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This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Bats have lived with coronaviruses for millennia. Details are still hazy about how one of these viruses…
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The extreme weather that has battered much of the U.S. in 2022 doesn’t just…
After serving in the Vietnam War and retiring from his career as a therapist, Rick Ritter has found a new purpose in growing and sharing food with others. The post…
Joe Graham gave nine years of his life to the war in Afghanistan. Once he got home, he was faced with an overwhelming task: finding a new purpose and new…
Imagine making a bowl of oatmeal or a cup of instant ramen noodles. You likely rip open a plastic package and fish out the little sachet of desiccant destined…
In hopes of finding a cheap, easy way to come by material to filter microplastics out of ocean water, scientists recently discovered potential in an unlikely source—egg whites. In the…
The US government doubled back on its pledge to allocate $4 billion in debt relief specifically to Black and minority farmers—originally a part of the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act—after…
The governments of 42 nations have pledged $8 billion to help farmers reduce emissions and adapt to climate change, doubling their original financial investment from last year. That’s just one…
This story was originally published in Investigate Midwest. Amid growing concern about Chinese investment in U.S. agriculture, there has been a renewed push to limit and more closely monitor foreign…
The average age of American farmers is roughly 58 years old, and it has been increasing every year. According to the 2017 USDA census, only eight percent of the farmers…