Mar 17 Interactive Human Trafficking Legalization By Alexandra Kanik and Nicole Erwin Mar 17 Interactive Human Trafficking Legalization Alexandra Kanik and Nicole Erwin
Jan 20 Agriculture Stopping Superbug: A New Farm Rule Targets Antibiotic Resistance A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control offers a stark example of the declining power of medicine’s most important weapons against infectious disease. The CDC noted that a patient who died at a Nevada hospital last year had an infection that was resistant to 26 different antibiotic treatments. That’s essentially the entire antibiotic arsenal […] By Lisa Gillespie and Nicole Erwin Jan 20 Agriculture Stopping Superbug: A New Farm Rule Targets Antibiotic Resistance Lisa Gillespie and Nicole Erwin
Jan 20 Health A Personal Struggle With A Superbug Several years ago, my entire immediate family was infected with an antibiotic-resistant staph infection, known as MRSA. It’s not something we often bring up in the family. As you can imagine, it’s not the most pleasant thing to talk about. But at breakfast one recent morning my parents agreed to an interview because they want […] By Nicole Erwin Jan 20 Health A Personal Struggle With A Superbug Nicole Erwin
Dec 2 Agriculture Growing Concerns: Trump’s Immigration Rhetoric Sows Anxiety In Agriculture On Nelson Key Road in Murray, Kentucky, lies a 30-acre tobacco farm and there sits the road’s namesake, Nelson Key himself. He’s just at the end of this year’s harvest, which was brought in with the help of migrant workers. “I used American workers up until 1991 then I went to the migrant workers and […] By Nicole Erwin Dec 2 Agriculture Growing Concerns: Trump’s Immigration Rhetoric Sows Anxiety In Agriculture Nicole Erwin
Oct 14 Agriculture Piggy Express: ‘Right To Farm’ Law Shields Giant Hog Operation Mount St. Joseph in Daviess County, Kentucky, may appear calm with the Green River flowing past homes that dot the farmland here. But there is trouble in the air and it comes along with the smell of a large hog farm. Sixty-three year old Jerry O’Bryan was born and raised on a farm in Daviess […] By Nicole Erwin Oct 14 Agriculture Piggy Express: ‘Right To Farm’ Law Shields Giant Hog Operation Nicole Erwin
Sep 16 Agriculture Data Farming: How Big Data Is Revolutionizing Big Ag It’s harvest time and a semi full of corn just pulled onto the scales at Seven Springs Farm in Cadiz, Kentucky. On the scale, the analytics work begins: moisture content, weight, production rates, and more are all recorded. This is just one truck and many more will follow with much more to be stored and […] By Nicole Erwin Sep 16 Agriculture Data Farming: How Big Data Is Revolutionizing Big Ag Nicole Erwin
Aug 19 Agriculture Grazing In The Grass: An Old-Fashioned Idea Holds New Promise For Sustainable Farming On 120 acres in Marion, Kentucky, small-scale farmer Joseph Mast is taking an innovative approach to provide for his growing family of nine. Mast belongs to an Amish community and is reluctant when it comes to media. He makes a concession, however, when the conversation involves sustainable farming. “I’ll talk grass any day,” said Mast. […] By Nicole Erwin Aug 19 Agriculture Grazing In The Grass: An Old-Fashioned Idea Holds New Promise For Sustainable Farming Nicole Erwin
Jun 24 Agriculture High Hopes For Hemp Farmers throughout the Ohio Valley want to revive a crop that was once a staple in the region: hemp. After a ban that lasted more than half a century, the 2014 Farm Bill allowed states to grow hemp in research programs. Growers and processors in Kentucky are aggressively putting that research program to work in […] By Nicole Erwin Jun 24 Agriculture High Hopes For Hemp Nicole Erwin