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Senate confirms Fudge to lead housing agency, Regan for EPA

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development and North Carolina regulator Michael Regan to lead the...

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, World Hunger, Food Security/Shortage,

12/08/2020 SOURCE: apnews.com

Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for 1st time

The deadly pandemic that tore through the nation’s heartland struck just as Aaron Crawford was in a moment of crisis. He was looking for work, his wife needed surgery, then the virus began eating...

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Topics: Agriculture US, Coronavirus/COVID,

A great read!

At tiny rural hospitals, weary doctors treat friends, family

MEMPHIS, Mo. (AP) — As Dr. Shane Wilson makes the rounds at the tiny, 25-bed hospital in...

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Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition,

UN World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

ROME (AP) — The United Nations' World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to fight hunger in regions of conflict and hardship around the globe. From air-dropping...

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Water, Climate Change,

US West faces reckoning over water but avoids cuts for now

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The white rings that wrap around two massive lakes in the U.S. ...

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10 pioneer-era apple types thought extinct found in US West

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A team of retirees that scours the remote ravines and windswept pl...

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TOPIC(S): Pesticides, Agriculture Global, Insects, Ag Africa, Coronavirus/COVID,

04/10/2020 SOURCE: apnews.com

"Millions of already vulnerable people are at risk. And as they gather to try to combat the locusts, often in vain, they risk spreading the virus — a topic that comes a distant second for many in rural areas."

New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Weeks before the coronavirus spread through much of the world, pa...

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Topics: Sustainability,

Mexico: Monarch butterflies drop 53% in wintering area

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies that showed up at their winter rest...

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TOPIC(S): Pesticides, AgriBusiness,

03/04/2020 SOURCE: apnews.com

Maryland Senate votes to ban pesticide chlorpyrifos

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate has voted to ban a pesticide that has been fou...

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TOPIC(S): Aquaculture/Fish Farming, Climate Change,

10/27/2019 SOURCE: apnews.com

Environmentalists propose Mainers farm quahogs to beat pests

GEORGETOWN, Maine (AP) — Few things are as embedded in Maine's culture — or its mud �...

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Senate confirms Fudge to lead housing agency, Regan for EPA

Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for 1st time

At tiny rural hospitals, weary doctors treat friends, family

UN World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

US West faces reckoning over water but avoids cuts for now

10 pioneer-era apple types thought extinct found in US West

New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa

Mexico: Monarch butterflies drop 53% in wintering area

Maryland Senate votes to ban pesticide chlorpyrifos

Environmentalists propose Mainers farm quahogs to beat pests

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