Ftaim al-Saleh stands in the tent donated by friends and relatives after her four youngest children died when their tent caught fire, as she and her husband were working in the fields. The Syrian refugee couple came to Jordan eight years ago, after airstrikes destroyed their house. Jane Arraf/NPR hide […]
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New high-rise apartments are under construction in villages around Heze, in eastern China’s Shandong province. Rural residents say these complexes are too expensive, too far away from their fields and ill-suited for farmers. Amy Cheng/NPR hide caption toggle caption Amy Cheng/NPR New high-rise apartments are under construction in villages around […]
With the coronavirus spreading, farms try to keep workers like these in Greenfield, Calif. safe through physical distancing and other measures but advocates for laborers say protections are often not adequate. Brent Stirton/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brent Stirton/Getty Images With the coronavirus spreading, farms try to keep workers […]
Mount Adams rises in the distance beyond the largely agricultural Yakima Valley, in Yakima, Wash. Elaine Thompson / AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson / AP Mount Adams rises in the distance beyond the largely agricultural Yakima Valley, in Yakima, Wash. Elaine Thompson / AP It’s strawberry season in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0b/1079854844_0:205:1920:1285_1200x675_80_0_0_60fb61fdc4629d8890afbdf189209ef2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202007111079854749-its-playtime-at-animal-farm-watch-adorable-baby-elephant-running-after-birdies/ New Delhi (Sputnik): In spite being big in size, elephants are adorable in their own way, especially when in a playful mood. Baby elephants often remain under the protective eye of their mamas but still manage to have some fun. A video with […]
A recently published study suggests that farm and domestic animals can be used to predict when earthquakes may occur, because they behave abnormally leading up to the seismic shakes. To test their hypothesis, German researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the Cluster of Excellence Center for […]
COVID-19 Sparks A Rebirth Of The Local Farm Movement May 25, 2020 COVID-19 Sparks A Rebirth Of The Local Farm Movement2020-05-252020-05-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/urban-farm-e1590418037436.jpg200px200px Above photo: Urban farmer Ali Greer inspects her crops at Avenue 33 Farm, a backyard urban farm in Los Angeles on March 25, 2020. – Tomassini and his partner Ali […]
Fresh asparagus is pictured in a basket at a field in Bottrop, Germany, in mid-April. Farms across Europe are facing a labor shortage as a result of closed borders due to the coronavirus pandemic. Martin Meissner/AP hide caption toggle caption Martin Meissner/AP Fresh asparagus is pictured in a basket at […]