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CT LIVE!: Sustainability at Freund's Farm
This East Canaan farm is working to create a healthier planet through their “Cow Pots”.
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Ekonk Hill Turkey Farm founder Rick Hermonot remembered by family
“He’d have a beer with a chunk of Cabot cheese. That’s the thing he loved. His family, his life,” Elena Hermonot said. On a rainy Wednesday in Moosup, Elena and Katherine Hermonot told stories of Ekonk Hill Turkey Farm’s Rick Hermonot–a father, grandfather and husband. “He was the best dad and the best papa, that’s for sure. He made...
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CT LIVE!: Park City Harvest Book Signing and Cooking Demo
Go to ParkCityHarvest.com for more information.
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CT LIVE!: Support Local Farms This Holiday Season
You can even thank a farmer by sending a letter to StantonSBM.com.
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A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots
In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots. Or rather, over the groundwater where they’re growing northwest of Los Angeles.
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Lots of indoor farms are shutting down as their businesses struggle. So why are more being built?
Across the country, more indoor farms are launching or expanding even as others founder.
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Biden administration proposes more protections for migrant farm workers under H-2A visa program
The proposal would reform the H-2A visa program, under which hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mostly from Mexico, take on seasonal jobs in the U.S. agriculture industry.
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Livestock pollution: EPA denies tougher regulations for large farms
The Biden administration is rejecting a plea from environmentalists to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways.
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Farm fields don't just feed us. They store carbon. But a big question is how much
Soil and its potential for storing carbon is gaining attention from farmers, researchers and even Congress.
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Farms along Connecticut River impacted by severe flooding
The Connecticut River is swelling from floodwaters and racing down from northern New England, threatening low-lying farmland. Francis Whelan, of Hayes Farm in Rocky Hill, owns shared farmland for corn and hay along the Connecticut River. Whelan’s land was already getting swallowed by the rising river Tuesday. “This is a really rare and unusual case that we’re talking (about),...
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Mississippi farms paid immigrants higher wages than Black US workers, feds say
The U.S. Labor Department says 44 farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants on temporary work visas.
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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to California Pork Law Mandating More Space for Pigs
The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to a California animal cruelty law that affects the pork industry.
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Nearly 20,000 Dairy Cows Killed, Worker Injured in Explosion, Fire at Texas Farm
One person is in critical condition and nearly 20,000 cows are believed to have been killed in an explosion and fire at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle Monday night.
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Connecticut Farmers Share Top Priorities for Farm Bill
Farmers from across Connecticut shared their top priorities and concerns with Senator Chris Murphy Friday. Murphy hosted the listening session to hear from farmers as Congress begins the process of reauthorizing the Farm Bill. “The Farm Bill is passed by congress every five years. It authorizes all of the programs that keep our farms alive, that help beginning farms thrive,…
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Centuries Old Laughing Ceremony Held in Japan to Close Out 2022
A centuries old laughing ceremony was held in Japan over the weekend, where about 20 farmers took turns laughing three times to express thanks, pray for good harvests and forget the suffering they experienced in 2022.