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Water for crops, but farmworkers go thirsty
The water in California's Central Valley is so contaminated with nitrates from fertilizer runoff that the U.N. has placed it on a global list of places with "social problems linked to a lack of access to clean water" alongside Bangladesh, Uruguay, and Namibia.
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New Agtivists: FoodCorps foot soldiers
Meet three young members of FoodCorps, a new national program which asks young leaders to improve the food systems in limited-resource communities.
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Food Studies: Zombie worms and the ethics of consumption
Biodynamic agriculture may be sustainable and balanced, but it can also seem extremely brutal.
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USDA offers help to beginning farmers. Will it be enough?
A new round of grants for beginning farmers worth $18 million promotes sustainable changes. But it's a just drop in the bucket compared to what we need.
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Buy a $150,000 bag of onions to save a family farm
Oh man, you're probably wishing you hadn't spent that $4,500 on a Rick Perry head planter yesterday. If you'd saved it, you could have put it towards ... well, a bag of onions, but also they'll throw in some dirt!
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Peebottle Farms: Chicken expertology
How are chickens like us? Are they easy to care for? Can you feed them onions? Here's what I learned in my first three months.
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After the flood [VIDEO]
Late summer is time most farmers have been working for all year, and when your crop gets wiped out, it can mean losing the bulk of your income.
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Lost in the maize [VIDEO]
More Mexicans struggle to afford tortillas, a daily staple, as food speculation fuels rising corn prices in their country.
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It takes a village to save a drowning farm
After Hurricane Irene, soaked farmers are trying to get by with a little help from their friends.
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Environmental leaders to Congress: Don't stop funding conservation on farms
A coalition of 56 influential policy organizations are working to ensure that clean air and water remain at the center of the Farm Bill discussion.
