Poverty reduced by half in 2015 - NAPC.
Byline: MARVYN N. BENANING Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban, lead convenor of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), is seeking tighter collaboration with local government units (LGUs) to fight poverty and uplift the lives of the poor. Moreover, he admitted that stronger immersion at the grassroots is...

ENTREE NOTES.
Byline: The Register-Guard Chocolate is the theme for Springfield festival SPRINGFIELD - Food, live music, contests, children's games and, of course, chocolate will be featured during the first Springfield Community Chocolate festival Saturday at New Life Church, 2080 19th St. Admission to the...

A real world school solution.
Byline: Rushmie Kalke BOYLSTON - The key to education reform is motivating students to want to learn for themselves, said state Education Commissioner David P. Driscoll yesterday morning. Mr. Driscoll, addressing a crowd of Junior Achievement volunteers at the Cyprian Keyes Golf Course in Boylston,...

Love of land lives on.
Byline: Donna Boynton Jennifer L. Core rinsed freshly picked carrots with a hose in what once was a dairy barn on Maggie's Farm in Athol. In front of Ms. Core were large clay-colored pots in which green heads of lettuce floated in water. All were...

Organic Valley's George Siemon Receives Prestigious Sustie Award for Leadership in Sustainable Agriculture.
LA FARGE, Wis., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- George Siemon, CEO and a founding farmer of Organic Valley Family of Farms, recently received the prestigious Sustie Award from the Ecological Farming Association at the organization's annual Eco-Farm Conference in Pacific Grove, Calif. The trophy Siemon received was a hand-carved gourd,...

Childhood's end: in Thailand, poverty isn't the primary reason that girls become prostitutes.
For people concerned with child welfare and human rights, the rural villages of northern Thailand loom as a heart of darkness. National policies on land ownership have led to the demise of many family farms in this agricultural area during the past 30 years, so northern Thais have increasingly...

One in seven rural Americans is poor.
As globalization and farm subsidies drive family farms out of business, people living in rural areas are more at risk for hunger, according to an annual report by Bread for the World, an antipoverty group. One in seven rural Americans is poor, and almost one-third of those...

Salesforce.com Announces Earthforce - Leading the Way Towards Carbon-Neutral Enterprise Applications.
Salesforce.com Foundation to Fund Renewable Energy Projects to Offset All salesforce.com Corporate Carbon Emissions Earthforce Initiative Will Offset salesforce.com Corporate Carbon Emissions for All of salesforce.com's 27,100 Customers Extends salesforce.com's Visionary 1/1/1 Integrated Philanthropy Model to Now Include Fourth '1' - One With the Earth...

North Carolina's Organic Dairy Pioneers Receive Awards from Organic Valley/CROPP, Nation's Leading Organic Cooperative.
Celebrate Launch of Organic Dairy in North Carolina SALISBURY, N.C., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The first dairy farmers in the state of North Carolina to be certified organic recently received awards for their pioneering efforts from the nation's largest and oldest cooperative of organic farmers, Organic Valley...

Canlis and Starbucks Better a Community Through Coffee.
Altruistic Story of Guatemalan Casi Cielo(TM) Coffee Creates a Buzz - and Healthy Competition - for Western Washington Starbucks Retail Partners SEATTLE, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A cause that started modestly in 2003 between two Seattle legends, Canlis restaurant and Starbucks, has now become a world-changing event....