agriculture
‘Imperative to take proactive steps’ to ensure farm worker safety
March 25, 2020A just completed UFW poll of farm workers on its popular Spanish-language social media platforms showed more than 90 percent had not been advised by their employers on best practices to resist the virus or been...
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Farmers say fight climate change by investing in sustainable family agriculture
March 10, 2020Agriculture is on the front lines of a changing climate.
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Cuba: Programa de la Agricultura Urbana, Suburbana y Familiar
February 19, 2020Tras haberse convertido en un fuerte movimiento popular, en el balance de la agricultura urbana, suburbana y familiar trascenció, todo lo que aún queda por realizar para poder sustentar el abastecimiento alimentario municipal y la más...
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Sustainable farming keeps Cuba’s rivers clean, says joint U.S.-Cuban study
February 10, 2020Its rivers contained much lower levels of dissolved nitrogen—an indicator of fertilizer use—than the Mississippi River Basin in the U.S.
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Harvest of Discontent: Trump’s trade war and the rural fight for survival
September 19, 2019Meanwhile, fifteen members of Trump’s personal Agriculture and Rural Advisory Committee have received over $2 million in bailout payments.
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