On a 40-acre farm in Dublin, Georgia, EliYahu Ysrael works alongside his dad, Asa.They’ve been doing this for more than a decade, since EliYahu was 12 years old.Asa says it was “an act of faith” that led them to move from New York to Georgia to start a farm.EliYahu Ysrael farms alongside his dad, Asa.MSNBC“For…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.While much of the farming industry has been decimated by the global coronavirus pandemic – forced to wastefully slaughter livestock, abort piglets, crush food and pummel perfectly healthy crops – one group spawning America’s heartland claims that its method has…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wage a silent war across the country, American farmers are being forced to pour out milk, crush eggs, toss fresh fruits and vegetables, euthanize livestock and plow under perfectly robust cropsMeanwhile, financially beleaguered Americans…
Farmers and food banks have struggled with disruptions from coronavirus.April 18, 2020, 4:12 AM9 min read The Trump administration will spend $19 billion on a relief program for farmers struggling during the novel coronavirus pandemic, including a new approach to send billions of dollars of agricultural products to food banks and other organizations around the…
President Donald Trump on Friday announced a $19 billion relief program to help farmers cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic through a package that will include direct payment and mass purchases of produce, meat and other products."These are great people, great Americans, never complain, never complain - they just do what they have…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…