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My job ended during the pandemic, so I left New York and moved to a farm in Maine — and it's changed how I think about work and food
All through this winter, pre-pandemic, I had been fantasizing about going to work on a farm or in a…
Michaela Schwartz
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A Texas farm owned by one of the US' biggest potato growers paid over $1.3 million in back wages to workers after denying them overtime pay
Larsen Farms didn't pay overtime premiums to almost 500 warehouse workers, and also didn't properly…
Grace Dean
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A fire at an Arizona farm destroyed 2 barns and killed over 166,000 hens
A spokesperson for Hickman's Family Farms told local news outlet KSAZ they have a "care team" for t…
Bre'Anna Grant
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A floating poultry farm built on water is coming to the Netherlands, and it's an architectural masterpiece
This floating chicken farm is designed to house 7,000 hens, with space for growing vegetables and h…
Rachel Askinasi
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I quit my career as a nurse to open the farm of my dreams. The personal freedom I have now makes me appreciate life in a much deeper way.
Angela Macke spends her time growing tea and herbs on her 75-acre farm and ends each workday by wat…
Erica Hobbs
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An indoor farming startup is valued at $2.3 billion after a historic fundraising round as climate change concerns become more urgent
VC funding for indoor farming tripled to almost $1.9 trillion last year, and Bowery's deal is the b…
Alex Hickey, Morning Brew
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US farms are destroying milk and produce — but food banks are struggling to keep up with 200% demand spikes
Farmers markets and grocery stores are finding ways to work together to deal with unprecedented dem…
Katie Nixdorf,Elizabeth McCau…
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FarmVille is leaving Facebook after more than a decade of letting players harvest crops and raise livestock with friends
No one will invite you to play FarmVille anymore as the iconic game is set to leave Facebook at the…
Katie Canales
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Huge Profits Leading To Surge In Chinese Cockroach Farming
Demick spoke to one cockroach farmer, Wang Fuming, who has six farms with an estimated 10 million c…
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An Idaho potato farm threatened to fire foreign workers and deport them to Mexico if they didn't accept wages below the legal limit, the DOL says
The farm also didn't meet housing health and safety standards, provide wage statements to workers, …
Grace Dean
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State Farm will stop donating LGBTQ-themed books to schools after an email about the program leaked online
"We do not support required curriculum in schools on this topic," the statement from State Farm sai…
Rebecca Cohen
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Apple farm hit with $2 million fine after migrant workers die of COVID-19
The state of Washington leveled one of its largest fines against Gebbers Farms after uncovering two…