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Sure, Cheap Wine May Have High Levels Of Arsenic–But Is That Dangerous?
If you’re careful about your arsenic intake, maybe avoid some of the cheaper wines out there.
Oregon Farmer Receives Death Threats Over Facebook Post
A farmer in Oregon who put a piglet up for adoption on Facebook received death threats; rescued pups from a South Korean dog meat farm arrived in California to become pets; Scottish sheep farmers are worried an effort to reintroduce lynx will lead to livestock losses; and a new proposal to build a facility in Maryland that would convert chicken poop into energy.
California Farmers Are Selling Water To The State Instead Of Growing Crops
In the Sacramento Valley, northeast of San Francisco, farmers are actually selling water to the state, for exorbitant fees.
It’s World Water Day, so here are 10 facts to consider and some ways you can make a difference.
Directed by Sanjay Rawal and narrated by Forest Whitaker, this 83-minute documentary pivots around the activism of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a group of tomato pickers.
In Africa, Digital Infrastructure Paves The Way For Farmers
Africa has plenty of arable farmland, but there are crushing obstacles standing in the way of actually using it. Can tech help?
What The Heck Is The Trans-Pacific Partnership And Why Should You Care?
The TPP is the largest proposed free trade agreement deal in history, representing close to 40 percent of the world's economy. The negotiations have been ongoing for several years ...
Walking the Lines at Thunder Basin Maple Works
One of us is asthmatic and the other a smoker so we are both huffing along, mentally preparing for the hike. Over the past five weeks our crew of 14 put in 80,000 tree taps across ...
