<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - farm</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/farm</link><description>Newsvine - farm</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:59:18 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 23:00:28 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Daily Kos: House ready to make draconian cuts to food stamps in Farm Bill</title>
<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed a Farm Bill that cuts food and nutrition programs by $4.1 billion over the next decade, $400 million annually. That's  bad, and unnecessary, particularly in light of the CBO's new report of shrinking deficits. But the Senate cut&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18281324-daily-kos-house-ready-to-make-draconian-cuts-to-food-stamps-in-farmbill</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18281324-daily-kos-house-ready-to-make-draconian-cuts-to-food-stamps-in-farmbill</guid><category>farm</category><category>food</category><category>aid</category><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>house</category><category>bill</category><category>recommended</category><category>snap</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:59:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonA8C0C5DF-94FC-B54A-958B-FAE8FC2C14D9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="197" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonA8C0C5DF-94FC-B54A-958B-FAE8FC2C14D9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="59" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Animal rights activists will use airborne drones to spy on hunters</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Hunters should look to the skies, but not for canvasback ducks or fair weather. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will soon acquire &ldquo;impressive new weapons to combat those who gun down deer and doves.&rdquo;
The animal-rights group plans to invest in airborne d&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17780380-animal-rights-activists-will-use-airborne-drones-to-spy-on-hunters</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17780380-animal-rights-activists-will-use-airborne-drones-to-spy-on-hunters</guid><category>farm</category><category>animal</category><category>spy</category><category>abuse</category><category>kill</category><category>rights</category><category>hunters</category><category>gun</category><category>us-news</category><category>machine</category><category>peta</category><category>activists</category><category>shoot</category><category>drone</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:31:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rich Products Corporation Expands Voluntary Recall to All Products Produced at Its Waycross, Georgia Facility Due to Possible Contamination with E. Coli O121</title>
<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April 4, 2013 - Buffalo, New York - Rich Products Corporation of Buffalo, New York, which previously announced a voluntary recall of certain Farm Rich&reg; and Market Day&reg; products is expanding its voluntary recall to include all products produced at i&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[mstanley2265]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[mstanley2265]]></source><link>http://mstanley2265.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17613489-rich-products-corporation-expands-voluntary-recall-to-all-products-produced-at-its-waycross-georgia-facility-due-to-possible-contamination-with-e-coli-o121</link><guid>http://mstanley2265.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17613489-rich-products-corporation-expands-voluntary-recall-to-all-products-produced-at-its-waycross-georgia-facility-due-to-possible-contamination-with-e-coli-o121</guid><category>farm</category><category>products</category><category>us-news</category><category>rich</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 10:30:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>State bills seek end to farm animal abuse videos | Fox News</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Well I for one am very happy that they are investigating because I don't want to eat the meat of animals that have been tortured in this way. This is insanity. And I hope that the animal activists continue to bring these matters to the light.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. &ndash; &nbsp;A&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17351959-state-bills-seek-end-to-farm-animal-abuse-videos-fox-news</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17351959-state-bills-seek-end-to-farm-animal-abuse-videos-fox-news</guid><category>bills</category><category>farm</category><category>state</category><category>animal</category><category>abuse</category><category>to</category><category>more</category><category>us-news</category><category>videos</category><category>end</category><category>read</category><category>seek</category><category>http-www-foxnews-com-politics-2013-03-17-state-bills-seek-end-to-farm-animal-abuse-videos-ixzz2nracb</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:44:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye990E5461-418A-4023-CD5E-4C1785239191.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="179" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye990E5461-418A-4023-CD5E-4C1785239191.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Wisconsin family calls on militia to save foreclosed farm - KMSP-TV</title>
<description><![CDATA[It just makes you wonder what other things do the underground militia take care of? Taking the law in your own hands as a conspiring group is pretty scary stuff. Obviously the farm owner doesn't understand that as long as you have a mortgage you do not maintain title on the prope&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17304257-wisconsin-family-calls-on-militia-to-save-foreclosed-farm-kmsp-tv</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17304257-wisconsin-family-calls-on-militia-to-save-foreclosed-farm-kmsp-tv</guid><category>farm</category><category>on</category><category>to</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>family</category><category>militia</category><category>more</category><category>calls</category><category>us-news</category><category>read</category><category>save</category><category>foreclosed</category><category>kmsp-tv</category><category>http-www-myfoxtwincities-com-story-20600734-wisconsin-family-calls-on-militia-to-save-foreclosed-far</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:35:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidayeF1F70D68-D811-080F-6413-F31FB1A5D03D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidayeF1F70D68-D811-080F-6413-F31FB1A5D03D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Baseball-sized snail destroyed in Australia to protect crops</title>
<description><![CDATA[
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A baseball-sized snail with an insatiable appetite for hundreds of plants including cocoa and papaya has been seized and destroyed by Australian officials, who said it posed a huge threat to local agriculture.
