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A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in 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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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.
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Biden administration proposes more protections for migrant farm workers under H-2A visa program
The proposal would reform the H-2A visa program, under which hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mostly from Mexico, take on seasonal jobs in the U.S. agriculture industry.
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Livestock pollution: EPA denies tougher regulations for large farms
The Biden administration is rejecting a plea from environmentalists to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways.
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Farm fields don't just feed us. They store carbon. But a big question is how much
Soil and its potential for storing carbon is gaining attention from farmers, researchers and even Congress.
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Mississippi farms paid immigrants higher wages than Black US workers, feds say
The U.S. Labor Department says 44 farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants on temporary work visas.
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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to California Pork Law Mandating More Space for Pigs
The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to a California animal cruelty law that affects the pork industry.