When Americans speculate that the United States is “becoming Europe,” we don’t mean that our art museums are getting a lot better. Instead, we worry about the encroachments of a growing bureaucracy that is smothering freedom and innovation. Last Friday, in an unexpected announcement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture took an unfortunate step toward Europeanization [...]
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The USDA of Europe
When Americans speculate that the United States is “becoming Europe,” we don’t mean that our art museums are getting a lot better. Instead, we worry about the encroachments of a growing bureaucracy that is smothering freedom and innovation. Last Friday, in an unexpected announcement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture took an unfortunate step toward Europeanization [...]
A Forward-Looking Kenya Can Lead the Global Biotech Movement
A newly elected government provides a country with a rare opportunity for a fresh start—and President Uhuru Kenyatta’s nomination this week of Felix Kiptarus Kosgey to become Kenya’s next Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries offers my nation a remarkable opening to make a hard push for real food security. Success, however, will require [...]
Mexico Struggles with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
China has received most of the attention for the past five months with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H7N9. However, Mexico has struggled for almost a year with HPAI H7N3 in its commercial egg-laying flocks and broiler production flocks. According to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the H7N3 strain does not affect humans, [...]
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Trading our way to prosperity
Source – New York Post By Michael Fumento Date – 16 May 2013 Website – www.nypost.com Medellin, Colombia The Colombia Free Trade Agreement is proving a great success, as supporters over five years ago predicted. On the first anniversary of its implementation, US exports to Latin America’s third-largest economy are up almost 15 percent. Our country can reap [...]
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