Jul 15 Agriculture Fees Could Go Up By More Than 1,000% For Some Kentucky Food Producers Under New Rule A proposed rule in the Kentucky Department of Public Health would raise the permitting fees for small-scale food producers in the commonwealth. Some producers worry the increase could put them out of business. The regulation would impact 536 food producers and would change the fee structure for food safety inspection from one based on the […] By Sydney Boles Jul 15 Agriculture Fees Could Go Up By More Than 1,000% For Some Kentucky Food Producers Under New Rule Sydney Boles
Apr 10 Agriculture Coronavirus Concerns Rise As Ohio Valley Meatpacking Workers Fall Sick As the number of coronavirus cases surge across the country, some meatpacking facilities have been temporarily shuttered due to workers falling ill to the virus. Three workers in Georgia have even died. With workers at some Ohio Valley facilities now testing positive for the virus, worker safety advocates are raising concerns about how adequately workers […] By Liam Niemeyer Apr 10 Agriculture Coronavirus Concerns Rise As Ohio Valley Meatpacking Workers Fall Sick Liam Niemeyer
Feb 7 Agriculture Over-Hyped Hemp? Amid Price Drop And A Big Bankruptcy, Some Farmers Feel Burned John Fuller is waiting for another farmer he’s never met before to talk about a situation he never imagined he would be in. It’s an overcast January day on his farm in west Kentucky, where he grew 18 acres of hemp last year, investing more than $250,000 of his own cash. He’s one of nearly […] By Liam Niemeyer Feb 7 Agriculture Over-Hyped Hemp? Amid Price Drop And A Big Bankruptcy, Some Farmers Feel Burned Liam Niemeyer
May 26 Agriculture Growing Hazards: Safety Rules Often Don’t Apply To Farming, One Of The Most Dangerous Jobs Jeanna Glisson has two lives: her life before August 20th, 2007, and her life after. That day is so vivid, Glisson can still hear the sounds of her son’s feet coming down the stairs. “I remember Derek when he got up that morning, he was on the phone talking to my dad. He was excited,” […] By Nicole Erwin May 26 Agriculture Growing Hazards: Safety Rules Often Don’t Apply To Farming, One Of The Most Dangerous Jobs 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