Mar 14th, 2010 · Afghanistan produces about 90 percent of the world's supply of opium poppies, the plant used to make heroin. About half of that supply comes from the Helmand province. Earlier efforts by NATO forces to destroy the poppy crops were unsuccessful; when the Taliban came back, so did the farmer's poppies. In the most recent offensive, NATO took a mostly hands-off approach, leaving the farmers and their crops alone. Guest host Audie Cornish speaks with author and journalist Gretchen Peters about the effects of the NATO offensive around Marjah on the poppy trade in Afghanistan.
Keywords: Afghanistan · Taliban · world · NATO · offensive · destroyed · Farmers · opium · province · heroin · unsuccessful · Poppy
Feb 28th, 2010 · It's been a tough winter for Florida's tomato crop. A devastating freeze last month wiped out production by 70 percent. The state provides almost all of the tomatoes consumed in the U.S. during this time of year. Farmers are struggling and soon consumers will notice it too. Luis Hernandez of member station WGCU reports.
Keywords: products · devastation · Farmers · Florida · Squeeze · Consumers · Tomato · WGCU · Luis Hernandez
Feb 27th, 2010 · Bolivia is the third largest coca-producing country in the world. Although the illegal drug trade has given coca a bad reputation, indigenous people have used it for centuries as medicine, food and a symbol of their culture. Bolivia's president is a former coca farmer, and the country is trying to rebrand the coca leaf and create a legal industry from the controversial crop.
Keywords: Drugs · Food · world · country · culture · president · legal · industry · illegal · Farmers · Coca · Bolivia
Feb 14th, 2010 · More than 10 years after the Agriculture Department promised to compensate black farmers for discrimination, some 70,000 of them have yet to be paid. Many of these farmers plan to be in Washington on Monday to ask the government to pay up.
Keywords: settlement · Compensation · Washington · Farmers · discrimination · Agriculture Department
Feb 14th, 2010 · More than 10 years after the Agriculture Department promised to compensate black farmers for discrimination, some 70,000 of them have yet to be paid. Many of these farmers plan to be in Washington on Monday to ask the government to pay up.
Keywords: settlement · Compensation · Washington · Farmers · discrimination · Agriculture Department
Jan 25th, 2010 · During the Neolithic period, farming technology swept north into Europe over a period of several thousand years. A new study suggests that this development was due to migrating farmers and their appeal to hunter-gatherer women.
Keywords: Migrating · Europe · Sex · Farmers · technology · Hunter · Neolithic
Jan 25th, 2010 · In 1974, when the Minnesota Vikings lost the Super Bowl to the Pittsburgh Steelers, a Minnesota farmer vowed not to shave until they won. Thirty-six years later, Emmett Pearson is still waiting. His wife tells a local newspaper she was desperately hoping this would be the year. But the Vikings lost a playoff game Sunday to New Orleans in overtime.
Keywords: newspapers · local · New Orleans · Pittsburgh Steelers · Super Bowl · Farmers · Minn · wife · Playoff · Minnesota · vikings · Minnesota Vikings
Jan 12th, 2010 · Florida is in the grip of its worst cold spell in more than a decade, and that means trouble for the state's fruit and vegetable growers. Farmers in some parts of the state are bracing for substantial losses.
Keywords: Farmers · Florida · growers · vegetable · Citrus
