2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (845+ words) At Ashawaug Farm in southwest Rhode Island, Dawn and Cassius Spears preserve their Indigenous knowledge of agriculture through the cultivation and keeping of three Narragansett heritage crops: white corn, succotash beans and crookneck squash. They would like to expand their…...

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3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (751+ words) A cow, named Beau Vine, was recently granted a waste carrier licence prompting calls for more regulation Ministers are set to introduce stricter background checks for waste carriers after the current system allowed a cow to be legally approved for…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (704+ words) In western Colorado, home to the treasured Palisade peach, cytospora canker is one of the most economically consequential fungal diseases faced by growers. A recent survey conducted by Colorado State University in Orchard Mesa found that 100% of the orchards have…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (355+ words) Farmers have been hit hard by the president’s tariff policies and rising fuel and fertilizer prices One month into a war that has sent fuel prices through the roof and sparked fears of fertilizer shortages that could wreak havoc on…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (667+ words) Dolores Huerta and the late César Chavez are both labor rights icons credited with leading a movement that pushed growers to negotiate for better wages and working conditions for farmworkers. Their legacies are getting new attention after allegations emerged that…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (765+ words) The Trump administration has quietly admitted in recent months its immigration crackdown was helping spark a farm labor shortage With deportation raids sending a chill across farm country, the Trump administration wants to make it easier for U.S. farms to hire…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (714+ words) Strategy lays out new steps towards banning fur imports, and phasing out farm cages and carbon dioxide chambers to kill pigs Activists are celebrating “landmark” animal welfare reforms that could spare millions of animals from being gassed to death or…...

9+ mon, 1+ day ago   (869+ words) When Donald Trump promised new tariffs while running for president, Gene Stehly worried that trade disputes would jeopardize his international sales of corn, soybeans and wheat. A little more than a year later, Stehly said his fears have become a…...