Saving the farm: US heartland clergy train to prevent agriculture workers’ suicides
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on an initiative in which states such as Minnesota and South Dakota are offering suicide prevention training to clergy – a crucial, trusted presence in rural America…
Farmers prosper in pandemic as Americans shop local
Washington DC, US Thomson Reuters Foundation With restaurants shut and grocery stores posing a coronavirus risk, some Americans are ordering food directly from the farm – a trend small-scale producers hope will outlast the pandemic. It could be one of the few economic upsides to a crisis that has emptied high streets and felled business […]