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A technology crucial for growing fruits and vegetables is suffocating the workers who pick them
Health

A technology crucial for growing fruits and vegetables is suffocating the workers who pick them

By Melina Walling and Dorany Pineda
July 17, 2024
What are the symptoms of bird flu and how does it spread?
Health

What are the symptoms of bird flu and how does it spread?

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July 15, 2024
A female driver in China scanning a code to charge her electric car in Liuzhou, in southern China's Guangxi province.
Politics

Chinese government launches retaliatory pork probe in response to EV taxes—’Risk of a global trade conflict is rising further’

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June 18, 2024
$6bn California agricultural company founded by Biden and Newsom donors sues state to stop a law meant to help farmworkers unionize
Politics

$6bn California agricultural company founded by Biden and Newsom donors sues state to stop a law meant to help farmworkers unionize

By Julie Watson, Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
May 14, 2024
U.S. pledges $200 million and other aid to help track and contain bird flu on dairy farms
Health

U.S. pledges $200 million and other aid to help track and contain bird flu on dairy farms

By Jonel Aleccia, Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
May 10, 2024
Employees work on epidemic prevention for chickens at a livestock company in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China, on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
Health

Bird flu FAQ: Everything you need to know about the H5N1 outbreak that’s spread to dairy cows in 9 states

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May 10, 2024
USDA tells poultry producers to reduce salmonella in certain chicken products to help prevent food poisoning
Health

USDA tells poultry producers to reduce salmonella in certain chicken products to help prevent food poisoning

By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
April 26, 2024
Chickens at a poultry farm.
Environment

Texas avian flu outbreak spreads from cows to humans and chickens, but is ‘a very, very small part of the overall picture,’ state agriculture boss says

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April 3, 2024
So-called “chronic wasting disease”—colloquially referred to as “zombie deer disease,” a condition related to "mad cow disease" that affects cervids like deer, elk, reindeer, and moose—has been detected in 32 U.S. states, three Canadian provinces, South Korea, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
Health

Lethal deer disease could spill over to humans, research group warns as it launches an international effort to prepare

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January 26, 2024
Small farmers are up against California’s $1.1 billion carrot industry in a vicious fight over groundwater: ‘We are being totally overrun’ 
Environment

Small farmers are up against California’s $1.1 billion carrot industry in a vicious fight over groundwater: ‘We are being totally overrun’ 

By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
October 1, 2023
Saltwater invading drought-hit Mississippi River imperils Louisiana citrus farms ravaged by hurricanes: ‘There’s no getting around how dire the situation is’
Environment

Saltwater invading drought-hit Mississippi River imperils Louisiana citrus farms ravaged by hurricanes: ‘There’s no getting around how dire the situation is’

By Sara Cline and The Associated Press
September 29, 2023
Fruit and vegetables are being rationed in U.K. supermarkets as farmers warn food resilience is ‘gone’
Lifestyle

Fruit and vegetables are being rationed in U.K. supermarkets as farmers warn food resilience is ‘gone’

By
February 23, 2023
EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski
Finance

The EU claimed it spent $77 billion more than it actually did on fighting climate change

By
May 31, 2022
Soybeans are harvested on a farm near Brasilia, Brazil, on Friday, March 4, 2022.
International

Fertilizer prices just hit a record high sparking fears of global starvation and the worst food insecurity level since World War II

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March 21, 2022
Boar-celona! Shakira clashes with purse-snatching hogs as the feral pigs upend European city life
International

Boar-celona! Shakira clashes with purse-snatching hogs as the feral pigs upend European city life

By Bernhard Warner and David Meyer
October 1, 2021

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