Family Rights and Child Abuse News

10 Reasons Why we Don't Need GM Foods

by Jim Hightower

The time has come to choose between a GM based, or a non GM-based, world food supply. Genetically modified (GM) foods are often promoted as a way to feed the world. But this is little short of a confidence trick.

Far from needing more GM foods, there are urgent reasons why we need to ban them altogether. Biofuels are crops grown for fuel rather than food. GM giant Monsanto has been at the heart of the lobbying for biofuels - while profiting enormously from the resulting food crisis and using it as a PR opportunity to promote GM foods! "The climate crisis was used to boost biofuels, helping to create the food crisis; and now the food crisis is being used to revive the fortunes of the GM industry." - Daniel Howden, Africa correspondent, The Independent (UK)

nationofchange.org

March 20, 2013

10 States Celebrate National Bulk Foods Week

by Elaine Murphy

Last week, the governors of 10 states declared an official recognition of National Bulk Foods Week. Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont all encouraged their state's shoppers to...

The Bulk Is Green Council, a food organization based in Portland, Oregon, also issued a letter encouraging more than 500 grocery retailers to display signs advertising the campaign and inviting customers to shop in bulk during National Bulk Foods Week. If you missed National Bulk Foods Week, you can still join the movement by shopping at a local store that sells food in bulk! Buying food in bulk refers to dry, unpackaged, often organic goods like flour, spices, nuts, coffee, cereal and dried fruit that are stored in large bins in grocery stores.

greenanswers.com

November 4, 2011

10 Tragic Cases Of Children Murdered By Social Workers

Child welfare agencies were created to promote the safety and well-being of children. They investigate cases of family violence, child abuse, and neglect, and when necessary, they take protective action.

The goal of social workers is to keep children with their families when it is deemed safe and to provide them with a safe environment when they are determined to be at risk. Unfortunately, many cases are ignored or mishandled in such a way that the abused child continues to suffer. When social workers fail to act, the consequences can be deadly. Their negligence in these cases makes them almost as culpable as the perpetrators.

listverse.com

March 24, 2017

10-year-old with tattoo ends up in foster care

In the Garrisson family, it's a tradition. "He got his initials out there on the right leg at the very bottom," said Jerry Garrisson.

All of the family members have their initials in ink. So when Jerry's 10-year-old grandson wanted his initials tattooed on his leg... "I didn't see why a tattoo was such a big issue to begin with, and I didn't see where none of this was right," he explained. Garrisson says the Department of Children and Families came to his house with another concern, and when they saw his grandson's tattoo, they told him it was a problem.

wtsp.com

June 21, 2012

11 children found neglected in Liberty County home

by Cindy Horswell

Investigators are looking into possible criminal charges after Child Protective Services took custody of 11 children found neglected and physically abused inside a home in Liberty County.

CPS spokeswoman Gwen Carter declined to comment on an investigator's sworn affidavit that reported three of the children, including a 5-year-old blind girl, had been found tied to their beds. It also reported eight of the 11 children were being kept in one bedroom in unsanitary conditions.

chron.com

February 21, 2012