agriculture
17-year-old’s death from excessive heat may lead to law protecting workers
July 11, 2019Heat killed 783 farm workers alone from 2002-2016, and injured 69,374 more.
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U.S.-China trade war: Emergency subsidies mostly going to wealthy farmers
June 5, 2019It's not the mom-and-pop farms getting help from the Trump administration--it's big agribusiness.
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U.S.-China trade war: The fight to save America’s farmland
May 22, 2019"Farmers helped elect this President…and now he’s turning his back on them when they need him the most.”
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Why is Cuba having the healthiest bees?
October 9, 2018Are we going to be smart enough to learn from the Cuban example and do our best to shift our agricultural practices?
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Scientists say U.S. military’s insect program could be seen as bioweapon
October 5, 2018A research arm of the U.S. military is exploring the possibility of deploying insects to make plants more resilient by altering their genes.
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