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Politics & Government

America's farms are desperate for labor. Foreign workers bring relief and controversy

5:28am July 27, 2023

The number of H-2A visas for seasonal farmworkers issued each year has more than quadrupled over the past decade. The growth has alarmed labor advocates. Farmers don't love the program, either.

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Agriculture

Appeals court restores N. Carolina law addressing farm labor

7:45am December 29, 2022

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

A North Carolina law preventing legal settlements between farms and workers from requiring a farm operation to become a union employer doesn't violate the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday while overturning a lower court decision.

Environment

How Climate Change Affects Fall Crops In North Carolina

7:00am November 25, 2019

by Eddie Garcia

When fall arrived this year, it didn't make its entrance with crispy air and cooling temperatures.

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Eagle, a Muscovy duck known for red bumpy skin, suffered burns.

As California Wildfire Neared, A Family Raced To Save Its Animals

1:06pm November 01, 2019

As the fire engulfed their small farm in the Santa Clarita Valley, Samantha Hull and her family managed to escape. But they lost their home and many of their beloved animals.

Amish families go down a road in Lancaster, Pa., one on foot and the other by horse-drawn carriage. The high cost of farmland is driving some Amish people to move to where land is more affordable.

National

As Amish Leave Farming For Other Work, Some Leave Their Homestead

12:58pm September 17, 2019

by Rachel McDevitt

Lancaster, Pa., is changing as only about a third of the fast-growing religious group there still farm. Most Amish heads of household work in businesses and construction these days.

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At the restaurant Siren by Robert Wiedmaier, pastry chef Maddy Morrissey uses marigold as the base for a Japanese dessert served with nasturtium leaves, flower petals and pineapple sage shortbread.

Beyond Garnish: How Science Helps An Indoor Farm Amp Up Flower Flavor

8:02am December 26, 2018

by Whitney Pipkin

Chefs are turning to Fresh Impact Farms, located in an unassuming strip mall outside of Washington, D.C., when they want edible flowers, herbs, and greens that do more than just make a pretty plate.

Judge Rules No Punishing Smithfield Foods For Hog Complex

10:25am December 14, 2018

by Associated Press

Breindel (left) and Sharron Payne take a momentary break from preparations.

Baby Alpaca In The Kitchen: Waiting For Florence On The Farm

3:14pm September 14, 2018

by Madeline Gray

As Hurricane Florence hits North Carolina, Amanda McKee's only concern is for her animals at 1870 Farm outside Chapel Hill.

Along the back of this field of sugar snap peas, sunflowers and bachelor buttons at Oxbow Farm & Conservation Center is a buffer of maturing big-leaf maples and red-osier dogwoods. It's a combination of forest and thicket that the farm has left standing t

Which Vision Of Farming Is Better For The Planet?

6:23pm August 03, 2018

by Paul Chisholm

Should we concentrate farming in a small area, or spread it out to reduce the environmental impact? It's a dilemma farmers face as they feed a growing planet. A new study weighs in.

Books
Arts

'The Secret Life of Cows' Aims To Show Animals As Thinking, Feeling Beings

5:01am June 17, 2018

by Barbara J. King

Farmer Rosamund Young's book will charm people who want to lap up more evidence that animals have personalities, but may not warm hearts of animal lovers who don't eat meat.