farmers
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Cash-strapped farms are growing a new crop: Solar panels
Some of the best places to grow crops look ripe for solar power.
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Nearly 100 percent of Trump funds designed to help farmers went to white farmers
A new report reveals race and income disparities in regards to a program designed to protect growers from Trump’s trade war with China.
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Midwest farmers take to Twitter to document flood disaster
Aid is on its way, but a few House Republicans want spending cuts to offset the price tag and funding for Trump’s border wall first.
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Big farmers use climate-resistant seeds. Most small farmers can’t get them.
Hundreds of millions of small farmers lack access to the seeds they want, according to a new report.
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Hurricane Maria crushed Puerto Rico farms. This activist wants to grow resilience through food.
"We need to grow our own food to be able to get out of this," Tara Rodríguez Besosa says.
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The battle over Keystone XL and the future of food on one farm
Farmers and environmentalists could be allies, if they’d only listen to each other, says author Ted Genoways.
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Heroes in the heartland are quietly protecting our land and water
Even as the partisan divide widens, a writer shows that Americans of all stripes are fighting for the environment.
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Underpaid, overworked farmworkers set to get liberal labor protections. Farmers grumble.
Farmworkers could finally get equal rights for overtime pay.
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Severe drought in India pushed thousands of farmers to suicide
Why was this drought worse than others? Blame climate change and modernization.