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11/23/2020 SOURCE: www.brookings.edu

Hungry at Thanksgiving: A Fall 2020 update on food insecurity in the U.S.

In this analysis, Lauren Bauer provides evidence of an ongoing food insecurity crisis in the United States and current evidence on household food insecurity and very low food insecurity among children by child age.

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Topics: Commodities, Trade (Commodities), World Population, Ag Australia/NZ, Coronavirus/COVID,

Farmers' financial wellbeing beats the COVID blues

Regional Australians are much less concerned about meeting their financial commitments than their city cousins

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Topics: Beekeeping, Research, Ag Europe, World Hunger, World Population, Pollinators, Coronavirus/COVID,

The first-ever insect vaccine helps bees stay healthy | University of Helsinki

The easily administered Dalan AH oral vaccine, previously PrimeBEE, could give invaluable support for food production worldwide.

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11/19/2020 SOURCE: edairynews.com

COVID-19 impact on Wisconsin dairy farmers

All the news of the international dairy market in one site

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Topics: Agriculture US, Organic, Vegetables, Gardening, Sustainability, Urban Farming, Coronavirus/COVID,

CHOP made urban gardening radical. The pandemic made it essential

A movement to use land for productive gardening will help communities support themselves during and after the pandemic.

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11/18/2020 SOURCE: www.prnewswire.com

The survey inquired about the experiences of 2,000 Americans, and found that 79% of survey respondents struggled to find the support they needed when they were faced with food insecurity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Survey Explores Evolving Dynamics of Those Experiencing Food Insecurity for the First Time in COVID Era

/PRNewswire/ -- Danone North America's Two Good® Yogurt today released results from an online survey conducted around the impact and prevalence of food...

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Topics: Soil Health, Cover Crops, Vegetables, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, World Hunger, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture, Coronavirus/COVID,

How one northern B.C. Indigenous farmer is improving food security

Jacob Beaton wouldn’t be a farmer without lettuce. Lots of lettuce. It was among the first vegetables he grew using agro-ecological techniques on the small farm near Kitwanga, between Smithers . . .

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11/16/2020 SOURCE: www.rfdtv.com

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Producers and packers are not in the same business

One market analyst says that the pandemic and the Kansas fire have proven that cattle producers and meat packers are not in the same business.

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Topics: Vegetables, Ag Innovation, Government / Policies, Climate Change, Ag South America, Regenerative Agriculture, Coronavirus/COVID, Weather,

Agriculture and Food Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean Poised for Transformational Changes - St. Lucia News From The Voice St. Lucia

AS agriculture and food systems across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) try to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic...

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Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. SouthWest, Economics, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID, Education,

Bat Week an opportunity to separate fears from facts | AgriLife Today

Bats play an integral part in the Texas ecosystem, saving billions of dollars. Texas A&M AgriLife experts say that bat is a friend, not foe.

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