Front line farming: Bombs disrupt critical Ukraine industry
By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press
NOVOMYKOLAIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — An unexploded rocket sticks out of a field, and another is embedded in the ground…
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Minnesota Ojibwe harvest sacred, climate-imperiled wild rice
By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO - Associated Press
ON LEECH LAKE, Minnesota (AP) — Seated low in her canoe sliding through a rice bed on this vast lake, Kendra…
As inflation soars, access to Indigenous foods declines
By CLAIRE SAVAGE, HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and TRISHA AHMED - Associated Press/Report for America
CHICAGO (AP) — Blueberry bison tamales, harvest salad with…
Tips for growing a healthy garden during drought
By JESSICA DAMIANO - Associated Press
Many people try to save water just to do the right thing (and save money too). But when serious drought hits, and…
Double whammy: Both farmers and consumers hit by high prices
By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Food import bills will reach a record high this year and food markets are likely to tighten around…
Live updates | Ukraine says Russia pounding Sievierodonetsk
By The Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine — An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office says Russian troops have changed their tactics in…
Pricey tortillas: LatAm’s poor struggle to afford staples
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ, MAURICIO SAVARESE and DANIEL POLITI - Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — No item is more essential to Mexican dinner tables than…
Farmers Are Racing Against Poor Weather to Plant Crops
Farmers are in a race against the clock to get their crops in the ground this week, with planting of corn, soybeans and wheat well behind their usual pace.Wet and cool temperatures in key…
Russian Blockade Prompts Ukraine to Find New Ways to Shift Vital Wheat Exports
WARSAW—Poland and Lithuania are in talks with Ukraine to have the war-torn country export its summer grain harvest through their ports, circumventing Russia’s naval blockade in the Black Sea…
Record Fertilizer Prices Drive Investors, Farmers to Microbes
Startups marketing alternative crop fertilizers said they are gaining traction among U.S. farmers and investors, pitching themselves as a potentially cheaper option as prices for traditional…