The animal was found creeping across a Brisbane &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17281032-baseball-sized-snail-destroyed-in-australia-to-protect-crops</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17281032-baseball-sized-snail-destroyed-in-australia-to-protect-crops</guid><category>farm</category><category>baseball</category><category>australia</category><category>kill</category><category>odd</category><category>odd-news</category><category>crop</category><category>weird</category><category>snail</category><category>eat</category><category>destroy</category><category>sized</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:38:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater17B3F55B-C3C2-37E3-927C-DF490E560E1F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="65" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater17B3F55B-C3C2-37E3-927C-DF490E560E1F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="65" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BBC NEWS | South Asia | Farmers tackle pests with colas</title>
<description><![CDATA["Farmers in the Durg, Rajnandgaon and Dhamtari districts  of Chhattisgarh say they have successfully used Pepsi and Coke to  protect their rice plantations against pests."
"Agricultural scientists give them some backing - they say the high sugar  content of the drinks can make t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maciej Lewandowski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maciej Lewandowski]]></source><link>http://macieklew.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17248346-bbc-news-south-asia-farmers-tackle-pests-with-colas</link><guid>http://macieklew.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17248346-bbc-news-south-asia-farmers-tackle-pests-with-colas</guid><category>technology</category><category>farm</category><category>farmers</category><category>coca-cola</category><category>agriculture</category><category>pepsi</category><category>pesticides</category><category>pests</category><category>cheaper-farmers</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Mar 2013 13:26:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macieklewD97C79F2-223B-AE0D-1C80-2C45D595E9F1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macieklewD97C79F2-223B-AE0D-1C80-2C45D595E9F1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="1" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Some signs to make you question your sanity!!</title>
<description><![CDATA[Here are some signs spotted by people on their travels. It will be hard to keep a straight face reading some of them. :o)
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TOILET OUT OF ORDER.&nbsp;Please use floor below.
In a London department store:BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS
In an office:WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STE&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17133853-some-signs-to-make-you-question-your-sanity</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17133853-some-signs-to-make-you-question-your-sanity</guid><category>farm</category><category>toilet</category><category>odd-news</category><category>bull</category><category>elephants</category><category>jokes</category><category>steps</category><category>one-liners</category><category>walkers</category><category>bargain-basement</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:59:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Borer damaging Kona coffee industry | West Hawaii Today, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii</title>
<description><![CDATA[Coffee berry borer damage is resulting in diminished quality that  could jeopardize the region&rsquo;s position in the global coffee market, a  grower and processor said Friday.
