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Governments should govern, and corporations should follow the rules

The latest edition of SCN News contains an article written by myself and Patti Rundall, our Policy Director, with this title. See page 51 of http://www.unscn.org/files/Publications/SCN_News/SCNNEWS39_10.01_high_def.pdfSCN is the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition. The theme of the... (original story)

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The Seeds of the Story

Each of us has a journey, and we never know quite where it’s taking us. Sometimes the path winds and bends, and you’re left to wonder how your path curved in ways you’d never imagined. And sometimes you reach your destination and you know you were always meant to be there. It was just a mat... (original story)

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Social Security No-Match Letters, “Safe Harbor”, and other Immigration Issues

by Richard Stup Recent changes in the rules about social security no-match letters and immigration raids have gotten a lot of attention in agriculture. Beginning September 14th, employers who knowingly employ people who are not authorized to work in the U.S. will soon be at risk of criminal prosecut... (original story)

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Podcast: Penn State Dairy Alliance – It’s About Collaboration

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Over 140,000 people call for United Nations to protect, promote and support breastfeeding and appropriate information

The UN Secretary General, Ban KI-moon, is today announcing a worldwide campaign to save the lives of 16 million mothers and children over the next five years and a fund of US$40 billion to help achieve this goal. See The Guardian.This is wonderful news - and we should perhaps not be too surprised to... (original story)

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Why are immigrant farm workers in Pennsylvania?

by Richard Stup Few Local Workers Pennsylvania is a large and productive agricultural state. Many jobs are created in the agricultural industry that help to bring a wide variety of high-quality products to the market at very affordable prices. Unfortunately, too few residents of local communities a... (original story)

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Ulverston Breastfeeding Festival

The First Ulverston Breastfeeding Festival (16 - 22 August) was a thoroughly enjoyable event and one that deserves to grow. The town of Ulverston, close to the coast on the south side of the Lake District, is a delightful setting. I spoke on Friday in the Parish Church Hall, after a showing of the U... (original story)

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Is breast best? book launch - a bit less polarisation please for the sake of the children

Get ready for another round of 'Breast not best' headlines in the UK that will echo around the world as a book by Joan Wolf, a political scientist, is launched here. It has the title: "Is Breast Best?: Taking on the Breastfeeding Experts and the New High Stakes of Motherhood" and Joan Wolf is speaki... (original story)

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Members can now register to start our online monitoring course

One of the activities in our Make a Mark in 2010 initiative was to develop an online training course on monitoring the baby food industry.The technology has been put in place and the first module has now been made live on our website. Further modules in the 8-module course will be added over the com... (original story)

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Compassion for Dogs & Cats Turns to Compassion for All Animals

I have always considered myself an animal lover. We always had at least one cat while I was growing up, and sometimes we had a dog too. I thought of animal suffering in terms of dogs and cats — being run over and left in the street, or euthanized at the pound, or killed for no reason by cruel ... (original story)

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