farming

6:00am Dec 21, 2021

Human Interest Human Interest

North Carolina is once again the nation's top producer of sweet potatoes

by April Laissle

North Carolina is once again the nation’s top producer of sweet potatoes, a title it's held since 1971.
Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images

2:17pm Jun 11, 2021

Politics & Government Politics & Government Environment

U.S. Farmers Of Color Were About To Get Loan Forgiveness. Now The Program Is On Hold

by Joe Hernandez

A new federal program created by the Biden administration to reverse years of economic discrimination against U.S. farmers of color has ground to a halt.
Rachel Woolf for KHN

7:29am May 19, 2021

National National Health & Safety

Black Entrepreneurs Sow Seeds Of Healthier Eating During Pandemic Gardening Boom

by Chandra Thomas Whitfield

Denver-based rapper DJ Cavem Moetavation started pushing beats and beets by distributing free seeds. Black-owned companies like his are trying to encourage more people of color to grow their own food.
Dan Charles / NPR

5:35am Oct 09, 2020

Science Science Environment Health & Safety

How To Have Your Solar Farm And Keep Your Regular Farm, Too

by Dan Charles

Large-scale solar farms are running into opposition from people who want to save farmland. Now solar companies are trying to combine solar and farming.
Nick Brundle Photography / Getty Images

5:09pm Aug 04, 2020

Science Science Health & Safety

Food Is Growing More Plentiful, So Why Do People Keep Warning Of Shortages?

by Dan Charles

For more than a century, food has been getting more abundant, and cheaper. Yet people keep worrying about food shortages. Some economists say the fears actually create their own problems.

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Dan Charles / NPR

12:24pm Jul 30, 2020

Environment Environment

Big-Money Investors Gear Up For A Trillion-Dollar Bet On Farmland

by Dan Charles

A trillion dollars worth of American farmland will change hands in the coming years. Wealthy investors are likely to buy more of it with the power to shape rural communities and the environment.
Tommy Greyeyes / Courtesy Hundred Storms Creative

5:00am Jul 28, 2020

Environment Environment

Navajo Nation Sees Farming Renaissance During Coronavirus Pandemic

by Laurel Morales

The Navajo Nation is having a farming renaissance in the era of COVID-19. More residents are turning to traditional agriculture as they're under strict travel limits due to the coronavirus.
Omar de Kok-Mercado, Iowa State University

12:02pm Jul 14, 2020

Science Science Environment

How Absentee Landowners Keep Farmers From Protecting Water And Soil

by Dan Charles

America's vast fields of corn and soybeans have displaced wildlife and polluted waterways. Farmers could help solve those problems, but often don't, in part because they rent that land.

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Ken Chamberlain / Ohio State University

1:53pm Jun 22, 2020

Science Science Environment Health & Safety

Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change

by Jessica Craig

Meet 2020 World Food Prize Laureate: Rattan Lal. His "soil-centric" philosophy is praised as being good for crops — and for mitigating climate change.
3:54pm Dec 04, 2019

Environment Environment

Climate Change Poses Threats To NC Christmas Tree Crop

by Paul Garber

Thoughts of Yuletide and climate change don’t usually go hand-in-hand, but the state’s Christmas trees are not immune to the threats.
Hannah Hagemann / NPR

7:00am Nov 16, 2019

National National

Budding Hemp Farmers Struggle To Find Success In The 'Green Rush'

by Hannah Hagemann

CBD products are found everywhere from gas stations to drugstores. A record number of farmers are growing hemp for CBD this year, but making money has proved challenging.
Debbie Elliott / NPR

2:11pm Oct 03, 2019

National National Economy

5 Decades Later, New Communities Land Trust Still Helps Black Farmers

by Debbie Elliott

October marks the 50th anniversary of a pioneering effort to provide a safe haven for black farmers evicted from their land as punishment for participating in the civil rights movement.

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