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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a new plan to strengthen its collaboration with tribes and help them build more sustainable food systems.
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The price of groceries was a big talking point in this year’s election, and high costs of living continue to make headlines across the country. Those costs have kept the Food Bank of Wyoming busy this year.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is spending $60 million to help tribal farmers in the Mountain West use less water amid drought – and still grow their crops.
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The current version of the bill – which covers crop insurance, conservation programs and nutrition assistance – was written almost six years ago.
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In Reno, Nev., the first freeze is now coming more than 40 days later on average than it did five decades ago. That comes with a number of consequences, including longer allergy seasons and more opportunities for mosquitoes to spread disease.
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Experts say a temporary measure that extended the life of the farm bill last year is likely to expire at the end of this month.
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More local meat, produce and grains will be hitting food bank shelves this summer thanks to a more than $500,000 Local Food Purchasing Agreement Grant for the Food Bank of Wyoming from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The goal of the funding is to buy more food from small-scale Wyoming producers and distribute it to folks in need across the state.
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A recent paper explored the challenges exacerbated by climate change faced by Latino farmworkers in Idaho, which are comparable to the issues faced by such workers across the West.
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Have you ever heard of the “Betabeleros”? Neither had University of Wyoming Professors Conxita Domenech and Chelsea Escalante. That was until they came across a 1920s newspaper called “La Pagina Espanol”. Published entirely in Spanish, this special page in the Powell Tribune was made for communities of Mexican-American beet farmers, AKA Betabeleros in the area. Wyoming Public Radio's Jordan Uplinger spoke with them about their findings.
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The Wind River Development Fund (WRDF) is a Native-led and Native-focused lending institution that helps spur economic development on and around the Wind River Reservation. That means they get loans and capital into the hands of local entrepreneurs, farmers, and ranchers in the area. The nonprofit was awarded a $300,000 grant from the Native American Agriculture Fund (NAFF) to help continue that work.