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TOPIC(S): Tobacco,

05/07/2024 SOURCE: apnews.com

Minneapolis smokers to pay some of the highest cigarette prices in US with a $15 per-pack minimum

Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously to impose a minimum retail price of $15 per pack to promote public health.

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TOPIC(S): Rice, Agriculture Global, Carbon Farming,

04/27/2024 SOURCE: apnews.com

In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice

Vietnam aims to transform its rice sector, making it more resilient to climate change while also reducing its emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide.

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TOPIC(S): Pesticides, Fertilizer, Ag India, Weather,

04/08/2024 SOURCE: apnews.com

Farmers in India are hit hard by extreme weather. Some say expanding natural farming is the answer

Andhra Pradesh state has become a positive example of the benefits of natural farming, a process of using organic matter as fertilizers and pesticides that makes crops more resilient to bad weather.

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TOPIC(S): Forestry, Coffee/Tea, Ag Europe,

03/25/2024 SOURCE: apnews.com

'Winners and losers': The world of coffee is being reordered by EU laws to stop cutting of forests

New European Union rules aimed at protecting dwindling forests are reordering how the world gets its coffee.

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TOPIC(S): Ag India, Government / Policies,

03/23/2024 SOURCE: apnews.com

Thousands of Indian farmers protest in New Delhi demanding a law guaranteeing minimum crop prices

Thousands of farmers are protesting in India's capital to press their demand for a new law that would guarantee minimum crop prices.

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TOPIC(S): Beekeeping, Pollinators,

10/17/2023 SOURCE: apnews.com

Nearly half of US honeybee colonies died last year. Struggling beekeepers stabilize population

A new survey says America's honeybee hives just staggered through the second highest death rate on record, with beekeepers losing nearly half of their managed colonies.

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TOPIC(S): Beekeeping, Pollinators,

10/13/2023 SOURCE: apnews.com

Nearly half of US honeybee colonies died last year. Struggling beekeepers stabilize population

A new survey says America's honeybee hives just staggered through the second highest death rate on record, with beekeepers losing nearly half of their managed colonies.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Agriculture US, Vegetables, Water,

In a remote, dry patch of California, a battle is raging over carrots

In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots. Or rather, over the groundwater where they’re growing northwest of Los Angeles.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this article 7 months ago
Topics: Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Vertical Farming,

Lots of indoor farms are shutting down as their businesses struggle. So why are more being built?

Across the country, more indoor farms are launching or expanding even as others founder. This summer marked the groundbreaking of a huge vertical farming operation in Virginia by the California-based company Plenty Unlimited.

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TOPIC(S): Cellular Meat,

07/22/2023 SOURCE: apnews.com

US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation's first 'lab-grown' meat

Chicken grown from animal cells, not from slaughtered birds, can now be sold in the U.S. The Agriculture Department issued approvals Wednesday to California firms Upside Foods and Good Meat to sell the products, known as “lab-grown” or “cultivated” meat.

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