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Older white man wearing shorts and a baseball cap holds a beer and looks at a building in ruins.
Posted inMental Health

Mental Health Concerns as Florence Ruins Farms, Crops, Harvests

by Taylor Knopf November 13, 2018April 14, 2021

By Taylor Knopf As Mickey Simmons looked over his washed out fields and collapsed barn, he said this could be his last year of farming. At 72 years old, the Carteret County farmer had been cutting back, only farming about 175 acres of soybeans. He thought he would retire in the next few years. But […]

shows the inside of a crowded poultry house
Posted inEnvironmental Health

What to Do With 4.2 Million Dead Poultry After Hurricane Florence? Turn Them Into Compost.

by Greg Barnes November 5, 2018April 14, 2021
Shows a vegetable cart, two people waiting to buy, one person selling.
Posted inNutrition

SNAP Expected to be Harder to Use at Some Farmers Markets (UPDATED)

by Sarah Ovaska July 18, 2018July 20, 2018
Raw chickens hang from wires at a poultry plant. Poultry companies are selling chicken for cheap amidst coroanvirus
Posted inRural Health

Poultry Workers Will Get Health & Safety Training

by Rose Hoban September 4, 2015April 19, 2021
Posted inFeatured

This Year’s Bird Flu: Think Critters, Not People

by Rose Hoban August 26, 2015March 31, 2022
Shows food in a farmers market. There are onions and potatoes
Posted inFeatured

Eating in the Meantime: Food-justice Advocates Urged to Probe Deeper

by Editor June 10, 2015April 27, 2022

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