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The Saturday Harvest 🌾

A round-up of stories we found this week on coronavirus, food policy and farming

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Here's our Saturday morning roundup of stories we've come across this week from our colleagues. If you can read them with a cup of coffee, all the better. Stay safe and healthy.

The Guardian | by Sophie Kevany | April 29, 2020


Successful Farming | April 19, 2020


The Week | April 26, 2020


Coronavirus forces California farmworkers to scramble for safe drinking water

Food & Environment Reporting Network | April 22, 2020

'Unprecedented emergency': USDA offers to help pork producers find new processors — or depopulate herds

Des Moines Register | April 25, 2020

Meat plant workers to Trump: Employees aren't going to show up

CNN | April 29, 2020

Farmworkers test positive for COVID-19 at Washington orchard

KATU2 | April 25, 2020

Robot with pincers can detect and remove weeds without harming crops

New Scientist | April 29, 2020


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