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Peach farmer ‘Mas’ Masumoto talks about farming with ghosts

Food Environment and Reporting Network

He says the labor and lessons of his ancestors are in the soil and the grapevines and orchards, and he’s passing these on to the next generations. In his latest, Secret Harvests , Mas writes about the shock of a newly uncovered family secret. Matsumoto in an orchard he planted with his father. Photo by Lisa Morehouse.

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Precision Ag News 2/21

Agwired

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the latest steps to incorporate stakeholder feedback and collaboration with federal partners, ensuring the Agency’s work to protect endangered species from pesticides is practical, flexible, and supports the agricultural community.

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A Win for Growers Who Protect Biodiversity on Agricultural Land

Modern Farmer

The United Nations Environment Programme has pegged the global food system and its encroachment on wildlife habitats, along with its use of fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals, as directly threatening 86 percent of species at risk of extinction worldwide.

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A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. Then billions of crabs died.

Food Environment and Reporting Network

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives.

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The whole dam truth

Food Environment and Reporting Network

slide-intro --> The ranching industry’s toxic grass problem By Robert Langellier , March 27, 2024 Buzzkill By Dan Charles , December 18, 2023 How mushrooms can prevent megafires By Stephen Robert Miller , July 10, 2023 A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. Then billions of crabs died. Will it work?

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A chilling effect: How farms can help pollinators survive the stress of climate change

Food Environment and Reporting Network

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives.

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Trouble at sea

Food Environment and Reporting Network

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives.

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