Tag: Agriculture and Farming
A Farmer Holds On, a Fraying Lifeline for a Besieged Corner of Ukraine
SIVERSK DISTRICT, Ukraine — One of the few civilians still driving on a road leading toward the battle…
These Veterans Started Businesses Inspired by Their Deployments
Over two decades of war, American service members overseas looked across the rubble, the destroyed fields and the…
Afghanistan Tries to Stamp Out Opium Again
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — For years, opium has been the monster too big to slay. One Afghan government after…
Illegal Immigration Is Down, Changing the Face of California Farms
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Millions of Bees Bound for Alaska Are Rerouted and Die in Atlanta
When Sarah McElrea arrived at the Anchorage airport last Friday to pick up the 800 pounds of honeybees…
Cultivating Coveted Morel Mushrooms Year-Round and Indoors
When new buds emerge on trees and the ground warms with the advent of spring, foragers fan out…
A Long Walk Through Japan’s Kii Peninsula
Stand on the summit of Mount Hinodegatake, look inland across the Kii Peninsula, and there before you are…
‘They Are Gone, Vanished’: Missing Persons Haunt Ukrainian Village
In a Russian-occupied village, five men went off to feed cattle. Their family and neighbors are wondering what…
Descending Into Florida’s Underwater Caves
Long before theme parks began sprouting from Orlando’s swamps, Florida’s freshwater springs were among the area’s main attractions.Indigenous…
Taliban Outlaw Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban announced on Sunday that cultivating opium poppy in Afghanistan was banned, a move…
Soaring Cost of Diesel Ripples Through the Global Economy
Farmers are spending more to keep tractors and combines running. Shipping and trucking companies are passing higher costs…
Ukraine War Threatens to Cause a Global Food Crisis
Russian and Ukrainian wheat is not easily replaced. Inventories are already tight in the United States and Canada,…