Apr 17 This Earth Day, remembering America’s vanishing farms By Elizabeth Flock In the United States, the small American family farm has been in decline since the 1930s. These poems celebrate and remember those disappearing communities. Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch 7:44 California’s ‘Salad Bowl’ is cultivating more than crops By PBS News Hour In California's Salinas Valley, known as the "Salad Bowl of the World,” a push is underway to expand agriculture's adoption of technology. The mobile app HeavyConnect, for example, enables farm managers to track personnel and equipment efficiently. Special correspondent Cat… Continue watching
Nov 23 Vilsack says Democrats need better message for rural America By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack has for years told anyone who will pay attention that Democrats need a better message for rural America. Continue reading
Aug 28 Trump warns of regulations, taxes harming family farmers By Scott Bauer and Ken Thomas, Associated Press Donald Trump said rival Hillary Clinton will push regulations and high taxes that will hurt family farmers as he campaigned in Iowa. Continue reading
Aug 13 Farmers are dialing for seeds to make money in Mali By Larisa Epatko “What if you could buy fertilizer and seeds the same way that you buy prepaid minutes for your phone?” thought microfinance specialist Anushka Ratnayake. Continue reading
Jun 22 High court strikes down raisin program as unconstitutional By Sam Hananel, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a 66-year-old program that lets the government take raisins away from farmers to help reduce supply and boost market prices is unconstitutional. Continue reading
May 23 Watch 3:38 California farmers offer ‘water compromise’ to help fight historic drought By PBS News Hour A group of farmers in California are making an unprecedented offer to help the state fight a record-breaking drought. They've agreed to give up a quarter of their water this season. Dale Kasler from the Sacramento Bee joins Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Dec 04 Helping Afghan farmers regrow the economy By Larisa Epatko Dana Freyer was in her law office in Times Square overlooking downtown Manhattan when the hijacked airplanes struck the World Trade Center towers in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. A couple of months later, the United States would lead… Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch In Race to Develop Myanmar, Government Grabs Farmland for Factories In Race to Develop Myanmar, Government Grabs Farmland for Factories… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch Struggling Farmers in India Find Promise for the Future in Ancient Seeds Struggling Farmers in India Find Promise for the Future in Ancient Seeds… Continue watching