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Civil Eats
DECEMBER 11, 2023
The front bucket was half full as he drove the tractor forward on a gentle slope of his 10-acre produce and poultry farm in Greensboro, Georgia. I felt the tractor tilting over,” Langford recalls. “I In the end, the tractor landed on its left side; a roll bar above the seat prevented it from turning upside down.
Sustainable Food Trust
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Today, farming is far from a simple livelihood. As well as growing food, farmers are tasked with delivering a broad spectrum of ‘public goods’ – from wildlife habitat and healthy soils to public access and rural employment. Is it the period 1750-1850 when most of the present rural features were planted or built?
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Sustainable Food Trust
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
As the Industrial Revolution progressed, we started using more advanced equipment that could be pulled by horses, and of course today we have individual tractors that can do the work of hundreds of horses (627 horsepower is apparently the highest as of 2023). Obsolete machinery in rural Wales Now consider the fact that ChatGPT 4.5
Trimble Agriculture
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
We’re on a mission to celebrate Rural America—and we’re just getting started. In just half a year, podcast host Pat Spinosa and team collaborated with homegrown stars with rural beginnings across the nation to create nine episodes filled with stories of perseverance, grit, and a bit of anecdotal humor.
Daily Yonder
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Brooks Lamb: I grew up on a small farm in rural Tennessee. The land has been in our family since 1892, but the ownership hasn’t exactly been “linear.” I should mention that our farm was, and still is, a family farm in the strongest sense.
Daily Yonder
MARCH 4, 2024
Finding adequate, affordable health insurance can be a huge challenge for people who run small, family farms or ranches, said Alana Knudson, director of the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis. The rural areas they live in suffer from shortages of doctors and hospitals. Family members share that risk.
Daily Yonder
APRIL 11, 2023
As a kid from rural Iowa, I have joked about growing up with herbicide for breakfast, pesticide for lunch, and fertilizer for supper. But farm-chemical exposure is no laughing matter. In fact, farm chemicals have created a multi-generational and slow-motion health epidemic across rural America and its diaspora.
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