Female Dairy Farmers Bring Hope- The United States is now in need of farmers, now more than ever. Farmland takes up nearly one half of the landmass of the United States, but farmers who own it are 55 years or older. Of people who are currently interested they do not go into major farming operations. Five young female dairy farmers were asked to write monthly blogs about their experience in hopes of gaining more people being interested in farming.
College Kids Picking Up The Scraps: A group of college students noticed the abundant amount of food that is thrown away everyday. They decided to do something about it. Instead of having perfectly good food thrown away, they saved it, and took it to feed the hungry. Over about 5 years, they have saved about 640,000 pounds of food because their group, have spread out across the United States.
College kids picking up the scraps Food Recovery Network salvages food from cafeterias and deliver it to needy. The guy who started this at UMD was Ben Simon. Simon founded the Food Recovery Network as an undergraduate as a way to get college kids to salvage uneaten food from cafeterias and deliver it to local agencies that feed the needy.
Simon volunteers with The Campus Kitchens Project and evaluate produce. The initiative gets high-school and college students to scavenge food from cafeterias, grocery stores and farmers' markets, cook it and deliver it to organizations serving low-income people in their communities.
Smitten with smut: An unsightly fungal disease called corn smut strikes fear in the hearts of American and Canadian farmers. When it appears as fleshy, grayish galls on cobs, it can cause, in some cases, a 20 percent loss of marketable crop.
Chaney women write to promote ag- to promote Ag, Nebraska Women in Agriculture Conference keynote speaker Becky Chaney of Elwood wrote “Bulldust In My Bra” about the year she and her husband, Lee, spent in Australia’s Outback.
Female Dairy Farmers Bring Hope- The United states is in a need of farmers. Most farmers are 55 and older so they need it a lot. People who are usually interested don't go into the farming manufaction.
College kids picking up scraps College gave scraps to the hungry. The saved about 640000 pounds of food that would have been thrown away but they saved it for the hungry. The kids scavenge in cafeterias, groceries stores, and markets. This helps the low incomed people get food.
A fungal disease called com smut strikes fear in the hearts of Americans and Canadian Farmers. When it appears, it appears fleshy,grayish galls on cobs, it can cause a case of 20% marketing crops loss.
College kids- The college kids have noticed a bunch of food going to waste and wanted to do something about it. They have now for the past 5 years taken it to people who don't have a bunch of food.
Female Dairy Farmers Bring Hope- The United States needs farmers. Agricultural land takes up nearly half the landmass of the U.S.-one billion acres. 63% of farmers who care for that land are 55 years or older.The young people who are interested in farming goes into farming vegetables or small livestock herds.
Female Dairy Farmers Bring Hope- The United States is now in need of farmers, now more than ever. Farmland takes up nearly one half of the landmass of the United States, but farmers who own it are 55 years or older. Of people who are currently interested they do not go into major farming operations. Five young female dairy farmers were asked to write monthly blogs about their experience in hopes of gaining more people being interested in farming.
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ReplyDeleteA group of college students noticed the abundant amount of food that is thrown away everyday. They decided to do something about it. Instead of having perfectly good food thrown away, they saved it, and took it to feed the hungry. Over about 5 years, they have saved about 640,000 pounds of food because their group, have spread out across the United States.
College kids picking up the scraps
ReplyDeleteFood Recovery Network salvages food from cafeterias and deliver it to needy. The guy who started this at UMD was Ben Simon. Simon founded the Food Recovery Network as an undergraduate as a way to get college kids to salvage uneaten food from cafeterias and deliver it to local agencies that feed the needy.
Simon volunteers with The Campus Kitchens Project and evaluate produce. The initiative gets high-school and college students to scavenge food from cafeterias, grocery stores and farmers' markets, cook it and deliver it to organizations serving low-income people in their communities.
Smitten with smut:
ReplyDeleteAn unsightly fungal disease called corn smut strikes fear in the hearts of American and Canadian farmers. When it appears as fleshy, grayish galls on cobs, it can cause, in some cases, a 20 percent loss of marketable crop.
Chaney women write to promote ag-
ReplyDeleteto promote Ag, Nebraska Women in Agriculture Conference keynote speaker Becky Chaney of Elwood wrote “Bulldust In My Bra” about the year she and her husband, Lee, spent in Australia’s Outback.
Female Dairy Farmers Bring Hope- The United states is in a need of farmers. Most farmers are 55 and older so they need it a lot. People who are usually interested don't go into the farming manufaction.
ReplyDeleteCollege kids picking up scraps
ReplyDeleteCollege gave scraps to the hungry. The saved about 640000 pounds of food that would have been thrown away but they saved it for the hungry. The kids scavenge in cafeterias, groceries stores, and markets. This helps the low incomed people get food.
smitten with smut
ReplyDeleteA fungal disease called com smut strikes fear in the hearts of Americans and Canadian Farmers. When it appears, it appears fleshy,grayish galls on cobs, it can cause a case of 20% marketing crops loss.
College kids-
ReplyDeleteThe college kids have noticed a bunch of food going to waste and wanted to do something about it. They have now for the past 5 years taken it to people who don't have a bunch of food.
Female Dairy Farmers Bring Hope- The United States needs farmers. Agricultural land takes up nearly half the landmass of the U.S.-one billion acres. 63% of farmers who care for that land are 55 years or older.The young people who are interested in farming goes into farming vegetables or small livestock herds.
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