With technological advancements, farming is becoming more efficient—delivering more food to more places. But family farmers are shrinking in California. My guest is Victor Davis Hanson, a historian and farmer. He explains what is lost in the transition to corporate farming and its impact on our farming communities. * Click the “Save” button below…
How Corporations Replacing Family Farms Changed California | Victor Davis Hanson
Beijing Is Restoring China’s Farmlands to Prevent Food Shortages Amid Russia-Ukraine War
News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is pushing local authorities to reconvert fishponds and orchards back to arable land in order to increase farmland and mitigate a food crisis. However, this move has threatened the livelihood of locals, with some claiming that they were not fully compensated for their losses. Some experts warn that…
Soaring Fertiliser Costs Add to Pressure on UK Food Prices
British Farmers are dealing with a perfect storm of historic high prices of fuel and fertiliser leading to fears of increased food prices and potential shortages. Potato farmer and independent agronomist from Lincolnshire, Mike Neaverson told The Epoch Times by email that he was covered for fertiliser this season “but many are not.” In the…
Building Community, One Fruit Tree At a Time
A fast-growing, underground fruit economy is spreading in cities across America. Some years ago, a young, hippyish couple knocked on my front door. They had noticed that I had fig trees in the yard, laden with summer fruit. If I wasn’t going to pick them all, they asked, could they harvest some figs? Since I…
Farmers Sound Warning Amid Sharp Rise in Animal Feed Prices
Amateur farmer Dottie Overland’s pigs get bigger and tastier every day, but her family may never get a chance to eat them. With the cost of farm feed rising to unprecedented levels, buying feed for ten pigs has become prohibitively expensive for Overland, a homeschooling mom who raises animals to save money. “Our intention was…
Farming for the Future: Farmer Lee Jones Wants Vegetables to Be the Star
Did you grow up hearing your mom say, “Eat your vegetables!” at the dinner table every night? She was right, according to Farmer Lee Jones of The Chef’s Garden. The 350-acre family-run farm in Huron, Ohio, is hallowed ground for chefs around the world seeking the most delicious and nutritious vegetables. It has counted Emeril…
Farmers Weathering Triple Storm of Rising Costs for Fertilizer, Pesticide, and Machinery
Farmers have a long history of surviving painful economic situations, but the current simultaneous shortages of crucial supplies are straining their resilience. They need fertilizer, pesticides, and machinery, but, in 2021, all these things rose drastically in cost. For some families, 2022 might bring an end to generations in the farming business. One of the…
Fruit Picking Becomes the New ‘Schoolies’
Teenagers desperate to spread their wings post-lockdown may be the answer to Australia’s embattled farming and hospitality industries, says celebrity chef and fourth-generation farmer Matt Moran. Rural businesses are struggling to harvest crops or serve customers in a post-pandemic world because they simply don’t have the staff, he says. Many of Moran’s own employees –…
Chinese Regime Using Top International Social Media Star for Propaganda: Experts
News Analysis China’s largest international social media influencer spoke at a government event after several months of unexpected absence. While the star says she was taking time off to organize her personal life, commentators suggest that she is being used as a propaganda tool. Li Jiajia, known by the name of Li Ziqi on her…
The Family Table: Summer Memories of an Italian-American Jersey Farm Girl
Submitted by Eleanor Rodio Furlong, Naples, Florida I’m a Jersey girl. I’m a farm girl. I’m an Italian American girl. I grew up on a family farm in a small town in rural southern New Jersey. I was the youngest of eight children born to Carlo and Frances Rodio. My mother was 41. Nick, my…
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