Tag: Agriculture
Firefighters called to plant where earlier gas leak killed 6
ATLANTA — A refrigeration company and firefighters were called to a northeast Georgia chicken processing plant where a liquid nitrogen leak killed six workers...
Officials seize goats from home of environmental activist
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut authorities have seized dozens of goats from the home of a longtime environmental activist, in response to citizen complaints and...
Where’s the beef? Runaway steer still roaming Rhode Island
JOHNSTON, R.I. — Where's the beef? Still very much on the mooove in Rhode Island.
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Clinics wait to vaccinate farmworkers: ‘Our hands are tied’
With Georgia's sweet onion harvest approaching and COVID-19 vaccine arriving in increasing quantities from the federal government, migrant health centers around the state want...
Amid FBI probe, Texas official hired from big donor family
DALLAS — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is under FBI investigation over claims of using his office to help a political donor, gave...
Activists sue big French retailer over Amazon forest damage
PARIS — Environmental groups and indigenous activists from the Amazon region filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a French court alleging that France-based supermarket chain...
US suspends tariffs on UK goods to resolve aircraft dispute
LONDON — The U.S. agreed Thursday to suspend millions of dollars' worth of tariffs on U.K. exports including Scotch whisky as part of an...
Thousands of meatpacking workers to be vaccinated this week
OMAHA, Neb. — Meatpacking workers across the country have started receiving coronavirus vaccines and thousands more will have a chance to get their shots...
Dems seek probe of Illinois GOP lawmaker with militia decal
CHICAGO — Democratic county leaders in Illinois want an investigation of Republican state Rep. Chris Miller after he displayed a decal of an anti-government...
Food fight: Meat-free school meals spark furor in France
LE PECQ, France — By taking meat off the menu at school canteens, the ecologist mayor of one of France's most famously gastronomic cities...