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Man Risks Border Crossing to Help Impoverished Farmers Build a Co-op
Jesus Hernandez Arias lay in the Arizona desert, half-blind and freezing.
Dawn was approaching on March 11, 2006. It was cold –- no more than...
Man Risks Border Crossing to Help Impoverished Farmers Build a Co-op
Jesus Hernandez Arias lay in the Arizona desert, half-blind and freezing.
Dawn was approaching on March 11, 2006. It was cold –- no more than...
Feds and Farmers Create Wetlands for Migrating Birds Headed for Gulf
Government officials hope to turn 150,000 acres of farmland into wetlands by Aug. 15 to be ready for migratory birds that would otherwise be...
Pedal Powered Innovation Helps Tanzanian Farmers
MIT graduate, Jodie Wu, had a vision that a bicycle could be more than just a machine for transportation, but a way to bring...
Peru Farmers Drop Cocaine in Favor of Cocoa
Tapping into a niche market for organic cocoa, some Peruvian farmers have turned away from cocaine in favor of growing beans for high-end...
Benin Cotton Farmers Embrace the Organic Revolution
Benin's cotton farmers are embracing the benfits of organic farming. By ditching pesticides and only using natural fertilizers, not only is their health...
Malawi Farmers Adapt to Climate Change, Become Filmmakers to Teach Others (Video)
A journalist and CNN corporate sales executive quit her job to pursue a Masters thesis that would help Malawi farmers use video to teach...
Gates Gives $120 million to Help Poor Farmers Boost Output
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said it will donate a total of $120 million in a bid to boost agricultural production, marketing...
Farmers Markets Double Nationwide with White House Next Location
On September 17th, 2009, a Fresh Farm Market will open by the White House in Washington, D.C.-- just weeks after President Barack Obama wished...
Heartland States Send National Guard to Aid Afghan Farmers
National Guard troops from a half-dozen heartland states are taking their civilian farming know-how to Afghanistan in a little-noticed aspect of the Obama administration’s...
Once Catfish Farmers Now Algae Pioneers
Turning pond scum into biofuels is fast becoming a new revenue stream for weary catfish farmers whose catch has dried up. PetroSun BioFuels...
City Scraps Transformed into Gold for Area Farmers
San Francisco is leading the way in producing high-quality compost to fertilize regional crops. In one year, 105,000 tons of food scraps and...
Younger Farmers Making a Comeback in Iowa
It comes as a pleasant surprise -- after years when thousands of farmers were driven off their land -- to find in the 2007...
Rice-Powered Stove Ignites New Hope for Poor Farmers
More than a third of the world’s population can’t afford propane or other petroleum-based cooking fuels, relying instead on wood or charcoal that...
Man Becomes Hero to Nation of Farmers
Almost everyone knows Shykh Seraj in Bangladesh, where farming offers a lifeline to most of its 140 million people, half of whom live on...
Farm Aid to Help Farmers Hurt by Ike, Gustav
Farm Aid today announced that initial grants would be made to southern farm and faith-based organizations to support family farmers hardest hit by Hurricanes...
New Mexico Researchers Work to Halt Depletion of Native Herb by Encouraging Farmers
"Described by local residents as magical, a native herb called yerba mansa, known as the "the calming herb," has been used for centuries throughout...
India Cancels Small Farmers’ Debt Across Nation
"The Indian government plans to cancel the entire debt of the country's small farmers in a giant program that will cost 600 billion rupees...
Gates Donates $20M to Help Rice Farmers
Bill Gates, the world's richest man, is to donate nearly 20 million dollars for research into helping rice farmers deal with global warming, the...
US Farmers Show Grass Makes Better Ethanol than Corn
Farmers in Nebraska and the Dakotas have worked with the USDA to plant switchgrass and measure the native plant's ability to deliver Ethanol more...