September 2015 – CU-CitizenAccess.org

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#LongJourney Home: The story of Latino migration into Central Illinois

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:September 29, 2015
Post category:Immigration

Join us for Illinois Humanities' second installment of the Latino Americans: 500 Years of History series, “The Long Journey Home.” This panel discussion will trace the past, present, and future of Latino migration in central Illinois by highlighting oral histories and contemporary investigative reporting on migrant worker camps.

Read more about the article Ag Secretary Vilsack announces major USDA biofuel investment

Darrell Hoemann

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, middle, listens to a researchers on Sept. 10, 2015. Vilsack was visiting the Energy Farm just south of Urbana, Ill. From left: German Bollero, head of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's crop science department; Tim Mies, director of the Energy Farm; Robert Hauser, ACES dean; Patrick Brown, assistant professor in plant breeding and genetics

Ag Secretary Vilsack announces major USDA biofuel investment

Post author:Claire Everett / Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
Post published:September 16, 2015
Post category:Agriculture

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced on Thursday that his department will award nearly two dozen states with millions of dollars to build the gas pumps and other infrastructure needed to supply American drivers with more renewable fuel.

Read more about the article Former U.S. rep recruits farmers for corn lawsuit

Darrell Hoemann

Lawyer William Enyart talks with farmers at the Hilton Garden Inn on Tuesday, September 1, 2015.

Former U.S. rep recruits farmers for corn lawsuit

Post author:Claire Everett / Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
Post published:September 16, 2015
Post category:Agriculture

Nearly a year after China re-opened its doors to imported U.S. corn, one former U.S. representative is recruiting Illinois farmers into a mass-action lawsuit as plaintiffs. Thousands of farmers – along with major agribusinesses Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill – are suing the Swiss chemical company Syngenta for selling a genetically modified strain of corn in the United States before its approval by China.