Women Farmers in the Developing World
In Sub-Saharan Africa, 80% of agricultural workers are women. According to the World Bank,They raise 90% of the food, but receive only 10% of credit extended for agricultural loans.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, 80% of agricultural workers are women. According to the World Bank,They raise 90% of the food, but receive only 10% of credit extended for agricultural loans.
Bob Cesca | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green
Issue 2 will amend Ohio's state constitution to create a small regulatory panel to oversee all of Ohio's livestock. Corporate agribusinesses love the idea, but family farms will be crushed.
Sarah Newman | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green
It's disappointing that the Obama Administration is not providing the visionary leadership on agriculture, like it is in some many other policy areas.
BusinessWeek | Mara Der Hovanesian | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business
Builders and lenders are dusting off a familiar pitch: mortgages with $0 down and 100% financing. The deals, which take advantage of a little-known lo...
Richard Allen Smith | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics
I look back on my almost 25-year-long life of being treated by public health care, and am honestly insulted by the misinformation that comes from anti-reformers.
AP | MARGERY A. GIBBS | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green
OMAHA, Neb. — Climate change legislation before Congress could be an economic godsend to farmers and ranchers. Or it could be an enormous financ...
New York Post | GEOFF EARLE | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business
Millions of dollars for pork. No, we mean actual pork. The NY Post reports today that the government is going on a stimulus spending "deli run," with ...
Jake Brewer | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics
Read as stated, this description leads one to believe that the U.S. government spent nearly $1.2M for 2 pounds of ham ...sliced.
ProPublica | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business
One of our goals for tracking the $787 billion stimulus package is figuring out how much each federal agency is actually spending -- something that's trickier than it sounds.
Brian Keane | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green
To be sure, the nomination of Steven Chu -- like almost all of the Obama appointments -- represents a striking and hopeful departure from the approach we've seen under President Bush.
AP | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business
CHINO, Calif. — The federal government said Thursday it has billed a California slaughterhouse more than $67 million for expenses associated wit...
AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterho...
Washington Post | Rick Weiss | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Video footage being released today shows workers at a California slaughterhouse delivering repeated electric shocks to cows too sick or weak to stand ...
Dan Silverstein | Posted 11.10.2009 | World