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Video: Senator Menendez Speaks on Behalf of Hispanic Farmers’ Discrimination Lawsuit + update

New Report: More Than 2 Million Hispanic Households With Children Face Hunger – Hispanic households with children experiencing very low food security up almost 50%

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 12th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Hispanic Farmers Fight To Sue USDA – In Texas and across the Southwest, Hispanic farmers have been fighting the Agriculture Department for close to a decade.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 2nd, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Hispanic farmers voice discrimination concerns – In N.M. visit, agriculture secretary gets an earful on USDA loan practices

United States and Four Latin American Countries Partner to Battle Cancer

The National Hispana Leadership Institute Honored Latinas in Public Service at Its Annual Latina Leaders Breakfast

Governor Discusses Water Reform at California Latino Water Coalition Press Conference

HISPANIC FARMERS TO ADMINISTRATION: STOP DISCRIMINATION NOW Anger and Frustration for Hispanic Farmers – Former Congressman de la Garza Asks President Obama to Intervene

SENATORS URGE SETTLEMENT IN USDA DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT BY HISPANIC FARMERS – Senators applaud settlement of similar suit by black farmers, say it is time to settle with Hispanic farmers

Hispanic y Latino News for Monday June 8th, 2009

Hispanic farmers on Friday told a U.S. Department of Agriculture official that the federal agency in charge of helping farmers stay in business discriminated against them whenever they applied for loans.

National Launch of the Reform Immigration for America Campaign

CHC, CAPAC and Progressive Caucus Discuss Immigration Reform with Community Leaders

Peru beer made from coca leaf to be exported to China

List of the White House’s 28 Hispanic/Latino appointments – (updated to 31)

News Summary for December 23rd – 28th, 2008

A recent administrative order by Puerto Rico’s Secretary of Agriculture has created a shock wave of reactions in the blogosphere. In the island of Puerto Rico if a person had to cut down a tree he/she had to request permission form the island’s Department of Natural Resources – that was until recently, when the Secretary of the Agency, Javier Velez Arocho, issued an administrative order that automatically grants a “fast track” permission to anyone who wishes to cut a tree.

News Summaries for December 16th-18th, 2008

Ranchers-turned-missionaries use agriculture in Ecuador to start churches

News Summaries for Friday – December 12th, 2008 – includes Business & Entertainment

Colorado Democratic Rep. John Salazar says he’s been appointed to the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which all but eliminates him from consideration to be secretary of agriculture.

Attention needed to prevent Hispanic worker deaths – Hispanic workers may be at higher risk for work-related death than other U.S. workers, a University of Iowa trauma investigator warns. “Iowa has many Hispanic workers, and they are doing jobs in industries like those highlighted in a recent national report,” said Murray Madsen, chief investigator Iowa Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (IA FACE) at the University of Iowa.

News Summary for Friday – December 5th, 2008

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is lobbying for the selection of Colorado’s congressman John Salazar to be the next agriculture secretary.

New Summary for Wednesday – December 3rd, 2008

Congressional Hispanic Caucus wants Reps. John Salazar (D-Colo.) for secretary of Agriculture, Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas) for secretary of Education, Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) for secretary of Interior, Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) for Environmental Protection Agency administrator and Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) for secretary of Labor.

News Summary for Tuesday – December 2nd, 2008

Search for Work and Workers at Heart of Migration in This Century, Says IOM’s World Migration Report 2008

Breaking a glass ceiling: will New Jersey get a Latino Secretary of Agriculture?

A new report by the Government Accountability Office says representation of women and people of color in the senior corps grew overall between October 2000 and September 2007, but not at all agencies. Representation at the departments of Agriculture, Education, and Health and Human Services fell in certain categories, and sometimes those dives were steep. At Education, for example, the percentage of African American men dropped sharply, from 13.3 percent to 4.5 percent. Hispanic men disappeared altogether, from a nearly invisible 1.7 percent in 2000 to zero last year. There were no Latinas among the executives at either point.

SNPs Affect Folate Metabolism in Study of Puerto Rican Adults

Braceros’ Claims Deadline Extended to January 5, 2009 – WWII-era Mexican Workers Granted Extra Time to File Claims for Withheld Payroll Savings.

