Live Air Quality Map
Check the air quality in your area with this helpful interactive map from ESRI.
COVID-19 and US Agricultural Worker Disruption
COVID-19 is disrupting the ability of U.S. farmers to plant and harvest their crops.
Record Farm Bankruptcies as Family Farms Struggle
According to an article in the Daily Gazette (https://dailygazette.com/article/2019/06/20/kennedy-family-farms-continue-to-struggle), family farms are having an almost impossible time this year. In another article, it was stated that “since 2005, we’re...
Dangers of Working in Grain Bins
Death Can Be Seconds Away In A Grain Bin The Dangers of Working or Playing in Grain BinsThis demonstration comes from the North Carolina Extension, and for those who work around grain bins, this is an important lesson that everyone should watch. Please share this...
Wash Your Avocados
The FDA highly recommends that you wash your avocados. A sampling program that was two years in the making found that avocado sometimes has a hitchhiker on its skin. The FDA collected and tested avocados between 2014-2016 and found that the skin sometimes carried...
