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Monsanto GMO crops
Tech

The GMO Seed War Between Iowa Farmers and Chinese IP Thieves

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April 11, 2016
Dairy Cows In Thuringia
Tech

This ‘Fitbit for Cows’ Could Help Farmers Improve Milk Production

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April 6, 2016
Ironwood Farm
MPW

Meet The Women Who Decide What You Eat For Dinner

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March 29, 2016
India
International

India’s Reforms Take a Backseat as Modi Woos Rural Masses

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March 1, 2016
Australian Avocado Prices Soar as Supply Goes Pear-Shaped
International

Australian Avocado Prices Soar as Supply Goes Pear-Shaped

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February 20, 2016
Nebraska’s Livestock Market Faces Death by Big Meat Lobbying
Leadership

Nebraska’s Livestock Market Faces Death by Big Meat Lobbying

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February 5, 2016
Green Pea
Tech

A Nearly All-Robot Farm To Sprout In 2017

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February 1, 2016
How A Huge Dairy Is Solving A Major Pollution Problem
Retail

How A Huge Dairy Is Solving A Major Pollution Problem

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January 27, 2016
Free Range Hens And Livestock At Mulloon Creek Natural Farms
International

Australia Just Stopped China Buying a Farm the Size of Kentucky

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November 19, 2015
A worker puts together an order of Chicken McNuggets at a McDonald's Corp. restaurant in Little Falls, New Jersey, U.S.
Retail

Ex-McDonald’s suppliers plead guilty to abusing chickens

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October 30, 2015
Monsanto slashing 2,600 jobs as corn sales slide
Careers

Monsanto slashing 2,600 jobs as corn sales slide

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October 7, 2015
The farm-to-table backlash is here
Luxury

The farm-to-table backlash is here

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September 28, 2015
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Retail

This is New York’s top street food vendor

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September 14, 2015
Inside A Whole Foods Market Inc. Store As Earnings Figures Are Released
Retail

The big business behind the local food

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August 21, 2015
2014 December - Lamwo district, East Acholi province, Uganda. When children are on break from school (as these children, on Christmas holiday) they join their parents in the sesame fields for harvest. Sesame is an increasingly important crop in this region, both as a healthy food and as a valuable commodity. Agriculture employs about 80% of Uganda's workforce, so Mercy Corps partners with private agricultural businesses to build a more robust market where farmers have the information and knowledge they need to maximize the quality and yield of their crops as well as to successfully sell at market. Mercy Corps has pioneered the practice of contract farming, through its partnership with local output buyer, GADC. The contracts reduce the risk for famers to invest in a relatively new crop like sesame, and help them anticipate the prices they'll attain for their crops at the market. On average, farmers who have contracted with GADC report a 100% increase in their income earned from sesame.
Leadership

Uganda and the consequences of boom-bust farming

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August 18, 2015

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