American and Utah Farm Bureaus defend National Monuments proclamation
SANDY, Utah. March 8, 2018 – The American Farm Bureau Federation and Utah Farm Bureau Federation have filed court papers seeking to intervene to support the government’s defense of multiple lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s Dec. 4, 2017 proclamation reducing the size of Utah’s overly expansive Grand Staircase-Escalante national monument.
Several environmental organizations and tribes challenged the proclamation in the federal District Court for the District of Columbia. The United States and the State of Utah have requested to move the case to the federal District Court in Utah.
“Utah ranching families have been grazing and taking care of these lands for generations,” said Ron Gibson, President of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation. “Preserving continued access for grazing is critical for these families and the rural communities they support.”
The lawsuits raise several constitutional and statutory questions concerning the scope of a president’s authority under the 1906 Antiquities Act to modify national monuments designated by prior presidents.
Seven presidents, from both major political parties, have shrunk national monuments a total of 12 times previously – including President Taft, who reduced the Navajo National Monument by nearly 90 percent. Presidents Eisenhower, Truman, Taft, Wilson and Coolidge all reduced national monuments.
“While this lawsuit relates to Utah ranchers, the court’s decision will set important precedent nationwide on whether a sitting president can modify national monument designations based on factual findings that a prior designation was larger than necessary to protect the resources involved,” said Zippy Duvall, President of the American Farm Bureau Federation. “Farm Bureau will continue to work to ensure presidential designations meet the law’s requirement to limit their size to the smallest area compatible with proper care and management of the objects to be protected. If the plaintiffs prevail, the Antiquities Act will be a one-way ratchet to tie up federal land in perpetuity.”
While more than 90 percent of the Grand Staircase monument was “open to grazing” on paper, grazing was virtually impossible as a practical matter because of management policies specific to national monuments. Much of the land’s ability to support grazing, for example, was eliminated because ranchers weren’t allowed to implement rangeland improvements. Even improvements that would have been “no brainers” on most other Bureau of Land Management-managed lands were prohibited in Utah because of the monument designation.
“The Antiquities Act has been abused to designate “monuments” that grossly exceed the scale envisioned by Congress,” Gibson said. “These land grabs set aside vast areas of federal lands for the purpose of landscape preservation and elimination of resource use – severely limiting ranchers’ access to lands for livestock grazing.”
All federal lands are managed to protect the environment and allow multiple uses of the land, through the Federal Land Policy & Management Act. However, designation as a national monument is much more restrictive. Ranchers in established monuments, such as the Grand Staircase-Escalante, have been limited in their ability to manage vegetation to ensure ample forage, utilize fences and corrals for their livestock, and provide clean water for their livestock.
Farm Bureau strives to work with the government to promote livestock grazing as an integral part of responsible multiple use and management of federal lands. The adjustment of this monument – and the ability to adjust other monuments when necessary in the future – will keep them in line with the stated intent of the Antiquities Act, while also keeping ranching families in business and maintaining a healthy rangeland.
About the Utah Farm Bureau
The Utah Farm Bureau is the largest general farm and ranch organization in the state with approximately 32,000 member families. Its mission is to inspire all Utah families to connect, succeed and grow through the miracle of agriculture. It strives to bring value to every citizen and community through love of God, family, country, and the land through political action, educational and informational means. The Farm Bureau is a non-partisan, voluntary organization, and its efforts are based on grassroots policies developed by members at the local, county, state and national levels. It is affiliated with the American Farm Bureau Federation, the world’s largest general farm organization, with approximately six million family members in 50 states and Puerto Rico. For more information, go to the Utah Farm Bureau Web site at http://www.utahfarmbureau.org, ‘Utah Farm Bureau’ on Facebook, @MountainFarmer on Twitter, Utah Farm Bureau on Instagram, or on YouTube at www.youtube.com/utahfarmer.
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barrick’s BaTTleborn Series will CONNECT nevada with NATIONAL tech and innovation community
Hackathon Offers $20,000 in Cash Prizes for Solutions Improving Operational Mining Challenge
Las Vegas, NV — Technology and mining industry leaders from across the country, competitors, observers, students and startup entrepreneurs will gather to build skills and engage with talent at BattleBorn, a three-part series that will include boot camps, a 54-hour hackathon and a startup exchange.
Barrick Gold Corporation, Cisco, Switch and Unearthed will provide Nevada’s innovation and tech community with a unique opportunity to get involved by learning about developments in the resource sector or networking with industry leaders, competing in a hackathon and exhibiting a startup March 3-12 at Rob Roy’s Innevation Center, powered by Switch.
The public is invited to participate in the series; observers that wish to witness the action and meet fellow innovators, are invited to attend on March 9 and March 11. Participant tickets are $30 and observer tickets are $100. Members of the media are invited to cover any portion of the series but the best visuals and interview opportunities will occur during hackathon (specifically the opening on March 9 at 6 p.m. and closing on March 11 around 8 p.m.).
BattleBorn Three Part Series:
1. Boot Camps – On March 3 challenge descriptions will be shared during a session where participants will engage mentors in a question and answer session. On March 7, Amazon Web Services, Barrick, Cisco, Silicon Foundry and Unearthed will lead a tech onboarding session. The workshops will provide participants with the tools and techniques they will need to succeed over the hackathon weekend. On March 8 teams will form and prepare to launch.
2. Hackathon – A 54-hour high-intensity programming competition for participants, over the weekend of March 9 – 11, to solve innovation challenges in the mining industry. A panel of judges will evaluate the potential applicability to real-world industry. Prizes, totaling $20,000, will be awarded to the top teams.
3. Startup Exchange – On March 12, an exhibition-style event will be held to showcase early-stage ventures from around the world. The Startup Exchange is a platform for industry leaders to engage with these ventures and find ways to deploy their solutions.
