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Land Use/Forests

West Bank Farmers ‘Cut Off’ from Their Heritage Olive Trees

September 8, 2025 News Editor Comments Off on West Bank Farmers ‘Cut Off’ from Their Heritage Olive Trees

THE WEST BANK, September 8, 2025 (ENS) – In the occupied West Bank village of Kufr Qaddum, Yousef stands behind a sealed iron gate, cut off from the olive trees that have sustained his family for generations. Like thousands of Palestinian farmers, he faces growing restrictions from Israeli forces and settlers, who have made the olive harvest season – which runs from September to November – a time of uncertainty and struggle. […]

Food

Opinion: Farmers Deserve Support to Cope With Stress

May 13, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Opinion: Farmers Deserve Support to Cope With Stress

By Bob Worth, LAKE BENTON, Minnesota, May 13, 2020 (ENS) – Farm stress is certainly not a new concept. My father saw rural suicide rates spike in his farming days in the 1930s. When I was a young farmer just getting started in the ‘80s, I got super depressed. Interest rates were as high as 21 percent, while land and machinery values plummeted. […]