Home Search
Farmers - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
For Wisconsin Lawmakers, a Hero’s Homecoming
They are the unlikeliest of folk heroes. But these once-obscure lawmakers — a dairy farmer, a former truck driver and a woman who is...
Mayors Lend a Hand to Create Healthier Cities
Frustrated with the high cost of health care, a number of communities around the country are taking new steps to push citizens to improve...
Helping Veterans Trade Their Swords for Plows
Since his three tours in Iraq, a decorated Marine Corps infantry sergeant turned organic farmer has developed a six-week course in avocado agriculture for...
Lessons of the Square Watermelon
Don't assume something is impossible just because it has never been done. Like the case of the Japanese watermelon, just because it has always...
Africa Can Feed Itself Within a Generation Says Study
African nations can break dependence on food imports and produce enough to feed a growing population within a generation despite extra strains from climate...
Thanksgiving, the Greenest of Holidays: 7 Tips To Make It Even More Eco-Friendly
Thanksgiving is not like the consumer-driven winter holidays: With natural decorations, seasonal food, and an emphasis on family and friends instead of buying stuff,...
Top 5 Must-Have Government Apps
Whether you are taking public transport to work, looking for a farmers market, or shopping for groceries -- there are dozens of apps for...
Wal-Mart to Double Purchases from Small and Local Farms
Wal-Mart joins a growing list of corporations supporting sustainable agriculture programs and small farmers, saying it is planning to double the sales of local...
U.S. Program to Feed 390,000 Children in Haiti, Afghanistan
Thanks to a Food for Education program, the United States will donate 11,000 tons of rice, vegetable oil, yellow peas and lentils valued at...
Ghana’s Incredible Path Out of Hunger and Poverty
Ghana is on track to be the first country in Africa to achieve the Millennium Development Goals for halving poverty and hunger by 2015.
Between...
Jimmy Carter Wins Release of American from North Korea
Former President Jimmy Carter left North Korea this morning having secured the release of Mr. Aijalon Mahli Gomes. Mr. Gomes was imprisoned by Pyongyang...
40 Billionaires Pledge to Give Away Half of Wealth
More than three dozen of the wealthiest families and individuals in the United States have committed to giving away the majority of their wealth...
Farm Aid From Space
Across the dry, dusty plains of northern Kenya, cattle herders are pioneering a new way to fend off poverty by teaming up with unlikely...
Ford Invents Eco-Friendly Soy Rubber
Ford Motor Company researchers have engineered a formula to use renewable soy oil to improve rubber car parts making them more environmentally friendly.
By using...
Supreme Court Favors Consumers in First-Ever Case on Genetically-Engineered Crops
The United States Supreme Court announced its decision Monday in Monsanto v. Geerston Farms, the first genetically modified crop case ever brought before the...
The Secret Mall Gardens of Cleveland
Under its towering glass atrium, a shopping mall in Cleveland is alive with fresh food still on the vine -- cucumbers, lettuce and herbs...
Saving Honey Bees, One Hive at a Time
For the fourth year in a row, about a third of honeybee hives in the United States died off during the past winter, succumbing...
Jack Johnson Launches Concert Tour Powered by Biodiesel
Performing artist Jack Johnson began a 35-city tour in Connecticut, during which biodiesel will be used to power all tour buses and generators...
Convict Earns Bachelor’s Degree, Plants Garden All While Serving Time
Rosado isn't your typical prisoner. He is an inmate with one of the greenest thumbs in the history of the New York's Department of...
Hair to the Rescue! Salons Send Hair to Absorb Oil Spill in the Gulf
Thousands of salons, groomers and wool farmers are sweeping up their floors to mail the hair, fur and wool clippings to help contain the...