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A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots
In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots. Or rather, over the groundwater where they’re growing northwest of Los Angeles.
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How weather will impact businesses dependent on fall season
After a rainy pattern affected New England all summer, people are wondering what the autumn will look like. It’s time to pick your own apples in Massachusetts. It’s a highly-anticipated fall tradition, especially for businesses like C.N. Smith Farm in East Bridgewater. “About 50% of our business we make in September and October for the year, so in two...
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Lots of indoor farms are shutting down as their businesses struggle. So why are more being built?
Across the country, more indoor farms are launching or expanding even as others founder.
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Biden administration proposes more protections for migrant farm workers under H-2A via program
The proposal would reform the H-2A visa program, under which hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mostly from Mexico, take on seasonal jobs in the U.S. agriculture industry.
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Livestock pollution: EPA denies tougher regulations for large farms
The Biden administration is rejecting a plea from environmentalists to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways.
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Farm fields don't just feed us. They store carbon. But a big question is how much
Soil and its potential for storing carbon is gaining attention from farmers, researchers and even Congress.
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‘Entire fields are underwater': Flooding has major impact on Vt. farming industry
Vermont’s farming industry has been hit hard by this week’s flooding. The full scope of the damage not clear yet, but it’s obvious the destruction is major. Right now, people are rallying to help. The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont has about 800 farmers in its membership and says dozens have already reported losses from the flood. NOFA...
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Flooding hits Vt. farming industry hard
The destruction left by this week’s severe flooding has had a major effect on Vermont’s farming industry.
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Mississippi farms paid immigrants higher wages than Black US workers, feds say
The U.S. Labor Department says 44 farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants on temporary work visas.
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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to California Pork Law Mandating More Space for Pigs
The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to a California animal cruelty law that affects the pork industry.
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Nearly 20,000 Dairy Cows Killed, Worker Injured in Explosion, Fire at Texas Farm
One person is in critical condition and nearly 20,000 cows are believed to have been killed in an explosion and fire at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle Monday night.
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Centuries Old Laughing Ceremony Held in Japan to Close Out 2022
A centuries old laughing ceremony was held in Japan over the weekend, where about 20 farmers took turns laughing three times to express thanks, pray for good harvests and forget the suffering they experienced in 2022.