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Monsanto slashing 2,600 jobs as corn sales slide
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Monsanto slashing 2,600 jobs as corn sales slide

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

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September 28, 2015
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This is New York’s top street food vendor

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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.
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Uganda and the consequences of boom-bust farming

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August 18, 2015
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Adding peas to guacamole is actually terrible for the environment

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July 1, 2015
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Retail

Antibiotics in meat: A public health controversy that isn’t going away

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June 3, 2015
The End of Farmers' Market Fever
Luxury

Has America’s obsession with farmer’s markets peaked?

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May 25, 2015
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Tech

Why 2015 is the year agriculture drones take off

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May 18, 2015
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Leadership

Beer: The latest cash crop for Maryland farmers

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April 21, 2015
Uninsured Family Of Farmers Plans To Opt Out Of Affordable Health Care Act
Features

Is the death tax killing American family farms?

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April 13, 2015
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Leadership

The last state standing against corporate farming weighs a change

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March 24, 2015
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Leadership

What ‘The Bachelor’ reveals—and conceals—about Iowa farmers

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March 13, 2015
Veggies gain ground as farm-to-table chain scores funding
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Veggies gain ground as farm-to-table chain scores funding

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January 20, 2015
Monsanto settles farmer lawsuits over experimental GMO wheat
Finance

Monsanto settles farmer lawsuits over experimental GMO wheat

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November 12, 2014

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