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GSC launches new project to increase local egg production and train farmers

As residents’ interest to “Buy Local” grows, the demand for local eggs also increases.

No carnival, no parade: will Liberation ever be the same?

Protections for small-scale farmers receive support

Protections for small-scale farmers receive support By Joe Taitano II View Comments A measure to remove the size requirement on protections for bona fide commercial farmers saw bipartisan support during a Wednesday hearing. Current statutes provide protections for those who engage in agriculture, mandating that they may not be forced to stop activities due to change in usage of surrounding lands or zoning. But they limit the protections to those whose farms are over one-half acre in size. Bill 134, introduced by Sen. Clynt Ridgell, would simply strike that provision from law. It comes on the heels of the senator’s recent measure to require all commercial farmers to register with the Guam Department of Agriculture, which has become public law.

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'Inspiring innovation' conference starts Thursday morning

Inspiring Innovation conference starts Thursday morning By Steve Limtiaco Resisting your comfort zone is important to growing and progressing, said Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, a wellness expert who is scheduled to be the closing speaker at Thursday’s Guam Women’s Chamber of Commerce s Fanachu Famalao’an, or Women Rising, annual empowerment conference. The virtual conference, with the theme “Inspiring Innovation,”  is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to noon. The event’s keynote speaker is former Guam resident Suhana Han, who graduated from Harvard Law School and is now a partner in the Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Litigation Group in New York. Han will discuss adapting to the pandemic, from a professional perspective.