Before the pest, identified in  West Hawaii in September 2010, green bean coffee dropped off at the  &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rochart]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rochart]]></source><link>http://rochart.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16743859-borer-damaging-kona-coffee-industry-west-hawaii-today-kailua-kona-hawaii</link><guid>http://rochart.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16743859-borer-damaging-kona-coffee-industry-west-hawaii-today-kailua-kona-hawaii</guid><category>farm</category><category>hawaii</category><category>coffee</category><category>industry</category><category>farming</category><category>captain-cook</category><category>kona-coffee</category><category>coffee-berry-borer</category><category>west-hawaii</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:01:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Poem: Eve</title>
<description><![CDATA[Eve
The fair clouds soon will fall Rachel Ann In the whisper wispy crisp of snowflakes Pine scent and creosote with sweet sweet flan Hot choc'late with toast bread as the moon breaks
'Neath your blanket your icy toes to warm Spying bow'd gifts about the gilded tree Then shall run&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[magz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[magz]]></source><link>http://pmags.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/08/15782361-poem-eve</link><guid>http://pmags.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/08/15782361-poem-eve</guid><category>farm</category><category>mountain</category><category>moon</category><category>arts</category><category>eve</category><category>sea</category><category>rachel-ann</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Dec 2012 01:19:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title> Enormous Roman Mosaic Found Under Farmer's Field | LiveScience </title>
<description><![CDATA[A giant poolside mosaic featuring intricate geometric patterns has been unearthed in southern Turkey, revealing the far-reaching influence of the Roman Empire at its peak.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[paleo1969]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[paleo1969]]></source><link>http://paleo1969.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/17/13924284-enormous-roman-mosaic-found-under-farmers-field-livescience</link><guid>http://paleo1969.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/17/13924284-enormous-roman-mosaic-found-under-farmers-field-livescience</guid><category>turkey</category><category>history</category><category>farm</category><category>rome</category><category>world-history</category><category>giant-mosaic</category><category>ancient-roman-empire</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:15:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=paleo1969ABD7356D-E827-4A8B-E2F5-2B895A849BBA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="108" width="162" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=paleo1969ABD7356D-E827-4A8B-E2F5-2B895A849BBA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Injured 4 Year-Old Boy Requests Not to Kill Dog That Attacked Him </title>
<description><![CDATA[
SALEM TOWNSHIP, Pa. &mdash;
A 4-year-old Westmoreland County boy was hospitalized following an attack by the family dog.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/15/13887514-injured-4-year-old-boy-requests-not-to-kill-dog-that-attacked-him</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/15/13887514-injured-4-year-old-boy-requests-not-to-kill-dog-that-attacked-him</guid><category>farm</category><category>boy</category><category>attacked</category><category>family</category><category>dog</category><category>odd-news</category><category>face</category><category>requests</category><category>bit</category><category>friend</category><category>given</category><category>no-children</category><category>not-to-kill</category><category>hopitalized</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:47:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mobile Market Brings Fresh Food to Communities on a Budget </title>
<description><![CDATA[
A local bus is bringing a taste of the farm to homes on a budget.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13104865-mobile-market-brings-fresh-food-to-communities-on-a-budget</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13104865-mobile-market-brings-fresh-food-to-communities-on-a-budget</guid><category>farm</category><category>food</category><category>prices</category><category>budget</category><category>bus</category><category>low-income</category><category>odd-news</category><category>fresh</category><category>communities</category><category>delivers</category><category>discounted</category><category>mobile-market</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:33:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046734840128-EC11-4A16-7AB3-310CED5C6C9F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="115" width="172" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046734840128-EC11-4A16-7AB3-310CED5C6C9F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>More Than 1,000 Turtles 'Slowly' Escape Captivity</title>
<description><![CDATA[
SUMMERVILLE, Ga. (AP) - More than 1,000 turtles made a slow-speed escape from their turtle farm in northwest Georgia.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/22/12891831-more-than-1000-turtles-slowly-escape-captivity</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/22/12891831-more-than-1000-turtles-slowly-escape-captivity</guid><category>farm</category><category>investigation</category><category>escape</category><category>odd-news</category><category>crime</category><category>turtles</category><category>1000</category><category>deputies</category><category>vandals</category><category>fences</category><category>slowly</category><category>torn-down</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:53:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467E774B137-2ADD-21DC-526C-5BE066C10BEF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467E774B137-2ADD-21DC-526C-5BE066C10BEF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Man Accused of Enslaving &amp; Torturing Wife for Almost a Decade</title>
