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WEB6 days ago · Congress Likely to Preserve OSHA Loophole That Endangers Animal Ag Workers. A 2022 Civil Eats investigation found that a budget rider that prohibits OSHA from spending money to regulate small farms leaves most animal-ag operations without oversight. Lawmakers appear poised to renew the rider once again.
Returning to My Family Farm is About More Than Succession. It’s …
WEBSep 17, 2018 · In 1948, my jiichan (grandfather), Takashi Joe Masumoto, bought the first 40 acres of the Masumoto Family Farm. It was only three years after my entire Japanese-American family had left the Gila River War Relocation Center in Arizona to go back to California, back to the Central Valley. And my jiichan decided that he was going to literally ...
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Only Two States Have Passed ‘Right to Garden’ Laws. Will Others …
WEBAug 20, 2022 · From Michigan to Massachusetts, people have been thwarted—or even outright banned—from growing food on their own property. But thanks to the concerted efforts of people like Virgil and their legal allies, “right to garden” laws are slowly gaining traction. Such legislation remains scarce at the state level, however—only Illinois and ...
Grassland 2.0 Aims to Replace Soy and Corn Farming with ... - Civil …
WEBNov 11, 2020 · Beyond the United States, one study in Brazil found that cattle operations that practiced rotational grazing and other sustainable practices produced 19 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions in their first two years of practice compared to conventional farming systems. Additionally, the researchers discovered that after this two-year period, the emission decrease rate reached 35 percent.
How I Changed My Relationship to Grocery Shopping—and My …
WEBNov 30, 2021 · Last year, the average Birch family included a household of five with three children, $25,000 in debt, and $60,000 in annual income. In Multnomah County, where most Birch members reside, the living wage for a family of five with one working adult is $89,000 (or $120,000 with two working adults).
A Return to Native Agriculture - Civil Eats
WEBJan 21, 2022 · A Return to Native Agriculture. By Anna McNulty, & the West. January 21, 2022. Three Native Americans, living in different landscapes and nurtured by different tribal cultures, all share the same goal: to ensure that the traditional Indigenous ways of gathering, growing, husbanding, and serving food are preserved.
Want to Launch the Next Food Hub? Here’s What You Need to Know
WEBJun 20, 2016 · In such cases, instead of buying the modest, 5,000-square-foot warehouse a food hub might need to get started, it uses investor capital to splurge on 50,000 square feet—and winds up underwater. “There are a lot of food hubs that are under-capitalized,” Barham says. “But there are also cases where (investors) say, ‘Here’s $2 million ...
For Some Native Americans, Pregnancy Helps Forge a Path Toward ...
WEBAug 17, 2021 · The Native version includes wild game, berries, corn bread, and squash and examples of other traditional foods such as wild rice, bison, and wild greens. When vitamin supplements are needed, England says, they’re prescribed. If a person has health issues, like diabetes or high blood pressure, they’re referred to a nutritionist who can help ...
How a South Carolina Farmer Is Adapting an Heirloom Rice to …
WEBSeptember 16, 2020. “When I was a kid, my parents were growing no rice; all the rice had vanished,” says Hardeeville, South Carolina horticulturist Rollen Chalmers with a soft lilt to his voice. Though the generations-deep Gullah tradition of growing rice had faded by the time Chalmers was growing up, he tapped into his family’s ...