agriculture

Can eating less beef and dairy help save the Colorado River?

12:00pm September 11, 2024

by Steve Inskeep

Nearly half of the water drawn from the Colorado River goes to feed for beef and dairy cows. Researchers say modest changes in American diets could help farmers use less water — and help the climate.

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Regenerative agriculture is sold as a climate solution. Can it do all it says?

12:00pm September 10, 2024

Governments and industries are pouring billions of dollars into so-called “regenerative agriculture.” But while scientists say some of these farming practices do reduce planet heating pollution, for others the science is less clear.

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Human Interest

Piedmont Pit Stops: How North Carolina's wine industry emerged from the ashes of Big Tobacco

6:00am July 15, 2024

by April Laissle

As the tobacco industry downsized in the 1990s, North Carolina farmers were forced to pivot. Some opted to convert their tobacco fields into vineyards, revitalizing the Yadkin Valley.

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World News

European farmers angry at climate policies could help sway EU parliamentary elections

3:25pm June 08, 2024

by Rob Schmitz

Farmers in the European Union could hold the key to the bloc's parliamentary vote.

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Education

Project led by North Carolina A&T aims to connect underserved and small farms across the state

3:48pm March 25, 2024

by Sharryse Piggott, WUNC

North Carolina A&T State University will lead a project aimed at connecting rural under

Taiwan is looking to further restrict which seeds and saplings can be brought out of the island after accusing China of taking a pineapple cultivar developed in Taiwan.

World News

The latest thorn in Taiwan-China tensions: pineapples

5:00am March 07, 2024

by Emily Feng

Taiwan says its newly developed type of pineapple is just the latest agricultural property taken by China.

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Mark Guttridge, farmer and co-owner at Ollin Farms, feeds the chickens. The farm benefits from a county program that helps small growers get their produce to more people.

A big idea for small farms: How to link agriculture, nutrition and public health

9:05am February 03, 2024

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

In Boulder, Colo., the county is investing in sustainable farming and helping people buy local produce. It's been called "a triple win" – for customers, farmers and the economy.

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Every day, 19,000 workers ferry produce around the Central de Abastos on dollies and wheelbarrows.

World News

How Mexico City's biggest wholesale market is combating food waste

5:02am January 02, 2024

by James Fredrick

Since 2020, the 800-acre Central de Abastos market has reduced daily food waste by 24% and delivered almost 800 tons of unsold food to soup kitchens.

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Palestinian farmers Naser El Khatib and Thaer El Taher stand on land filled with their olive trees at the edge of Beitunia, across from an area controlled by Israel in the occupied West Bank, on Dec. 2.

World News

In the West Bank, Palestinian olive farmers fear for the worst in this year's harvest

8:20am December 23, 2023

by Eleanor Beardsley

Usually at this time of year, Palestinian olive farmers in the West Bank are hard at work in their groves. But because of the war in Gaza, many have not been able to access their land.

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Agriculture

N.C. A&T launches effort to bring agricultural resources to underserved communities

6:48am December 22, 2023

by DJ Simmons

North Carolina A&T State University is looking to bring more agricultural and educational resources to underserved communities across the state.