High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 7. Recycling diesel emissions for farm fertilizer? http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.8/recycling-diesel-emissions-for-farm-fertilizer Canadian farmer Gary Lewis, fed up with the failures of synthetic fertilizer, has invented a system called Bio-Agtive Emissions Technology, a tractor add-on that recycles diesel emissions into fertilizer. No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst soil ecologists small farms N/C Quest Inc. industrial agriculture Greg Lewis Bio-Agtive Emissions Technology recycling diesel emissions Western farming farm fertilizers agronomists chemical fertilizers biofuels 2012-05-23T12:00:32Z News Article A moral issue confronts industrial farmers http://www.hcn.org/wotr/a-moral-issue-confronts-industrial-farmers Farmers in Nebraska are feeling the pressure from groups that demand better treatment for animals on factory farms. No publisher Pete Letheby Factory farms United Egg Producers industrial agriculture CAFOs industrial farming animal welfare Nebraska Farm Bureau Nebraska farming Humane Society animal rights ethical treatment of animals 2012-03-16T15:36:30Z News Article Aspiring farmers find creative ways to succeed http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.20/aspiring-farmers-find-creative-ways-to-succeed Sarahlee Lawrence and Amy Ridout are part of a wave of young farmers determined to remake the American food system. No publisher Sarah Gilman Nelida Martinez industrial agriculture rural life Sarita Schaffer organic farmers Pure Nelida young farmers farmers markets Lizette Flores locavores small farms USDA Mexican immigrants Viva Farms farmworkers sustainable agriculture Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association farm incubators Intervale Latino farmers food production Center for Rural Affairs small-scale agriculture 2011-11-23T00:41:02Z News Article Farm incubators help would-be farmers succeed on their own http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.20/farm-incubators-help-would-be-farmers-succeed-on-their-own Viva Farms is a "farm incubator" in Washington's Skagit Valley that helps aspiring cash-poor farmers like Nelida Martinez start and successfully operate their own businesses. No publisher Jennifer Langston Nelida Martinez industrial agriculture rural life Sarita Schaffer organic farmers Pure Nelida young farmers Center for Rural Affairs Lizette Flores locavores small farms USDA Mexican immigrants Viva Farms farmworkers farm incubators Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association sustainable agriculture Intervale Latino farmers food production farmers markets small-scale agriculture 2011-11-29T21:17:27Z News Article Cattlemen struggle against giant meatpackers and economic squeezes http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.5/cattlemen-struggle-against-giant-meatpackers-and-economic-squeezes Ranchers battle gigantic meatpackers to get a fair price for cattle in a changing economy. No publisher Stephanie Paige Ogburn Vander Pool industrial agriculture Upton Sinclair Ranchers feedlots meatpackers USDA Federal Trade Commission cattle backgrounders Tom Vilsack R-CALF Packers and Stockyard Administration Grain Inspection 2011-03-22T22:09:22Z News Article Small poultry farmers grapple with lack of slaughterhouses http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.1/small-poultry-farmers-grapple-with-lack-of-slaughterhouses There just aren't enough slaughterhouses for small poultry farms in Oregon and other Western states. No publisher Carla A. Wise Tyler Jones Afton Field Farm slaughterhouses USDA inspection small poultry farmers small farmers meat processing industrial agriculture Chicken 2011-02-03T15:53:41Z News Article A loophole you can squeeze a feedlot through http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.18/a-loophole-you-can-squeeze-a-feedlot-through In dry eastern Washington, small farmers resent a corporate feedlot’s access to scarce water supplies. No publisher Cally Carswell industrial agriculture Yakima River Basin eastern Washington groundwater feedlot permit-exempt wells 2010-02-05T08:55:36Z News Article