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Protect The Harvest | Energy and Food Security
Energy and Food Security: Crisis & Controversy Energy is one of the defining issues of our time; the availability and affordability of it helps shape the progress and prosperity of society. While humans have nearly always utilized renewable energies such as wood and flowing water, fossil fuels have been a cornerstone of mankind’s wellbeing and…
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Protect The Harvest | Indiana House Bill 1248 Supports Welfare of Wild and Exotic Animals
By Jaclyn Krymowski for Protect The Harvest The bipartisan Indiana House Bill 1248 was recently signed into law by Governor Eric Holcomb on March 3rd. First introduced by Representative David Abbot, this legislation will prohibit owners of specified animals (primarily exotic apex predators) from allowing the public to come into direct contact or in close…
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Protect The Harvest | An Organic Farming Policy that Ended in Catastrophe
Fertilizer, crop chemicals ban: A cautionary tale from Sri Lanka From an article in Farm Progress by Protect The Harvest Advisory Committee member Gary Baise What’s happening in Sri Lanka right now – riots, food shortages, power cuts and more – should be a cautionary tale for political leaders who hope to get elected on…
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Protect The Harvest | Booker T Washington Was Right About Agriculture
No Race Can Prosper Until It Learns There is as Much Dignity in Tilling a Field as in Writing a Poem – Booker T. Washington This is a lesson the New York Times certainly needs to learn. Have you seen their Opinion video with Senator Cory Booker titled, “Meet the People Getting Paid to Kill…
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Protect The Harvest | Ecuadorian Animal Rights Decision is Mixed Bag
From Duane Morris Animal Law Blog by John M. Simpson Animal rights activists have pointed to a recent decision by the highest court in Ecuador — the Constitutional Court (Corte Constitucional Del Ecuador) — as a breakthrough for animal rights. As the NonHuman Rights Project (NHRP) described it, the decision “constitutes one of the most…
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Protect The Harvest | Habeas Corpus Case to Be Heard by Supreme Court
On March 28th, 2022 the New York State Court of Appeals issued a notice that they are scheduled to hear the Habeas Corpus appeal involving Happy the Elephant at the Bronx Zoo. filed by an animal liberation group, NonHuman Rights Project (NhRP) has been ongoing since 2018. Better than 3.38 million dollars has been spent…
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Protect The Harvest | Oregon Proposition 3 Newest Attack on Animals
Abandonment of Oregon IP 13 The recent abandonment of the radical animal extremist ballot initiative IP 13 in Oregon is a relief to many. However, as of March 16th, 2022, Oregon animal extremists are now working to re-introduce IP 13 under a different name. This initiative with a new name and signature collecting period is…
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Protect The Harvest | Idaho Ranches Threatened by Potential Wind Farm Development
Renewable energy is all the rage in today’s political and investment circles. Aimed toward meeting President Biden’s national goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the current frenzy of development is a source of great concern for many ranchers in southern Idaho. Massive swaths of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are…
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Protect The Harvest | Opinion: Hogwash
From an article in Agri-Pulse by Diane Sullivan 3/31/2022 I recently read that livestock farmers, large animal veterinarians, shareholders, food processors, and consumers must yield to the superior agricultural wisdom and virtue of billionaire Carl Icahn on how to grow hogs. According to “MoneyWeek,” March 12, “Carl Icahn: ‘King Kong’ takes a bite of McDonald’s,”…
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Protect The Harvest | Bureau of Land Management Favors APR Grazing Requests
Article by Western Ag Network March 30, 2022 “Family ranchers and community stakeholders are disappointed by today’s announcement by the Bureau of Land Management’s decision granting a majority of changes to grazing allotments the American Prairie Reserve in Phillips County. The Bureau of Land Management has announced a notice of proposed decision of a Finding…