatures in the metro area were in the upper 20s with wind gusts of up to 30 miles per hour making it feel more like the teens. And while Southern tradition finds many people planting corn, tomatoes, beans and squash in backyard gardens on Good Friday, gardeners instead were bundling their plants. Forecasters said it...

As I noted yesterday, Monsanto also objects to claims like our cows are not treated with rBST, and our farmers pledge not to use artificial growth hormones. riverfronttimes.com STLog rBST and Monsanto: Postscript. Although milk processors and retailers certainly have the right to inform consumers about the use or non-use of rBST, labels that falsely claim health and safety risks associated with milk from rBST-supplemented cows are misleading, Monsanto said in its letter to the FTC....

April 8, 2007 ATLANTA An unseasonable cold snap put a chill on Easter Sunday services across the Southeast and much of the rest of the country, moving some events indoors and adding layers over spring frocks. Despite the chill, nearly 1,000 people attended the annual sunrise service at Georgia's Stone Mountain Park, as a slight breeze whipped over the granite monument. Across much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation, Easter celebrants swapped frills, bonnets and sandals for coats,...

Dairy after dairy is slapping "rBST-free" and "no artificial growth hormones" on their milk--and it's working! The public is asking for rBST-free milk--an "artificial demand" says Monsanto, no pun intended--and milk processors are starting to penalize dairies still using rBST. Through deceptive practices and misleading advertising dairies and milk processors are convincing the American public that there's something wrong with rBST produced milk and they shouldn't be drinking it. Dairy...