Video: USDA and Ad Council Announce New Spanish-Language PSAs Featuring Disney’s Jungle Book Characters to Target Hispanic Families

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and DNC Hispanic Caucus Chair Ramona Martinez Commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month

Gov. Mike Easley has appointed Yasmin Wurts Metivier of Apex to the Governor’s Advisory Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs. – North Carolina

USHCC Expresses Dismay and Disappointment at SBA Award

Border farmers seek change on guest workers

Beaufort Hispanic Life Safety Program Targets New Audience – South Carolina

Wiregrass Hispanic Community Is Rapidly Growing – Alabama

Hispanic Woman President is a Texas A&M First – Elsa Murano

DHS: Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Department of Commerce Secretary Gutierrez at the State of Immigration Address

Cuba’s urban farming program a stunning success

Yahoo! Telemundo Reveals BUZZ-worthy Searches for May, Highlights Top 10 Searches in Three Popular Search Categories

Aspen Latino Named Hispanic On-Premise Activation Agency for Absolut(R) Vodka

Geraldo Rivera: Secretary Chertoff, Call Off These Raids – Politics on The Huffington Post

Some US farms outsourced to Mexico

Chamber to unveal program to help non-English speakers – Greenville, South Carolina

Several Food and Drink Firms from Latin America are starting to Make Acquisitions in the US

Ways of Ancient Mexico Reviving Barren Lands – the traditional milpa

Blogante News for Tuesday – April 29th, 2008

Ancient Sunflower Fuels Debate About Agriculture In The Americas – confirmed evidence of domesticated sunflower in Mexico — 4,000 years before what had been previously believed!

Jump in Fatalities of Latino Workers, Reports New AFL-CIO Death on the Job Study

U.S. raising more goats for meat

Latin America: The Downside of the GM Revolution

Blogante News for Sunday – April 13th, 2008

Mexican farmer honored for saving agriculture – Jesus Leon in San Isidro Tilantongo, Mexico wins $150,000 award for pioneering environmental activistism

Blogante News for Monday – March 24th, 2008

Cuba moves to decentralize state-run agriculture

Labor shortage grows desperate for area farmers; Relief sought in state measure, but say U.S. reform needed – Colorado

New book spotlights the experiences of Mexicans in Chicago – entitled “In Mexican Chicago: Race, Identity, and Nation” by Gabriela Arredondo

Growing Latino market valuable for farmers

TOMA LECHE to Air ‘Milk-Benefit’ Tales

Hector V. Barreto, Jr. Joins Zana Network Advisory Board

The Christian Chronicle » A Conversation with Berto Murillo

Businesses need immigrant workers but extremists ‘are stirring the pots of hatred’ – Utah

Senator Ken Salazar Promotes Unity on ‘Issues: Caras Y Voces,’ Broadcast on Azteca America And Proyecto 40

Mexican produce trucks flood Nogales entry

Cesar E. Chavez National Holiday :: Carlos Santana, Martin Sheen and Edward James Olmos Agree to Co-Chair Effort to Win National Holiday for Farm Worker Leader Cesar E. Chavez

Oregon business group counters anti-illegal immigrant campaigns

Yakima conference offers advice for Latino small farmers – Washington

Texas A&M’s Borlaug Institute Helping Thousands of Guatemalan Farmers

Blogante News for Tuesday – January 22nd, 2008

granma.cu -California Agriculture Secretary visits Cuba

Blogante News for Tuesday – January 15th, 2008

Mexican avocado exporters group sues California Department of Food and Agriculture

Farm Bureau Calls for Immigration Reform

Roots: Cuban-American farmers in the Redland – Florida

Elsa Murano wastes no time taking Texas A&M reins

Hispanic Media Look to Iowa with Caution

Dr. Elsa Murano tapped to be President of Nation’s 6th largest University

Texs A&M set to name first female and Hispanic president – Elsa Murano sole finalist for job vacated by Robert Gates.

Why Hispanic Students Succeed at Georgia Tech

An element of fear exists in the debate – (immigration commentary from Yuri Cunza president of the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)

Florida State Fair Adds a New Hispanic Village to Its 2008 Plans

Help this movie get a theatrical distributor – AMERICAN HARVEST MOVIE (THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT IMMIGRANT AMERICA)

Blogante Headlines for Monday – November 12th, 2007

Agriculture Department To Conduct Farm Labor Survey – New York

National Immigration Forum > Virginia Democrats Stand Up To Demagogues and It Works

Blogante Headlines for Monday – November 5th, 2007

Anti-illegal immigration law affecting agriculture sector – Oklahoma

Blogante Headlines for Tuesday – October 30th, 2007

Silence of the Bees | Impact of CCD on US Agriculture | PBS – (impact is HUGE!)

Blogante News for Monday – October 29th, 2007

Agriculture sparked growth in diversity – Holland, Michigan

Michigan State University to receive $2.3 million to help seasonal, migrant farm youths

The Future Is Drying Up (in the West) – (in light of all the wildfires out here in Southern California this seemed timely)

Latina Initative inspires – Rhonda Solis – Greeley, Colorado

University of California researcher: farmers markets benefit local economies

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