Paul Kellogg To students of twentieth-century Russian history, the name Vladimir Il’ich Lenin is a constant, and inevitable, presence. But the name Iulii Osipovich Tsederbaum better known through the pseudonym “Iulii Martov” is either entirely absent from view or present only as a mysterious, and often unsavoury, figure.
An Iowa farm advocacy group wants the state s U.S. senators to oppose a deal to allow one of the world s largest pork processors to buy large parts of a southeast Iowa hog supplier, a deal which would expand so-called "factory farming" in the state. Brazil-based JBS Foods Group has agreed to buy parts of TriOak Foods, one of the nation s largest pork suppliers. .
A labor union representing agricultural workers in Ohio, North Carolina and Virginia says it isn t waiting around for federal immigration reform to continue pushing for undocumented workers rights. Nearly 200 delegates recently voted to re-elect union President Baldemar Velasquez to a 14th term. Velasquez said the Farm Labor Organizing Committee plans to focus on defending workers employed on some of the state s largest farms who often face wage and working-conditions exploitation. .
Farmers are facing record-high land prices due to a bevy of factors. According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report, Virginia farm real estate prices have risen 8.5% in the last four years, and cost is not the only problem farmers face in trying to acquire land. .