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5:54 pm

Tue April 9, 2013

Child labor bill could help kids on the farm

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By Turner Twyman

A proposed bill would change the child labor law requirements for Missouri children under the age of 16 who work on a family farm.

Agriculture

3:29 pm

Fri March 15, 2013

Field Notes: Missouri farmer lands starring role

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Chris Chinn, of Clarence, Mo., was chosen as one of the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance's 'Faces of Farmers and Ranchers.'

By Abbie Fentress Swanson

This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media’s Field Notes, in which reporters talk to newsmakers and experts about important issues related to food production.

Missouri farmer Chris Chinn is taking on a high-profile role as one of the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance’s “Faces of Farming and Ranching.”

Agriculture

9:00 am

Mon March 4, 2013

Exploring our global food system at the Natural History Museum

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“Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture,” on view now at the American Museum of Natural History, explores how our food is produced, distributed and eaten.

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We learn that chili peppers got their spiciness ratings from the Scoville Heat Unit scale, which was created in 1912.

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In Japan, farmers have transformed the spherical look of a watermelon by growing them in square glass boxes.

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The show takes visitors back to a 16th century Aztec market and the staples of that cuisine -- like chocolate and tomatoes -- now so ingrained in our diets.

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A towering sculpture of trash is meant to represent the staggering amount of food an American consumer throws out each year: 414 pounds.

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Part of the exhibit includes an interactive cookbook in which recipes for West African groundnut, or peanut, soup are offered up.

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Smelling stations waft sweet scents of popcorn and lavender to your nose with a touch of a button.

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Mongolian ruler Kublai Khan ate flower dumplings, steamed mutton, fish and green onions back in the day.

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Ices made from damsom plums, currants, caramel, cream and sugar were eaten by the writer Jane Austen at home in Kent.

By Abbie Fentress Swanson

Can a watermelon be grown in the shape of a square? What do Olympic athletes like Michael Phelps eat for breakfast? Which island nation produces the most lamb in the world? Consumers interested in pulling back the curtain on our food system will get these and many other questions answered at “Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture.” The exhibition, on view now at the American Museum of Natural History, explores how our food is produced, distributed and eaten.

Agriculture

7:12 pm

Thu January 24, 2013

Drought takes head start into 2013

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An aerial view of farmland affected by the drought in northeastern Colorado in July 2012. Green circles show irrigated crops next to yellowed, dryland wheat fields.

By Grant Gerlock

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2012 was a drought year for the record books. It was the warmest year ever recorded in Des Moines, Iowa, Topeka, Kan., and Columbia, Mo. and the driest ever in Grand Island, Neb. The question is whether 2013 will be any different.

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