WHO: Michael Brown, President, Barrick USA
Paul Anderson, Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Economic Development
Missy Young, Chief Information Officer, Switch
Michelle Ash, Chief Innovation Officer, Barrick Gold Corporation
Zane Prickett, Director, Unearthed
WHAT: BattleBorn series Hackathon kick off and closing/announcement of award winners
WHERE: Rob Roy’s Innevation Center, powered by Switch
6795 S Edmond Street, 3rd Floor, Las Vegas, NV 89118
WHEN: Hackathon kickoff/welcome Friday, March 9 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Hackathon announcement of prize winners Sunday, March 11 approximately at 8:00 p.m.
VISUALS, PHOTO AND INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:
· Barrick representatives available for interviews
· For b-roll of Barrick’s November 2017 hackathon in London, England visit http://bit.ly/BarrickLondonHackathon.
RSVP: Media interested in attending should RSVP with Jennifer Lόpez, Jennifer.Lopez@rrpartners.com.
For more information about the BattleBorn series of events, including a complete schedule, participant registration and ticket purchase, visit battleborn.tech.
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About Barrick Gold Corporation
Barrick’s vision is the generation of wealth through responsible mining – wealth for our owners, our people and the countries and communities with which we partner. The company operates three gold mines in Nevada, providing more than 4,000 of the state’s highest-paying jobs. Barrick is the state’s largest foreign investor and is also Nevada’s largest exporter. Barrick and its employees are active supporters of causes in education, conservation, the arts and other local community organizations in both Northern and Southern Nevada. In partnership with other Nevada businesses, Barrick has taken a leadership role in working to establish best practices and promote corporate giving in Nevada through the Nevada Corporate Giving Council.
About Unearthed
Unearthed is a resources technology group out of Western Australia running open innovation programs and competitions around the world, connecting innovators, entrepreneurs and startups to opopportunities and challenges facing the resources sector. Visit http://unearthed.solutions.
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UPDATE: Hemp, Inc. Announces Subsidiary Hemp University’s First Educational Symposium of 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina, is Nearly Sold Out
SPRING HOPE, NC--(Globenewswire – 3/9/2018) Hemp, Inc. (OTC PINK: HEMP), a global leader in the industrial hemp industry with the largest hemp mill in the western hemisphere, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Hemp University, LLC’s first educational symposium event of the year, “Growing Hemp for Profit,” on Saturday, March 10, 2018, is nearly sold out, with nearly 95% of maximum allowed participants already registered.
The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn in Charlotte, North Carolina. Attendees will be able to participate in three training sessions that will focus on growing, cannabidiol (CBD) oil extracting, and hemp farming economics. In 2017, the first, year hemp was legal to grow in North Carolina, Hemp University hosted five sold-out symposiums in northeast North Carolina and had a total of over 800 attendees.
“We identified a need for an industrial hemp educational event in Charlotte after receiving numerous inquiries about farming hemp and manufacturing hemp-derived CBD from residents living in this area,” said Hemp, Inc. CEO Bruce Perlowin. “We have seen how the decrease in profitability of tobacco farming has compromised the family farm, leading many to abandon generations-long businesses in search of different employment in more urban settings. We are proud to be on the forefront of the industrial hemp movement and look forward to sharing that experience and expertise with the people of Charlotte.”
The Hemp University is one of Hemp, Inc.’s powerful tools in educating and training farmers who are growing hemp for the company this year. In fact, Hemp, Inc. reported in a previous press release that it is also set to grow up to 25,000 acres of industrial hemp this year thus making North Carolina the "Epicenter of the Industrial Hemp Industry". According to Hemp, Inc. representatives, the 25,000 acres to be grown are more than what the entire country grew last year alone. The large amount of acreage is expected to improve farmer profitability as well as boost the overall economy by opening up new revenue streams in the marketplace for buyers and farmers seeking higher quality products.
Growing up to 25,000 acres of hemp is no small feat. It takes an army of farmers to grow that many acres and according to Perlowin, they plan to double that number every year. This is why the education and training components are so important. Hemp, Inc.’s Hemp University is the only forum in America that has the tools, trainers, and educators, in one spot, to accomplish this task.
The hemp industry is projected to grow 700% and hit $1.8 billion by 2020, according to Hemp Business Journal. This statistic includes the all-natural, non-psychoactive CBD that is derived from the industrial hemp plant. Hemp, Inc. announced Nov. 2, 2017 the delivery of its advanced CBD hemp oil extraction post processing equipment, thus completing the Company's hemp oil extraction infrastructure.
Rick Rainbolt, President and Co-Founder of Hemp University, LLC, said, “Hemp University began with a mission to help landowners and farmers add a profitable income stream to their business through the addition of industrial hemp to their crop rotation. As we kick off our educational symposium this year in Charlotte, we look forward to educating attendees about the economics of growing hemp in three main categories: hemp for fiber, hemp for seeds, and hemp for CBD.”
To buy tickets for Hemp University’s March 10 “Growing Hemp for Profit” event before they sell out and to learn more about the line-up of Master Growers and farmers, coaches and trainers who will be facilitating visit here. To learn more about Hemp University and upcoming events, visit here.
ABOUT HEMP, INC.
With a deep-rooted social and environmental mission at its core, Hemp, Inc. seeks to build a business constituency for the American small farmer, the American veteran, and other groups experiencing the ever-increasing disparity between tapering income and soaring expenses. As a leader in the industrial hemp industry with ownership of the largest commercial multi-purpose industrial hemp processing facility in North America, Hemp, Inc. believes there can be tangible benefits reaped from adhering to a corporate social responsibility plan.
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