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Ivory Coast: Women tap into financial freedom through rubber tree farms

In Ivory Coast, only five percent of women own agricultural land. But this is changing: for many women, owning their own ...
LAist

Adopt an heirloom peach tree at this Fresno County farm. Just have a plan for 250 pounds of fruit

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The Hill

House Agriculture panel releases farm bill text and sets markup

Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee on Friday released text for the farm bill and announced they will mark up the bill on Feb. 23 — with the framework drawing immediate criticism from the ...
BBC Wildlife

It’s older than the Roman Empire, taller than the Statue of Liberty and as heavy as 7 blue whales

When it comes to sheer volume, no tree on Earth can match the General Sherman tree. This colossus of the arboreal world, found in California’s Sequoia National Park, stands almost 84 metres tall, is ...
Iowa Public Radio

Couple gifts 100-acre tree farm to Washington State University

On a trip through Northeast Washington in the 1970s, couple Lynn and Becky Miner fell in love with the stunning nature around them. Twenty years later, the couple bought a 100-acre tree farm in the ...
producebusiness

Family Tree Farms Appoints Doug LaCroix as Vice President of Sales & Marketing

Reedley, CA – Family Tree Farms is proud to announce the promotion of Doug LaCroix to Vice President of Sales & Marketing, effective January 1, 2026. LaCroix has been a foundational member of the ...
The New York Times

Starting at Harvard and Falling for Your First Tree

A freshman seminar encourages students to behave differently in the world and feel more passionately about biodiversity. Each Harvard University freshman in the “Tree” seminar must choose a single ...