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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, March 29, 2024
States are trying to meet land conservation goals and protect agricultural acreage, but securing enough money – and enough land to do that has been difficult across the country.
The Labor Department has recovered over $540,000 in wages for 268 H-2A workers in North Carolina after uncovering violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the H-2A program.
A federal appeals court has upheld a North Carolina law designed to make it harder for farmworker unions to enter into collective bargaining agreements with employers.
As parts of the Southeast get a better handle on the damages inflicted by Hurricane Ian, a North Carolina Republican says legislation he has authored could be helpful in the rebuilding effort.
The Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday a new partnership created to improve wastewater sanitation in rural and historically underserved communities.
Smithfield Foods has settled litigation over hog farms in North Carolina after an appeals court decision upheld a nuisance verdict against a company subsidiary.
With less than two months to go in 2018, American agriculture has endured a major drubbing by hurricanes and rainstorms in the Midwest, the Plains, and the coastal Southeast so far this year.
Smithfield Foods and the Environmental Defense Fund are touting the company’s commitment to produce energy from manure on most of Smithfield’s hog farms in North Carolina, Utah and Missouri.