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Black farmers refuse to repeat the past. Black farmers will not opt in to Donald Trump’s new $12 billion federal farm aid program due to its racist undertones. The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association said its decision to reject a $12 billion federal farm assistance program is not about turning down money, but about fairness in how ...

The Trump administration on Monday plans to unveil a long-awaited farm aid package, according Trump administration officials, offering $12 billion in assistance to a key base of support hit hard by ...

The aid package was also necessary due to losses from the “past three crop years,” exceeding $50 billion, according to John Newton, vice president of public policy and economic analysis at the ...

Researchers suggest that an earthquake spooked a mob of sea turtles gathered together in a prehistoric sea. By Carolyn Wilke Rocky cliffs run into the Adriatic Sea near Ancona, Italy. There, above the ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — A 170-pound loggerhead turtle nicknamed “Molly” was back home in the warm waters of the Florida Keys on Tuesday after a successful surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor inches ...

Lutheran Services in Iowa has found a new home for its program that seeks to educate families on farming and help them launch their own businesses, selling the plants and produce they learned to grow.

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A federally funded program has helped distribute more than 720,000 pounds of fresh, locally grown produce to families in need throughout San Diego County. However, with federal ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...

NEW ORLEANS — Audubon Aquarium is now home to tiny Diamondback terrapins as part of Louisiana’s first-ever terrapin head-start program. Diamondback terrapins are a species of turtle native to the ...

After years wrangling over how best to target conservation money toward small farms, Congress has struck on a novel solution for the moment: quit trying. In two installments this year — including this ...