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Building Roots for a More Water Secure California

Photo: NRCS Scientists Holding Up Two Soil Samples. US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service The recently released National…

6 years ago

On-farm Treatment Options for Wastewater, Greywater and Fecal Sludge

Fecal contamination of urban and peri-urban water bodies is a major health issue in most low- and middle-income countries, where…

6 years ago

Water Management For Every Permaculture Farm

When I was a kid, my brother and I used to enjoy the winter weather at my grandparents’ farm in…

6 years ago

Despite A Ban, Arkansas Farmers Are Still Spraying Controversial Weedkiller

These soybeans were damaged in 2017 by dicamba, a popular weedkiller that's prone to drifting into neighboring fields. Some farmers…

6 years ago

Hurricane Florence breaches manure lagoon, coal ash pit in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. — Flooded rivers from Florence’s drenching rains have swamped coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms, raising pollution…

6 years ago