Thailand's government agreed Tuesday to ban the use of three farming chemicals widely regarded as dangerous to human health.
Other
Oct 22, 2019
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5
Britain's farmers are almost 18 times more likely to be killed on the job than the average industrial worker, and the fatality rate is increasing. Look through the government's summary of the 33 fatal farm, forestry and fishing ...
Environment
May 7, 2019
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There's a lot of talk about digital technology and smart cities, but what about smart farms? Many of us still have a romantic view of farmers surveying rolling hills and farm kids cuddling calves, but our food in Canada increasingly ...
Environment
May 1, 2019
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There's a lot of talk about digital technology and smart cities, but what about smart farms? Many of us still have a romantic view of farmers surveying rolling hills and farm kids cuddling calves, but our food in Canada increasingly ...
Environment
Apr 9, 2019
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56
Workers in low-skilled, low paid employment aren't prone to band together and form a common bond, new research has shown.
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2018
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In 2007, a controversial pesticide was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use on fruit and vegetable crops, mainly in California and Florida. Farm workers and scientists protested the approval of the pesticide ...
Biochemistry
Feb 29, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new paper from North Carolina State University argues that federal farm subsidies contribute to the migration of both legal and illegal farm labor into the United States and that, since federal actions ...
Social Sciences
May 11, 2010
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Canada's current agricultural production model is unsustainable and in desperate need of reform. A range of issues plague the current system, including corporate consolidation, farmland concentration in the hands of non-farmers ...
Agriculture
Dec 19, 2023
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Backpackers on working holiday maker visas have been a crucial source of farm labor for decades, alongside smaller numbers of temporary migrants from the Pacific Islands, international students, and Australians.
Social Sciences
Nov 4, 2022
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12
An outbreak of bird flu that has led to the deaths of 43 million chickens and turkeys this year across the U.S. has been found at a giant egg-laying operation in Ohio, state and federal agriculture officials said Wednesday.
Veterinary medicine
Sep 7, 2022
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