This winter, military veterans will have an opportunity to translate hard-won skills on the battlefield into Nebraska s fields and pastures through "Putting the Pieces Together," a U.S. Department of Agriculture-backed program. Martin Neal served 31 years in the U.S. .
Farmworkers are touring Washington state to call for better conditions in agriculture. The union Familias Unidas por la Justicia, based in northwest Washington, has organized the tour, which started Sunday. It s scheduled to be in Seattle today, then travel to Olympia and Wenatchee. .
Watchdog groups say chickens used by Costco are bred to grow so quickly, many of them cannot stand under their own weight, and recent lawsuits against the company have put the spotlight once again on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. There are more than 3,000 such poultry operations in North Carolina, growing hundreds of millions of chickens a year. Chris Heaney, associate professor of environmental health at Johns Hopkins University, said breeding cheap chickens comes with a host of negative public health impacts. .