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The Saturday Harvest 🌾

Happening this week: safety for workers; climate; COVID-19 and more

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The Saturday Harvest 🌾
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Summer is truly here and there's an awful lot going on in our world. Read on for a look at what happened in the last week.

VegNews | by Anna Starostinetskaya


Washington Post | by Jessica Contrera


The Counter | by Sam Bloch


Production Disruptions Slow May Exports of Beef, Pork

AgWeb

Keeping seed sovereignty local

Grist

It Took a Pandemic to Settle Bayer’s Roundup Suits

Bloomberg

Think Covid-19 Disrupted the Food Chain? Wait and See What Climate Change Will Do

Inside Climate News

Farmer wants dicamba certainty

Brownfield Ag News


Photo by Darrell Hoemann, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

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