farming
Wild bees are our best pollinators, yet pesticides, pathogens and industrial farming are devastating their numbers. Is there a better way to work with them?
The wave of machines taking over farms in the Netherlands has helped propel its rise to the world's second-biggest food exporter after the U.S.
Pain caused by the trade war Trump started with China already is landing hardest on his voters.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
Although slave labor created the economic basis of U.S. agriculture, the long-term effects of racism and systemic discrimination from U.S. Department of Agriculture programs continue to sideline African American farmers from land ownership.
Although slave labor created the economic basis of U.S. agriculture, the long-term effects of racism and systemic discrimination from U.S. Department of Agriculture programs continue to sideline African American farmers from land ownership.
Between 1992 and 2012, almost 31 million acres of farm and ranch land have been taken out of production across America.
But a separate effort by a cattleman nearby shows how a ranch can thrive in a water-scarce future.
Aquaponics is helping farmers figure out how to feed a world population expected to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050.
"These children need this. They don't have anywhere else to go.” Only 55% of child farmworkers graduate from high school because many have no choice but to work in the fields. The East Coast Migrant Head Start Project is trying to change that.