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Foreign-born farmworkers are vital to the American food system. But while most of the produce that ends up on American plates is handpicked, the…
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The average age of a farmer in the U.S. is over 58 and climbing. But in places like Maine, a growing number of under-35 farmers see an opportunity for better lives growing food for their communities.
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As the demand for local food and farm-to-table restaurants rises, the American agriculture and food production industries are expanding. Burgeoning local…
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As the demand for local food and farm-to-table restaurants rises, the American agriculture and food production industries are expanding. Burgeoning local…
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Last year, according the State Department of Agriculture, North Carolina exported about $3.7 million in meat products to Russia. So far this year, that…
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Randy Lewis almost lost the family dairy farm in 2009. The price of milk had bottomed out, and costs for feed, fertilizer and fuel had gone sky-high."It…
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Starvation is often considered a problem distant from the American experience.But for many United States citizens, hunger is a way of life. And many of…
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Starvation is often considered a problem distant from the American experience.But for many United States citizens, hunger is a way of life. And many of…
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When Jessie Davis started tagging trees for sale in his 500-acre farm in western North Carolina this fall, he noticed his Frasier firs were taller and…
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The struggle over hog waste lagoons in North Carolina is decades long. Historically, the lagoons have caused several fish kills and contaminated the…