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		<title>Media Coverage of Mad Cow: USDA Calls &#8220;Misleading,&#8221; Columbia Journalism Review Calls &#8220;Sane&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.foodrightsnetwork.org/2012/05/media-coverage-of-mad-cow-usda-calls-misleading-columbia-journalism-review-calls-sane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Wilce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A downer cow at a California dairy was recently found to be infected with an &#8220;atypical&#8221; strain of &#8220;bovine spongiform encephalopathy&#8221; (BSE), or &#8220;mad cow&#8221; disease. There has been some significant media coverage of the case, and the USDA wants the media to know they are not pleased. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Syngenta Celebrates Earth Day by Ladling on the Pesticides</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Wilce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[- by Rebekah Wilce Herbicide manufacturer Syngenta had an interesting way of celebrating Earth Day this year, touting the joys of pesticides. The multinational conglomerate sent out a press release during the approach to Earth Day exclaiming that &#8220;modern farming is grounds for Earth Day celebration&#8221; because, it continues, &#8220;conservation tillage and no-till farming are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America&#8217;s Mad Cow Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.foodrightsnetwork.org/2012/04/americas-mad-cow-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Wilce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[- by John Stauber, co-author of Mad Cow USA and founder of the Food Rights Network Americans might remember that when the first mad cow was confirmed in the United States in December, 2003, it was major news.  The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had been petitioned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resources to Find Out More About the Farm Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.foodrightsnetwork.org/2012/04/resources-to-find-out-more-about-the-farm-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Wilce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Family Farm Defenders today posted a couple of good resources for understanding the Farm Bill: The Farm Bill Primer website is full of statistics and graphics about the distribution of funds in the Farm Bill, including Agriculture Committee maps, with information about the committee members. Path to the 2012 Farm Bill, a resource website of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intuit, Kraft Dump ALEC; Koch, Wal-Mart, Others Refuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Wilce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[- by Rebekah Wilce A stampede seems to be on the way as more and more groups break ties and dump ALEC. Intuit, Inc. (maker of Quicken and QuickBooks accounting software) told the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) that Intuit also decided not to renew its membership after it expired in 2011. That comment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking News: Coca-Cola Dumps ALEC</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Wilce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[- by Rebekah Wilce Coke may still contain high fructose corn syrup, but public interest groups campaigning to convince Coca-Cola to break ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) scored a major victory yesterday when Coke announced it had &#8220;elected to discontinue its membership with&#8221; ALEC. According to a statement Coke made to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death by Delay: Obama Team Stalls on Chemical Regulation</title>
		<link>http://www.foodrightsnetwork.org/2012/03/death-by-delay-obama-team-stalls-on-chemical-regulation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodrightsnetwork.org/2012/03/death-by-delay-obama-team-stalls-on-chemical-regulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Wilce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has drafted a &#8220;chemicals of concern&#8221; list to restrict the use of certain chemicals and alert the public to their possible dangers. But the list remains secret and dormant because it&#8217;s stuck at the Obama administration&#8217;s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for review. OIRA is a division [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Toxic Sludge PR and Lobbying Effort Gets Underway</title>
		<link>http://www.foodrightsnetwork.org/2012/03/new-toxic-sludge-pr-and-lobbying-effort-gets-underway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodrightsnetwork.org/2012/03/new-toxic-sludge-pr-and-lobbying-effort-gets-underway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Wilce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[- by Sara Jerving A trade association known for using the terms &#8220;compost,&#8221; &#8220;organic,&#8221; and &#8220;biosolids&#8221; to describe sewage sludge is investing in a new public relations campaign to influence policymakers and the public. The US Composting Council (USCC), which was founded by the disposable diaper industry, will be expanding its long-standing efforts to &#8220;rebrand&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USDA to Serve Kids More &#8220;Pink Slime&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.foodrightsnetwork.org/2012/03/usda-to-serve-kids-more-pink-slime/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodrightsnetwork.org/2012/03/usda-to-serve-kids-more-pink-slime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Wilce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A product made by grinding up connective tissue from cows and beef scraps that used to be made into dog food is too disgusting to serve at McDonald&#8217;s, Burger King or Taco Bell, which have all dropped it due to public pressure, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) thinks it&#8217;s fine to serve in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atrazine and the Roots of ALEC&#8217;s State Data Quality Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Wilce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[- by Rebekah Wilce The herbicide atrazine, one of the most heavily used herbicides in the United States has been found in almost 94 percent of U.S. groundwater and can harm human health in multiple ways. ALEC has promoted &#8220;model&#8221; legislation friendly to Syngenta, atrazine&#8217;s primary manufacturer, across the country. At least once, this legislation [...]]]></description>
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