On average, U.S. farmers are aging, but a quarter of them are …
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The battle to control America’s ‘most destructive’ species: feral pigs
WEBMar 26, 2021 · A layer of frost clings to the grass on the morning Anthony DeNicola sets out to check his trap. It’s late January in South Carolina. The sun is rising, the fog is lifting, and the frogs are croaking from somewhere in the dark loblolly pines.
How food became a weapon in America’s culture war
WEBThe existential food fight. In recent years, the meat-driven culture war has reached new levels of absurdity, with right-wing internet memes about “soy boys,” meant to denigrate men who choose a plant-based diet as insufficiently masculine, and claims that liberals want to ban meat. When Texas Senator Ted Cruz was running for president, in 2015, a campaign ad showed him cooking a strip of ...
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Hot Farm | Food and Environment Reporting Network
WEBHot Farm Trailer. By Eve Abrams, March 15, 2022. Over four episodes, Hot Farm from the Food & Environment Reporting Network tells the stories of farmers who are experimenting with ways to use less water and chemicals, protect their soil and use renewable energy—as well as those who still need to be convinced that climate change is a man-made ...
Mapping Covid-19 outbreaks in the food system
WEBApr 22, 2020 · According to data collected by FERN, as of September 2 at 12pm ET, at least 1,466 meatpacking and food processing plants (581 meatpacking and 885 food processing) and 438 farms and production facilities have had confirmed cases of Covid-19. At least 91,717 workers (59,148 meatpacking …
What needs to change in America’s food system
WEBApr 29, 2020 · That type of concentration and risk is evident all over our current food system. Our food system also has been unjust by design. We are now able to see that the wellbeing of food workers is directly related to our wellbeing. Protecting them, eliminating inequalities, will be essential to have a healthier food system in the future.
Tyson plant closures left contract chicken farmers with debt and ...
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For one historically Black California town, a century of water access ...
WEBSep 12, 2022 · There’s a reason scientists and politicians are looking at Allensworth. California’s historic drought is getting worse. More than 90 percent of Central Valley residents are now relying on groundwater, and as the state overpumps its aquifers, these resources are becoming more contaminated and dwindling fast.
What is the Farm Bill and why does it matter?
WEBBy Bridget Huber, June 12, 2018. Every five years or so, Congress takes up a massive piece of legislation known as the farm bill, which covers everything from supporting farmers to ensuring that those short of food don’t go hungry. The cost of the bill is nearly $100 billion a year. Right now, Congress is in the middle of the farm-bill cycle ...
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