<description><![CDATA[
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Authorities say a West Virginia man tortured and enslaved his wife for much of the past decade, forcing her to endure two pregnancies and deliveries in shackles.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/12/12698961-man-accused-of-enslaving-torturing-wife-for-almost-a-decade</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/12/12698961-man-accused-of-enslaving-torturing-wife-for-almost-a-decade</guid><category>farm</category><category>wife</category><category>woman</category><category>man</category><category>accused</category><category>odd-news</category><category>crime</category><category>victim</category><category>us-news</category><category>buried</category><category>decade</category><category>pregnancies</category><category>wtf</category><category>forced</category><category>delivered</category><category>torturing</category><category>shackles</category><category>crimes-against-women</category><category>enslaving</category><category>still-born</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:27:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467E2D37933-798F-D1C9-C524-CF58AB0A1733.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467E2D37933-798F-D1C9-C524-CF58AB0A1733.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fewer workers cross border, creating U.S. farm labor shortage </title>
<description><![CDATA[Plain common sense would have made any shopper realize that the cost of food or shortage of would eventually hit the stores, when the fields could not be picked.
Slowly, the realization is hitting the public awareness, as the price of corn, wheat, tomatoes, beef, etc keep on ris&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuckerFish]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuckerFish]]></source><link>http://1suckerfish.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/04/12552924-fewer-workers-cross-border-creating-us-farm-labor-shortage</link><guid>http://1suckerfish.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/04/12552924-fewer-workers-cross-border-creating-us-farm-labor-shortage</guid><category>farm</category><category>in</category><category>the</category><category>immigrants</category><category>fields</category><category>illegal</category><category>us-news</category><category>be</category><category>wont</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Jul 2012 04:03:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mitt Romney blasts 'hostile and remote' federal government ... at farm preserved with federal funds</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Mitt Romney earlier today, kicking off his five-day bus tour from a Stratham, New Hampshire farm owned by one of his supporters:
For so many Americans, the distance their town and the city of Washington has never seemed so far. The federal establishment has never seemed so hos&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redsfan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redsfan]]></source><link>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/15/12242711-mitt-romney-blasts-hostile-and-remote-federal-government-at-farm-preserved-with-federal-funds</link><guid>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/15/12242711-mitt-romney-blasts-hostile-and-remote-federal-government-at-farm-preserved-with-federal-funds</guid><category>farm</category><category>politics</category><category>romney</category><category>subsidies</category><category>weak</category><category>right-wing-lies</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:42:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfan454B5094-C82B-5F62-4CB2-ECB59FDFA8C8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="228" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfan454B5094-C82B-5F62-4CB2-ECB59FDFA8C8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Foto-Friday, A Visit to the Alpaca Ranch</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Damammatess]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Damammatess]]></source><link>http://damammatess.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/24/11867961-foto-friday-a-visit-to-the-alpaca-ranch</link><guid>http://damammatess.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/24/11867961-foto-friday-a-visit-to-the-alpaca-ranch</guid><category>farm</category><category>animals</category><category>ranch</category><category>photography</category><category>arts</category><category>alpaca</category><category>foto-friday</category><category>ranch-animals</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 01:58:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatessFA9E2F5D-6AF0-E170-30FD-4C6BCBC2EAA5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatessFA9E2F5D-6AF0-E170-30FD-4C6BCBC2EAA5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;.....and after the shearing&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatess67B55380-BFB0-59B1-F465-D96A2A6A344B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatess67B55380-BFB0-59B1-F465-D96A2A6A344B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Before the shearing....&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatessBDDD0F7E-193C-C3C3-177A-DA8B8A0EF840.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatessBDDD0F7E-193C-C3C3-177A-DA8B8A0EF840.