Posts Tagged ‘Harvest Public Media’
For Some Female Farmers, Stepping Up Means Looking for Support
Aubrey Fletcher knew she wanted to work on a dairy farm ever since she was a little girl. “I do remember my mom asking, ‘Are you sure that’s what you want to do?’” Fletcher recalls. Fletcher knew the work was tough, she grew up milking cows every day. After college she and her husband wanted to return…
Read MoreThe Struggle for Security
In the small, rural city of Liberal, Kansas, a neighborhood of old trailer homes sits just off the main street. The small trailer at the end of the block, with faded yellow paint and creaky front steps, is the place 17-year-old Diego now calls home. Late at night, Diego sits on his bed, thumbing through…
Read MoreThere’s A Plague Of Locusts In Argentina. Could We See The Bugs Here?
The normally dry northern region of Argentina has a problem of biblical proportions. Farmers there are struggling with a massive outbreak of locusts. Dark clouds of the green-brown bugs cast shadows when they fly overhead and when they land, they cover the ground. “It is really, really, amazing when you see the locusts because you…
Read MoreNew Research: Humans Transfer Disruptive Bee Virus
The persistent decline of honeybees has scientists scrambling to understand what’s causing the problem and how to correct it. Humans may be part of the problem. U.S. beekeepers report losing about a third of their colonies each year and the figure increased from 2014 to 2015. Two new studies are helping shed some light on the problem,…
Read MoreCitrus Fruit Grown in the Midwest… In Winter
The middle of winter is when the stream of locally grown fruits and vegetables in the Midwest begins to freeze up. Nicole Saville knows first-hand. Saville is the produce manager at Open Harvest, a grocery coop in Lincoln, Neb. The store promotes food grown by local farmers, but this time of year there just isn’t…
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