At a time when organic farmers are going out of business and being gobbled up by corporate agribusinesses by the hundreds,1 draft regulation2,3,4 currently under consideration would legalize factory farm conditions for organic chickens, thereby pushing even more of the smaller organic farmers out. While the proposed rule claims to protect and improve “animal welfare,”… Read More »
West Australian contact tracers are working to ring fence any COVID-19 infection spread from a hotel quarantine security guard and two of his housemates. The Perth and Peel region is on standby for another lockdown, depending on health authorities’ risk assessment of infection spread through the community. Premier Mark McGowan says the guard in his… Read More »
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that he would implement checkpoints throughout the five boroughs to enforce the state travel advisory for people visiting from coronavirus hot spots. “The checkpoints are going to send a very powerful message that this quarantine is serious. Even if we can’t reach every single person, I… Read More »