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Costco Sells So Much Organic Produce, It Aids Farmers to Grow More
America’s appetite for organic food is so big, the largest seller can’t keep its shelves stocked, so it’s loaning money to farmers to grow...
258 Trucks Deliver Hay To Farmers Suffering From Drought (Video)
Over 800 drought afflicted farmers in the Queensland area of Australia rejoiced at the site of a truck convoy carrying salvation this week.
Thanks to...
Instead of Evicting City Farmers From His New Land, Owner Sows Amazing Goodwill
Even though they had been using land that didn’t belong to them, a handful of elderly urban farmers must have been cultivating a crop...
Food Stamps Double Their Value at Michigan Farmers Markets
Needy families are taking home more nutritious food while farmers are taking home more money thanks to a program that doubles the buying power...
Norway Donates $10 million to Farmers in South Sudan
Norway has donated approximately $10 million to help the UN Food and Agriculture Organization provide conflict-affected farmers, fishers and herders in South Sudan with...
Quinoa Boom Benefits Bolivian Farmers
Quinoa, the new "super food," is a grain packed with nutritious protein and fiber.
Not only has the quinoa popularity surge given us a delicious new...
Helping Family Farmers in Uganda
Because they believe that small farmers are the answer to hunger in the developing world, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2012 had...
Paying Farmers to Welcome Birds
The BirdReturns program, financed by the Nature Conservancy, pays rice farmers in the flight path of migratory shore birds to keep their fields flooded...
Water-Cleaning Technology to Help Farmers
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The giant solar receiver installed on a wheat field here in California’s agricultural heartland slowly rotates to track the sun and...
Renewable Village Offers Lifeline to Fukushima Farmers
It seems the most unlikely place to try to put a utopian blueprint into practice. Yet a patch of land in Fukushima, the Japanese...
Whole Foods Encourages Organic Farmers With $25,000,000 in Loans
After a $10,000,000 loan to local farmers proved successful, Whole Foods Market announced on January 2 that it will give up to $25,000,000 in...
I’m Not Just Gaming, Ma! I’m Helping The World’s Farmers
There's no easy way to track all of the world's crops. What's missing, among other things, is an accurate map showing where they are....
Sympathetic Australians ‘Buy a Bale’ for Farmers in Drought
Community-minded Aussies are baling out farmers in Northwest Queensland who are faced with the choice of slaughtering their animals in the midst of massive...
US Farmers May Stop Planting Genetically Modified Crops After Poor Yields
Some US farmers are considering returning to conventional seed after increased pest resistance and crop failures meant genetically modified (GM) crops saw smaller yields...
Good Year for Farmers Making Solar Power on the Side
It's been a good year for Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec farmers who bought into solar energy. Farmer Michael Donohue estimates his investment of...
Georgia Farmers Set Out to Bring Back Homegrown Olive Oil to the US
Georgia may be best known for peaches and peanuts. But olives were once a homegrown commodity along the state’s 100-mile coast. They were introduced...
Dyson Award-winner Makes Water Out of Thin Air for Farmers
An Australian designer from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne is the winner of the 2011 James Dyson Award for his "Airdrop" – a...
PepsiCo’s Deal With Mexican Farmers Is Good for All
PepsiCo’s work with corn farmers in Jalisco, Mexico, reflects a new approach by corporations trying to maintain a business edge while helping out small...
Government Extends Growing Season for Thousands of Organic Farmers, Providing Local Food Throughout Winter
Farmers, like Earl and Clarisse Snell of Alabama, can still grow summer squash and tomatoes as if it were summer, thanks to their new...
Sick Child Leads to Astounding Opportunity for Poor Mexican Farmers (Part 2)
In the small town of Emiliano Zapata, farmers struggle to find a viable way to get their fruit to market. Meanwhile, much of it...