Jun. 10—The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave Zero Emissions Northwest and Partners for Rural Washington $250,000 to help owners of small farms pursue and acquire federal funds to modernize farming practices. The funding will help Washington farmers transition to renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements, according to a joint news release from the two […]
Advocates say they’re pleased the Minnesota Legislature put $16 million toward solving southeast Minnesota’s nitrate pollution problem, but some are concerned lawmakers shortchanged efforts to treat private wells in the region. “We need to see significant additional investments in public health support for private well owners in particular,” said Carly Griffith, water program director at […]
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May 11—JEFFERSON — First graders got an up close and personal look at the farm experience during Ag Day on Friday morning at the Ashtabula County Fairgrounds. “You can see the joy on their faces,” said Julie Wayman, who coordinates the event. Wayman works for the Ashtabula County Extension Agency and coordinates the event with […]
Northwest Illinois is home to some of the most fertile soil in the state, nation, and world, and the farmers who work this land are vital to this state’s top economic driver — agriculture. Knowing this, when I was elected to the Illinois General Assembly in 2018, one of the first things I did was […]
Salad chain Sweetgreen is adding steak to its menu, an announcement that led to strong reactions online, with customers questioning how that would impact the company’s carbon neutral plans. Founded in 2007 and known as a fast-casual spot serving salads and bowls, Sweetgreen says it will be carbon neutral by 2027 — meaning it plans […]
Tudor Uhlhorn has been too busy auctioning off agricultural equipment to grieve the “death” of Texas’s last sugar mill. “I’m as sad as anyone else,” said the chairman of the board of the Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers cooperative, which owns the now-shuttered mill in Santa Rosa, a small town about 40 miles from Brownsville. […]
Elon Musk is planning to change the platform formerly known as Twitter once again — but this time, many hope, for the better. On April 18, Musk, who purchased the company — now called X — in 2022, announced that any accounts found to be participating in “engagement farming will be suspended and traced to […]
Claim: A couple in Brazil planted over 2 million trees in 20 years to recreate the forest. Rating: Rating: True Context: While it’s true that a couple in Brazil planted more than 2 million trees over a 20-year period, they reportedly received help from local students and workers to accomplish the task. In 2019, […]
SPRINGFIELD TWP. — Local officials are celebrating a recent court victory over one of the nation’s biggest housing developers, a win that keeps intact one of the most rural, lightly populated, and heavily agricultural areas in New Jersey. Builder D.R. Horton Inc. has a contract to buy the Van Wagoner family farm, about 286 acres […]
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden‘s administration is offering farmers money for adopting practices that store carbon in the soil to fight climate change, but Reuters interviews with soil science experts and a review of U.S. Department of Agriculture research indicate doubt that the approach will be effective. Farm practices like planting […]
GUNTUR, India (AP) — There’s a pungent odor on Ratna Raju’s farm that he says is protecting his crops from the unpredictable and extreme weather that’s become more frequent with human-caused climate change. The smell comes from a concoction of cow urine, an unrefined sugar known as jaggery, and other organic materials that act as […]