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;He's cute! This one came right up to me nose to nose and just rested his chin on my shoulder... I was worried I was gonna get spit on or bit, but he was good. He loved my husband and started following him around, then started nipping at his pants. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatess19FFDC5F-4B4F-960E-5CBA-3EC53D128782.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatess19FFDC5F-4B4F-960E-5CBA-3EC53D128782.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;I LOVE this shot.... I have to wonder how he can see where he is going... they trimmed it when he got sheared&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatess02E64680-DD99-D1BE-C3B5-EEA016F7FC2F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatess02E64680-DD99-D1BE-C3B5-EEA016F7FC2F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;I love this guy's hair! &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatess7519C022-A6E8-8CDC-7990-10FBA81590CE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatess7519C022-A6E8-8CDC-7990-10FBA81590CE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Just a few of the group. There were about 60 all together. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatess3FB58E5E-9310-CF9D-57DF-90BDDF43EFAE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="563" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatess3FB58E5E-9310-CF9D-57DF-90BDDF43EFAE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="169" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This one is an artistically edited version. He kinda looks like an Ewok to me, he's cute!&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatessDF927197-6A51-E463-5A64-8789B31288D1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatessDF927197-6A51-E463-5A64-8789B31288D1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This little guy is only 2 days old. His mamma is the one at the bottom of this list with the before and after haircut. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatessBE0DE734-591C-07E1-5A3B-DD2620022AB2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="83" width="310" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=damammatessBE0DE734-591C-07E1-5A3B-DD2620022AB2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="33" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Man &amp; 2 Children Arrested for Stealing &amp; Killing Animals From Middle School Ag Department</title>
<description><![CDATA[DELTONA, Fla. — Three people were arrested on Monday on charges of breaking into Deltona Middle School and stealing animals from the agriculture department, said the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11114894-man-2-children-arrested-for-stealing-killing-animals-from-middle-school-ag-department</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11114894-man-2-children-arrested-for-stealing-killing-animals-from-middle-school-ag-department</guid><category>farm</category><category>animals</category><category>arrested</category><category>children</category><category>man</category><category>charged</category><category>killing</category><category>odd-news</category><category>crime</category><category>agriculture</category><category>department</category><category>middle-school</category><category>stealing</category><category>broke-in</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:14:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad04672B636C1F-0156-EAA1-EEE8-575CD75FA513.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad04672B636C1F-0156-EAA1-EEE8-575CD75FA513.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Filming on farms banned by proposed Utah law - CBS News</title>
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SALT LAKE CITY &mdash; Filming on farms, ranches and dairies could be prohibited in Utah by a bill moving to the Senate this week, despite concerns that animal abuse will go unreported.The prohibition is needed because "national propaganda groups" are hiding cameras on agricult&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[iluvmyblog]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[iluvmyblog]]></source><link>http://calbarran.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11004940-filming-on-farms-banned-by-proposed-utah-law-cbs-news</link><guid>http://calbarran.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11004940-filming-on-farms-banned-by-proposed-utah-law-cbs-news</guid><category>farm</category><category>law</category><category>illegal</category><category>agriculture</category><category>farming</category><category>us-news</category><category>filming</category><category>documenting</category><category>animal-abuse</category><category>animal-crulety</category><category>hb-187</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Apr 2012 19:53:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Marxists gang up on Old MacDonald&amp;#8217;s Farm</title>
<description><![CDATA[
While society is still reeling from the audacity of finding Michelle Obama&rsquo;s nose in the lunch bag lovingly sent to school with innocent 4-year-olds, a well-orchestrated agenda is being set to regulate the family farm out of business.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10720260-marxists-gang-up-on-old-macdonalds-farm</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10720260-marxists-gang-up-on-old-macdonalds-farm</guid><category>farm</category><category>politics</category><category>dot</category><category>george-soros</category><category>stephen-harper</category><category>solis</category><category>archer-daniels-midland</category><category>department-of-labor</category><category>farmland</category><category>family-farm</category><category>hilda-solis</category><category>center-for-consumer-freedom</category><category>cargil</category><category>soros-fund-management</category><category>gavilon</category><category>ospraie-management-llc</category><category>passport-capital-llc</category><category>debruce-grain</category><category>candy-coated-rules</category><category>olivier-de-schutter</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:53:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Are Brainless Chickens the Solution to Animal Cruelty?