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News Articles: farming

Farmer Gale Livingstone alongside volunteers Sydney Harris, Lewis Taylor, Emmani Phillips-Quigley and Jimi Palmer plant seeds at Deep Roots Farm in Upper Marlboro, Md.

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  • National

Black farmers among those left in limbo amid federal funding freeze

The federal government has historically discriminated against Black farmers. The recent funding halt from the Trump administration presents yet another hurdle to those who have spent decades fighting for equity in farming.

February 20, 2025
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  • Marisa Peñaloza

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  • Environment

What 80 degrees in February does to Georgia blueberries. Major fruit, crops at risk

Blueberries, which rely on cooler days for several more months, are beginning to open their buds. That’s putting one of Georgia’s biggest agriculture products and blueberry growers at risk for the 2025 season.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Kala Hunter
Frozen magnolia tree leaves in Savannah on Jan. 22, 2025, shortly following the city's first snowfall in seven years.

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  • Environment

Georgia's January cold spells could squash farmers' pest concerns come spring

Freezing temperatures can kill off dormant agricultural disease.

January 29, 2025
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  • Benjamin Payne
John Deere is accused of illegally restricting farmers' ability to repair tractors and other equipment in a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission along with two states.

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  • Business

John Deere faces U.S. lawsuit over farmers' ability to repair tractors

The Federal Trade Commission and two states accuse Deere of costing farmers time and money by unfairly limiting software access and forcing the use of only authorized dealers.

January 16, 2025
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  • Alina Selyukh
An abandoned home in Tyurkmen, Bulgaria.

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  • Science

Farmers are abandoning their land. Is that good for nature?

Traditional farmers around the world are walking away from millions of acres of land where they once grew crops or grazed animals. It's provoking mixed reactions.

January 03, 2025
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  • Dan Charles
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. A Georgia appeals court has agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against Donald Trump.

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  • News

Georgia Today: State Senate can subpoena Fani Willis; Deadly accident at Tyson; Gangstas to Growers

On the Friday Dec. 27 edition of Georgia Today: Judge rules that Georgia senators can subpoena DA Fani Willis over alleged misconduct in prosecuting President-elect Trump; a deadly explosion at a Tyson Foods plant in Southwest Georgia; and the program empowering at-risk young people through farm work

December 27, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell
Participants in Gangstas to Growers stand in the greenhouse at Phoenix Garden in Lawrenceville, GA.

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  • News

Atlanta farming leadership program sows seeds of hope with new graduating class

Students in the Gangstas to Growers program reflect what they've learned and how their lives have changed since joining the program.

December 27, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
Floating oyster cage

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  • Environment

Georgia DNR plans special zone for oyster farming near Jekyll Island

Two similar sites are already operational further up Georgia's coast.

December 11, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
People from all different parts of Goergia's food industry met at Bread and Butterfly in Atlanta to discuss solutions to the climate change issues they're facing.

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  • News

Georgia food producers discuss climate change, sustainability in the industry

Farmers, chefs, and restaurant owners shared challenges they face and drafted solutions to support one another.

November 19, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
A pile of discarded stumps lopped off of trees toppled by Hurricane Helene by loggers in Treutlen County, Georgia.

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  • Economy

Hurricane Helene knocked a massive hole in Georgia's timber industry

When Hurricane Helene raged through Georgia forests, it not only toppled trees. For many landowners, it blew away nest eggs, too. 

November 14, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Changes in precipitation, temperature and evaporation rates due to rising carbon dioxide concentrations are projected to increase surface water supplies in most Eastern watersheds (shades of blue) but decrease them in the West (brown). These patterns may be amplified or weakened depending on population growth and groundwater availability. (Graphic by NOAA, Climate.gov)

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  • Environment

Georgia's vegetable production could expand. Climate change is why

A new study by the University of Georgia finds consumers may see fewer vegetables from California and more from the Peach State. GPB’s Chase McGee explains.

October 07, 2024
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  • Chase McGee
Cousins Viva Johnson (left) and Bernadette Pete harvest celery with instructor Leonardo Sugteng’aq Wassilie at Calypso Farm and Ecology Center, just outside Fairbanks, Alaska. Johnson and Pete can’t always get fresh produce in their village of Alakanuk, near the Bering Sea. In August, they participated in an Indigenous-led farmer training program at the farm.<br>

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  • Climate

Climate change makes farming easier in Alaska. Indigenous growers hope to lead the way

Climate change threatens many traditional foods in Alaska. But it’s also making farming more possible. A new training program aims to help Alaska Native communities grow more of their own food.

September 13, 2024
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  • Anna Canny
Elias Abdi Abdullahi, an Ethiopian farmer, carries a bunch of uprooted weeds from the wheat field he farms with his wife. They're trying to increase their crop yields in an area often threatened by conflict and drought.

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  • Global Health

What is 'food resilience'? Ask these Ethiopian farmers facing conflict and drought

Many farmers in Ethiopia have lost valuable land for growing crops. They're learning to change the way they work to make the most out of what they have.

August 10, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx
A donkey's owner makes last-minute adjustments ahead of the costume competition at the annual Donkey Festival in San Antero.

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  • World

Donkeys take center stage at an annual festival in Colombia

Every year, the town of San Antero celebrates the hardworking pack animals that haul crops and supplies for farmers who can't afford trucks or motorcycles. There's even a donkey beauty pageant.

April 30, 2024
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By:
  • John Otis
(L to R) Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, William "Roddie" Bryan

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: Ahmaud Arbery killers appeal; Banning foreign land owners; Transgender bathroom bill

On the Wednesday, March 27 edition of Georgia Today: Ahmaud Arbery's killings have filed an appeal; lawmakers want to prevent foreign governments from buying farmland in Georgia; Peter Biello talks with the mother of a transgender student about a proposed bill that focuses on transgender kids and the bathrooms they should use. 

 

March 27, 2024
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  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jeremy Powell
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