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Keeping workers safe on the farm
August 08, 2022
RALEIGH, N.C. — The migrant farm workers listen in rapt attention as Roberto Rosales discusses the dire consequences of “el monstro verde” — the green monster. He’s not talking about the famed left field wall at Boston’s Fenway Park, or a villain in a children’s story. El monstro verde is the Latin American term for […]
Tomatoes, but not farm workers, gardeners, safe from soil lead
July 31, 2022
URBANA, Ill. — Urban agriculture is booming, but there’s often a hidden danger lurking in city soils: lead. A recent University of Illinois study showed universally elevated lead levels in soils across Chicago, an urban ag hotspot. Scientists don’t know much about how vegetables and other crops take up and accumulate lead in real-world settings, but new […]