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- S. African whites trek north for new lands. Matloff, Judith // Christian Science Monitor;5/22/95, Vol. 87 Issue 123, p1
Reports the trek by conservative South African farmers, under the leadership of the Agricultural Unions of Transvaal and Orange Free State, to neighboring African countries to cultivate land and set up self sufficient communities. Reason for the migration; Problems faced by the farmers; Plans...
- Wilson's way: Divide and win. Cottle, Michelle // Mother Jones;Nov/Dec94, Vol. 19 Issue 6, p30
Reports on California Governor Pete Wilson's open letter to President Bill Clinton demanding reimbursement of his state's immigration costs as pass a constitutional amendment denying citizenship to children born to undocumented parents. Related issues concerning jobs and services.
- Dateline for stupidity: TUCSON. Hatfield, David // Inside Tucson Business;5/1/2006, Vol. 15 Issue 47, p4
The author comments on the debate in Tucson, Arizona, on the issue of immigration. He warns that rhetoric on both sides of the issue have escalated to dangerous levels. The situation has lent credence to public figures involved in the controversy who have demonstrated their ineptness. These...
- Council vetoes one-member, one-vote debate. Riley, Jonathan // Farmers Weekly;1/24/2003, Vol. 138 Issue 4, p12
Reports on the decision of the National Farmers Union (NFU) to reject a resolution which could have given every member a vote in the union's presidential elections. Policy of the NFU regarding the election of a president; Need for a review of the resolution by the whole organization.
- 'No cash crisis' behind NFU move to Midlands. Davies, Isabel; Howe, Stephen; Riley, Jonathan // Farmers Weekly;7/18/2003, Vol. 139 Issue 3, p7
Reports on the changes at National Farmers' Union (NFU) in Great Britain. Potential sites for NFU premises; Replacement of individual committees with national commodity boards; Statement issued by director Martin Haworth on the union's election policy.
- NAMIBIA: BLACK FARMERS PLAN TO SEIZE WHITE-OWNED FARMS. Packard, Gabriel // New York Amsterdam News;11/13/2003, Vol. 94 Issue 46, p2
The Namibia Farm Workers Union, a group of Black Namibian farmers, says it is going to occupy 15 white-owned farms this week in a bid to speed up the government's program of buying land from the country's 4,000 white land-owners--who own nearly half of Namibia's farmland.
- Kansas Farmers Union sets policy positions for 2012. // Kansas Farmer (0022-8583);Jan2012, Vol. 150 Issue 1, p8
Information on topics discussed at the national convention of the Kansas Farmers Union on December 2-3, 2011 in Topeka, Kansas is presented, which include the adoption of policy positions, the elections of the 2012 board of directors, and federal farm policy and 2012 Farm Bill.
- Institutional Organization, Stewardship, and Religious Resistance to Modern Agricultural Trends: The Christian Farmers' Movement in the Netherlands and in Canada. Paterson, John L. // Agricultural History;Summer2001, Vol. 75 Issue 3, p308
Examines the history and significance of the two Christian Farmers Federations (CFFs) in Canada in resisting modernizing trends in agriculture. Role of the Dutch neo-Calvinist movement on the formation of the CFFs; History and role of the farmers' union in the Netherlands and its transference...
- Immigration reform for farm workers. // Business Journal Serving Fresno & the Central San Joaquin Valley;10/3/2003, Issue 323147, p20
Editorial. Comments on the congressional proposal that addresses the immigration problems affecting immigrant farm-workers in the U.S. Neglect on the problems concerning other immigrants not engaged in farm work; Objective of the proposed legislation; Chances on the approval of the proposed...
