Alaska’s SNAP concerns (Civil Eats): In Alaska, nearly 100,000 people—14 percent of the population—rely on SNAP to put food on the table. The House version of the farm bill worries state advocates who say that, amid climate and cultural change, families have few other options for good food.
Less than half (New York Times): Medical help for women in rural America “is growing dangerously distant” as health care budgets tighten; researchers say less than half of rural U.S. counties have a hospitlal that offers obstretic care.
Lawsuit blames diacamba makers for crop losses (Topeka Capital-Journal): A lawsuit filed by a Kansas farmer says Monsanto and BASF irresponsibly sold dicamba-tolerant soybeans before they had a version of the weedkiller that would not evaporate and kill vulnerable plants in neighboring fields. The case may the the catalyst for a class-action lawsuit.
Drones against fish farms (Wired): The Canadian nonprofit Sea Legacy, whose goals include preservation of wild fish populations, is using drones to take aerial photos of open-water fish farms as part of a drive to move aquaculture onto land. The group says the farms spread disease to wild fish.
Lab meat in restaurants in 2021? (AP): The Dutch company that created the first lab-grown beef burger says it plans to sell artificially grown meat to restaurants in three years.
Charred crumbs, 14,000-year-old bread (BBC News): In the Black Desert of Jordan, archeologists found the earliest known evidence of bread making in the charred bread crumbs in the ruins of buildings inhabited by hunter-gatherers 14,000 years ago, before farming.