Farmers and green campaigners are pinning their hopes on the House of Lords to make last-minute changes to the government’s agriculture bill to strengthen safeguards on food safety and animal welfare. © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA Amendments to the bill that would have secured clear legal status […]
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Our food system is broken and racist. Meet the farmers trying to change the way we eat
Chef Njathi Wa Kabui is passionate about good food. Growing up in Kenya, his mother’s subsistence farming provided for all of the family’s food needs, while his father ran a restaurant in the city nearby. Vegetables, sugar cane, bananas, guavas, and chickens were cultivated in their yard, and food and […]
A Nigerian Farmer’s Murder Shows Food Security at Tipping Point
Just before the start of crop planting in May, Abdullahi Hassan Wagini visited a neighbor’s farm in northern Nigeria to discuss how to prepare the fields. What happened next led him to abandon his livelihood of 25 years. As the two men were chatting, bandits on motorcycles opened fire on […]
In Kenya, too many farmers produce too much food during pandemic
Kariko, Kenya In a change from the droughts and floods that often plague his tomato plantation in central Kenya, David Kariuki’s latest harvest has been more bountiful than he could have hoped – and yet, he is not sure he can afford his children’s school fees. A stretch of favorable […]
Ag Secretary Perdue lauds food box program, meets with farmers – News – The State Journal-Register
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Monday helped distribute food boxes in Springfield, then told a forum at a farm near Rochester that he hopes farmers eventually won’t need federal financial help during the pandemic. Joined by U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, Perdue spoke about the quick development of the […]