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Locally-Grown Food Won’t Get Stuck in the Suez Canal

Caff

In March of this year, an Empire State Building-sized cargo ship infamously lodged itself in the Suez Canal. DONATE TODAY “Food Hubs ensure that schools and other institutions can support the growers in their local economies that, in turn, support them with tax dollars,” says CAFF member Shayne Zurilgen of Fiery Ginger Farm near Sacramento.

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The U.S.-Mexico tortilla war

Food Environment and Reporting Network

Unable to muscle Mexico City into reversing course, the US trade representative, Katherine Tai, last August lodged a formal complaint with the secretariat of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). It alleges that Mexico’s decree constitutes a trade violation that infringes on the superseding rights of US farmers and biotechnology companies.

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The Solution to Water Woes Could Lie With Beavers

Modern Farmer

Flood waters gain momentum, overflowing banks and causing destruction and massive erosion, washing away critical topsoil, not to mention farms, homes and other infrastructure. Six more beavers were released, which went on to build their own dams and lodges. Beaver ponds lessen the concentration of such pollutants, says Boucher.

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