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The Trump administration's dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development has halted work at a network of farm research laboratories at land grant universities in 13 states ...
Farming is one of the few industries in which families (who often share the work and live on the premises) are also at risk for injuries, illness, and death. Agriculture is the most dangerous industry for young workers, accounting for 42% of all work-related fatalities of young workers in the U.S. between 1992 and 2000.
Salatin's father worked for a major petroleum company, Texas Oil, using his earnings to purchase a 1,000-acre farm in Venezuela. Salatin describes in his book You Can Farm how his family were involved in “wildcat oil drilling,” and after “clearing some of the jungle” to establish a chicken and dairy farm, "in a totally free market…without government regulations” they quickly ...
Farming accounts for 24% of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions, and this is largely due to the intensive, "industrial" farming methods employed in the last few decades, together with the rise in ...
Betsy Freese is an American editor, blogger, and radio personality who focuses on small and large-scale agriculture journalism as executive editor for Successful Farming and Living the Country Life. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She was the host of both the Living the Country Life radio series and TV show.
On September 30, the FDA expanded the recall to include "Happy Quackers Farm" duck eggs and raised it to a "Class I" level, which is the most serious type. It means there’s a significant chance ...
Today, the National Farmers Union represents more than 200,000 family farms and ranches across the United States. It is organized into chapters in 33 different states. Proposals are often started at the local level before moving up to the state and national levels. Twice a year, leaders of NFU convene in Washington, D.C., to meet with legislators.
Edwin Thomas Meredith founded the company in 1902 when he began publishing Successful Farming magazine. [2] In 1922, Meredith began publishing Fruit, Garden and Home magazine, a home and family service publication. [2] In 1924, the magazine was retitled Better Homes and Gardens, [1] [2] and the first issue cost a dime on the newsstand.