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Report: Millions of Acres of Grassland Lost to Agriculture This Year
The North American Great Plains, stretching from the Canadian Prairies through the central third of the United States and even into a chunk of northeastern Mexico, comprises one of the largest extant…
Tar Spot Disease Is Plaguing Corn Fields Across the Midwest
Pesky infestations of tar spot disease are expected to put another dent in farmers’ yields across the Midwest, according to a team of scientists that specializes in crop pathology. Tar spot is…
National Farmers Union Announces Campaign to Break Up Agricultural Monopolies
The National Farmers Union (NFU) announced the Fairness for Farmers campaign this afternoon, calling it a grassroots effort to break up monopolies and consolidation in the agriculture industry. Speaking at a virtual…
Biden Administration to Develop Heat-Related Workplace Protections
Heat illness, which includes a number of sometimes debilitating or even deadly symptoms caused by excess exposure to heat, is a major problem in the agricultural field. And yet there’s no nationwide…
Making the Case for Bugs
Bugs often get a bad rap. According to one study, approximately 25 percent of people are scared of bugs. It’s estimated that nearly 40 percent of all phobias are related to bugs,…
Is Virginia’s Beekeeping Lottery a Good Idea?
Virginia’s honeybees are dying. Unfortunately, it’s not a unique problem; there’s hardly a region of the country that isn’t dealing with the mass death of vast numbers of honeybees or other pollinators….
How to Design a Moon Garden
The journey that exists in the garden is one that is gratifying, taxing and even full of comfort. So, after many months of nurturing tiny seeds and watching them grow into an…
Village Farms International Unveils New Corporate Branding and Launches New Website Embodying Evolution to an International, Plant-Based, Consumer Products Company
VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 15, 2021 /CNW/ – Village Farms International, Inc. (“Village Farms” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: VFF) (TSX: VFF) today unveiled new corporate branding and launched its new corporate website at www.villagefarms.com. Village Farms International, Inc. Logo (CNW Group/Village Farms International, Inc.) Village Farms’ new corporate branding embodies the Company’s evolution…
Fewer Than Half of Applicants Receive Federal Conservation Funding
A report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy shows that only roughly one third of farmers who apply for funding from conservation programs are approved. The report analyzed data from…