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Royal College of Art student Andr&eacute; Ford created the installation, dubbed&nbsp;The Centre for Unconscious Farming. It&rsquo;s a pretty grim affair, made of a massive steel frame that would contain up to 1,000 birds. In it the chickens are completely immobilized&mdash;their &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Children of the Last Generation]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Children of the Last Generation]]></source><link>http://childrenofthelastgeneration.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10720152-are-brainless-chickens-the-solution-to-animal-cruelty</link><guid>http://childrenofthelastgeneration.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10720152-are-brainless-chickens-the-solution-to-animal-cruelty</guid><category>farm</category><category>health</category><category>chicken</category><category>animal-welfare</category><category>cruelty</category><category>factory</category><category>factory-farm</category><category>cafo</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:44:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=childrenofthelastgeneration5F497FB6-07E0-4BC0-D27C-429C9093FF37.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=childrenofthelastgeneration5F497FB6-07E0-4BC0-D27C-429C9093FF37.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pig Porker Pinched!</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jimmy "Hawkeye" Jeter was caught zeroing in on his target at the local High School by surveilance camera as he undid his pants and fingered a pig. This paltry porcine poker was apprehended and sent straight to jail by local authorities.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jimmy the Goon]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jimmy the Goon]]></source><link>http://jimmythegoon1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/09/10625523-pig-porker-pinched</link><guid>http://jimmythegoon1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/09/10625523-pig-porker-pinched</guid><category>farm</category><category>arrest</category><category>animal</category><category>police</category><category>sex</category><category>odd</category><category>news</category><category>odd-news</category><category>pig</category><category>crazy</category><category>funny</category><category>creepy</category><category>surveilance</category><category>pork</category><category>jimmy</category><category>beastiality</category><category>barn</category><category>twisted</category><category>cleveland-county</category><category>fingered</category><category>am-march</category><category>porked</category><category>beastmurray-county</category><category>discussion-faq-klaxxus</category><category>richard-mann</category><category>richard-mann-i</category><category>topics-theft-crimes-court</category><category>kfor-tv-dt-next-story</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2012 20:47:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jimmythegoon118456BF6-8B28-CB42-CE9F-D3233D9C2336.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="169" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jimmythegoon118456BF6-8B28-CB42-CE9F-D3233D9C2336.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Winter Fun on the Farm</title>
<description><![CDATA[We have two ponds on the property. One 3/4 acre pond outside the fenced in yard, and a 12x20 garden pond inside the fenced in yard. The small pond is a little over 3 feet deep, and houses goldfish and whatever Mother Nature lets in. Frogs, snakes and turtles, mainly.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neale Osborn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Neale Osborn]]></source><link>http://nealebooks.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/10/10377725-winter-fun-on-the-farm</link><guid>http://nealebooks.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/10/10377725-winter-fun-on-the-farm</guid><category>farm</category><category>dogs</category><category>ice</category><category>home-garden</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:41:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Piano prodigy surprises parents</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Whatever it is, Heston is being called a piano prodigy. He wants to go to Utah State for an education, then Juilliard, then London's Royal College of Music. But of course, in the back of his mind, there's the family ranch and how his parents were planning on him taking it over.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></source><link>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/07/10338912-piano-prodigy-surprises-parents</link><guid>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/07/10338912-piano-prodigy-surprises-parents</guid><category>farm</category><category>music</category><category>education</category><category>london</category><category>utah</category><category>piano</category><category>utah-state</category><category>12-year-old</category><category>julliard</category><category>piano-prodigy</category><category>gifted-musician</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:43:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizardAEEE5D8C-1F6D-28BA-5152-DF33B48ED68D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="224" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizardAEEE5D8C-1F6D-28BA-5152-DF33B48ED68D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>