Past minimum wage gains make LA’s $6 hike appear rather puny
This article was originally published on The Conversation and is republished under a Creative Commons license. GUEST AUTHOR: Jay L Zagorsky, The Ohio State University […]
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Cut pesticide use to boost yields? It’s worked for millions of farmers in Asia and Africa
[This article originally appeared in The Conversation on April 30, 2015 . It is published here under a Creative Commons License] [The FAFDL Facebook thread […]
Young Guatemalan Farmers Fight For Land Rights, Local Food, and Sustainable Traditions Endangered by Global Trade Deals
By Jeff Abbott (This piece was originally published in Yes Magazine on May 05, 2015. It is republished here, under a Creative Commons License.) There […]
How coastal communities with shellfisheries can prepare for ocean acidification
Sarah Cooley, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Julia Ekstrom, University of California, Davis (This piece originally appeared in The Conversation on February 24, 2015 and […]
The Biggest Source of Plastic Trash You’ve Never Heard Of
From acres of sheeting to miles of twine, farms use billions of pounds of plastic each year. What can we do to reduce the impact?
Women Over 65 Own Nearly a Third of Iowa’s Farmland—Can They Prevent the Next Dust Bowl?
So many older women are inheriting farms that some experts believe training them in land conservation may be society’s best bet in protecting the food supply.