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In Nashville, a program connects refugee farmers to hipster tables

by Marketplace Contributor
Jul 26, 2017
A program called Growing Together encourages refugees living in Tennessee to get back into farming.
Chef Jess Benefield shows how Japanese shishito peppers are fried to create a popular appetizer at Two Ten Jack restaurant in East Nashville. Finding quality peppers can be difficult, Benefield said.
Chas Sisk/for Marketplace
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Mushroom farmers dependent on immigrant labor fear worker shortage

by Marketplace Contributor
Jun 13, 2017
Growers say fears of immigration enforcement under Trump may already be hitting their bottom line.
A bed of white agaricus mushrooms, commonly known as button mushrooms, at Pietro Industries in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
Laura Benshoff
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Some young farmers postpone careers to pay off school loans

by Marketplace Contributor
Jun 5, 2017
Modern farming has made it tough for a new generation to get started.
Liz Graznak and her daughter Sylvia hunt for weeds in the high tunnel at Happy Hollow Farm. Graznak worked for six years after college to save money to start her farm.
Kristofor Husted/Harvest Public Media
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A Mexican movement pushes back against U.S. corn

by Annie Baxter
Apr 27, 2017
The 'No Maiz Gringo' campaign is putting pressure on Mexico's government to restrict imports of corn from the U.S.
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Central California's family raisin farms are drying up

by Andy Uhler
Mar 28, 2017
Farmers are steering their kids away from the crop, whose prices are falling.
John Paboojian Jr. owns about 450 acres of raisin vineyards in Fowler, California, and has been working the land for 75 years.
Andy Uhler/Marketplace
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Chicken farmer ramps up biosecurity measures

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 8, 2017
Ed Fryar says he's 'watchful' but not worried about the recent avian flu outbreak in Tennessee.
A strain of bird flu was detected in a chicken farm in Tennessee earlier this week, causing worry over the possibility of an avian influenza outbreak.
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California's raisin farmers are struggling

by Andy Uhler
Mar 8, 2017
30 years ago, Fresno County was famous for its dried fruit. Today, growers are pulling up their vineyards.
A raisin farm in central California. 
Andy Uhler/Marketplace
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Real estate investors help grow the medical-marijuana business

by Justin Ho
Feb 28, 2017
And, land a cannabis-related stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
Inside a growhouse at PharmaCann in Hamptonburgh, New York
Justin Ho/Marketplace
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Washington state mulls plan to keep water flowing to high-value crops

by Marketplace Contributor
Feb 17, 2017
Right now, farmers have little incentive to sell water to each other.
In a good year, Brad Carpenter's Yakima Valley  irrigation canals are full of water.
Aaron Wolf
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Corn farmers looking ahead with 'nervous anticipation'

by Kai Ryssdal and Robert Garrova
Jan 23, 2017
Corn farmer Keith Alverson says he and his peers are cautiously optimistic.
A corn field in South Dakota.
Lars Plougmann/Flickr
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