Farmers clashed with police in Brussels, Belgium on Monday, setting fire to piles of tires in a fresh show of force as European Union agriculture ministers met in search of ways to address the farmers’ concerns. Brussels police said 900 tractors had entered the city, with many converging on the European Council building where the […]
As farmer protests spread in countries across Europe—including in France, Italy, Spain, and Germany—a British farmers movement, called ‘No Farmers, No Food,’ is gathering pace. NTD’s Jane Werrell spoke with the founder of the campaign, James Melville.
Tesla is recalling nearly all of its vehicles in the United States due to small font sizes on warning lights, which could increase the risk of a crash. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the issue was discovered during a routine audit of Tesla vehicles. There are more legal woes for embattled Georgia district […]
LONGVILLIERS, France—Long lines of tractors blocked highways near Paris and across France on Monday, as angry farmers sought to put pressure on the government to do more to help them face inflation, compete with cheap imports, and make a living. The protests follow similar action in other European countries, including Germany and Poland, ahead of […]
PARIS—France’s interior ministry on Sunday ordered a large deployment of security forces around Paris as farmers threatened to head toward the capital, hours after climate activists hurled soup at the glass protecting the “Mona Lisa” painting at the Louvre Museum. French farmers are putting pressure on the government to respond to their demands for better […]
PARIS—Spreading demonstrations by French farmers against low wages and other grievances were hit by tragedy Tuesday when a woman was killed and her husband and daughter seriously injured in a traffic collision at a protest barricade. A car plowed into straw bales that demonstrators had placed across a road, hitting the three people before it […]
BAN KHON SUNG, Thailand—A sleeping cat hugs a fish in a picture seen from the air, picked out in sprouting rainbow seedlings in a rice field in Thailand to illustrate a traditional proverb about abundance. Farmer Tanyapong Jaikham and a team of workers planted the seedlings at various spots in the field in the northern […]
A father is fighting for his 3-year-old son, whose mother is trying to raise him as non-binary. He is one of many parents speaking out on California’s battle between parental rights and state laws. Narcan is now available without a prescription in pharmacies nationwide. The drug is used to help reverse opioid overdoses, especially from […]
OTTAWA—A Canadian farmer has been ordered to pay more than C$82,000 ($61,784) in damages over an emoji confusion that a Saskatchewan judge resolved by ruling that a thumbs-up image is enough to accept contractual terms. Chris Achter, the owner of a farming company in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, had sent a thumbs-up emoji in response to […]
A company based in Iowa is planning a 14-hundred-mile carbon capture pipeline across five Midwestern states. The project will transport carbon from refineries of ethanol and biofuel to be buried in North Dakota, to reduce the region’s carbon footprint and protect the environment. But there are concerns about the project. NTD spoke with Jared Bossly, […]
URBANA, Ill.—A prominent Ohio farmer whose image was used in a popular social media meme touting the value of “hard work” has died after he was injured in a vehicle crash in Illinois. David Brandt was a nationally known proponent of no-till farming who traveled around the country talking about sustainable agriculture techniques and soil […]
Talk of food shortages and empty shelves has been at the forefront of agricultural discussions around the globe for more than two years as production demands have increased and farmers are scrambling to match the pace. Aggravating the economic aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain recovery efforts was Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on […]
Beep, beep, beep. It’s the familiar sound of food scanned and placed into bags at your local grocery store. You just went in for a few things and meant to keep it under $100. But you walk away with a new case of sticker shock and fewer bags than $100 used to buy. Inflation has […]
Goods and services around the country are becoming increasingly more expensive, but farmers may be among the hardest hit as inflation, supply chain issues, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are expected to send food prices soaring even higher. That impact is being felt by farmers around the country. “The cost of fertilizer is up as […]
HONG KONG—Flower farmer Leung Yat-shen has burned thousands of flowers he cannot sell this year as Hong Kong’s stringent measures against the Omicron variant of coronavirus have halved his Lunar New Year demand. Leung, 70, runs a traditional farm in Hong Kong’s rural Yuen Long district growing sword lilies, water lilies, and tulips. He had […]
Flower farmer Leung Yat-shen has burned thousands of blossoms this year—all because he can’t sell them fast enough. That’s due to Hong Kong’s stringent measures against the Omicron variant—which have cut Lunar New Year demand in half.
