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Rep. Massie: PATRIOT Act Expiration is Good, But What About NSA Breaking the Law?
truther June 2, 2015 0Rep. Massie delivers a floor speech on June 1, 2015 - the morning after three controversial provisions of the PATRIOT Act expired on why it is important for civil liberties.
Read More »Man Gets Prison Sentence For Collecting Rainwater On His Property
truther May 14, 2015 1Collecting rainwater on your own property can now lead to jail time, as proven by a man from Oregon who was sentenced to prison for doing just that. Who owns the rain? The
Read More »Court Rules: Organic Farms Not Protected From Cross-Contamination
truther June 3, 2014 0An organic farmer has lost a GMO lawsuit which supporters worldwide hoped would be a landmark victory for all-natural farming. Farmer Steve Marsh of Australia believed that genetically modified canola had drifted onto his land,
Read More »FDA To Ban Organic Farming?
truther May 18, 2014 1Farming methods that have been used in America and throughout the world for centuries are in danger of essentially being banned under proposed regulations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Read More »Organic Farmer & Winemaker Faces Jail Time for Refusing to Spray Pesticides
truther March 4, 2014 0The French agriculture ministry is prosecuting Emmanuel Giboulot, an organic winemaker, for failing to apply insecticide to his vines. The ministry wants insecticide to be sprayed to control the leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus—believed to be
Read More »People Who Grow Their Own Food Labeled Extremist By Dept. Of Defense
truther November 10, 2013 0If the founding fathers were reincarnated today, they’d probably start another revolution, this time to break away from an American government that has become far too imperial for its own good. And as such, they’d
Read More »Farmers To Face Fines Or Prison Sentences For Selling Food Directly To Customers
truther November 6, 2013 0This would seem to embody the USDA’s advisory, “Know your farmer, know your food,” right? Not exactly. For the USDA and its sister food regulator, the FDA, there’s a problem: many of the farmers are
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