Food culture partisans like Jeremey Rifkin are revving up issues in time for Sacramento agriculture trade expo conference of 180 nations and anticipated protests by 130 organizations.
The Sacramento Bee outlines the main issues. It also explores police training for expected protests.
The Boston Globe worries about an anticipated riot at the food-ag expo.
But Nick Parker of Food First, one of the lead groups to be in Sacramento, scoffed at the idea of street violence.
Some people are calling the Sacramento trade meeting another WTO -- "Seattle II" as it were, but "The trouble is coming from the people expecting it," Parker said. He called the pre-game protest predictions inflammatory "Fear mongering by law enfocement.."
The ministerial meeting is sponsored by the USDA andNASA with some assistance from the State Department. It is international in scope, and making waves in Europe, with the German delegate backing out recently.
The Sacramento Bee outlines the main issues. It also explores police training for expected protests.
The Boston Globe worries about an anticipated riot at the food-ag expo.
But Nick Parker of Food First, one of the lead groups to be in Sacramento, scoffed at the idea of street violence.
Some people are calling the Sacramento trade meeting another WTO -- "Seattle II" as it were, but "The trouble is coming from the people expecting it," Parker said. He called the pre-game protest predictions inflammatory "Fear mongering by law enfocement.."
The ministerial meeting is sponsored by the USDA andNASA with some assistance from the State Department. It is international in scope, and making waves in Europe, with the German delegate backing out recently.
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