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Aaron Fields
Finance

As indoor farming startups with hundreds of millions in funding head to bankruptcy, critic says: ‘Boy, this is a dumb idea’

By Melina Walling, Kendria LaFleur and The Associated Press
September 18, 2023
Walmart and Kroger are betting on a bankruptcy-hit indoor farming industry that many consider unsustainable
Finance

Walmart and Kroger are betting on a bankruptcy-hit indoor farming industry that many consider unsustainable

By Melina Walling, Kendria LaFleur and The Associated Press
September 17, 2023
Farmers who have watched drought scorch their fields now face a low Mississippi River—and higher transport prices 
Environment

Farmers who have watched drought scorch their fields now face a low Mississippi River—and higher transport prices 

By Scott McFettridge and The Associated Press
September 17, 2023
Lush wine grape clusters hang from vine.

Demand for wine has fallen so much that France is spending $215 million to distill excess wine into ethanol used in cleaning products

By
August 27, 2023
Why is healthy food so expensive in America? Blame the Farm Bill that Congress always renews to make burgers cheaper than salad
Commentary

Why is healthy food so expensive in America? Blame the Farm Bill that Congress always renews to make burgers cheaper than salad

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July 21, 2023
Tomatoes are so expensive in India that McDonald’s has stopped using them

Tomatoes are so expensive in India that McDonald’s has stopped using them

By Preeti Singh and Bloomberg
July 8, 2023
Mississippi farms pay $850,000 in back wages and fines for paying local Black workers less than immigrants
Finance

Mississippi farms pay $850,000 in back wages and fines for paying local Black workers less than immigrants

By Emily Wagster Pettus and The Associated Press
June 29, 2023
A ‘Last of Us’–style fungi outbreak could obliterate crops worldwide, researchers say: ‘The imminent threat here is not about zombies, but about global starvation’
Environment

A ‘Last of Us’–style fungi outbreak could obliterate crops worldwide, researchers say: ‘The imminent threat here is not about zombies, but about global starvation’

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May 4, 2023
An explosion at a dairy farm injured 1 person and killed 18,000 cattle in what authorities call the most deadly animal fire in a decade
Environment

An explosion at a dairy farm injured 1 person and killed 18,000 cattle in what authorities call the most deadly animal fire in a decade

By
April 13, 2023
California’s wet winter was rough on bees but a burst of wildflowers could still mean a great year for honey
Lifestyle

California’s wet winter was rough on bees but a burst of wildflowers could still mean a great year for honey

By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
April 10, 2023
Cesar Chavez
Success

How Cesar Chavez fused community organizing with Catholicism to become a labor icon, according to a scholar of religion

By Lloyd Daniel Barba and The Conversation
March 31, 2023
Chance to host semiconductor factories under CHIPS Act has Oregon reconsidering rules against urban sprawl
Tech

Chance to host semiconductor factories under CHIPS Act has Oregon reconsidering rules against urban sprawl

By Andrew Selsky and The Associated Press
March 26, 2023
Phil Batt
Success

Phil Batt, the former onion farmer who ushered in a Republican era as Idaho governor, dies at 96

By
March 6, 2023
Farmers have been fighting for ‘right-to-repair’ laws for years and supporters say a toothless new new agreement doesn’t go far enough
Tech

Farmers have been fighting for ‘right-to-repair’ laws for years and supporters say a toothless new new agreement doesn’t go far enough

By Leland Glenna and The Conversation
February 22, 2023
A farmer kneeling in front of a tractor
Lifestyle

Black farmers are suing the government over what they say are broken promises of federal aid: ‘They gave us their word’

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
December 6, 2022

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