When life throws you a lemon, you make lemonade. Mark certainly has plenty of lemons, but he doesn’t have to make them into lemonade to compete. Even though trade rules have made this a difficult business, his family is still finding ways to thrive in growing lemons…
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You’ve probably bought their fruit and not even realized it. This is a family-owned citrus packer that grows, packs, markets and ships around the world. We head to Southwestern Arizona for a look ourselves…
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For 90% of this agricultural product’s history, it was used as a drink. People certainly still drink it today, but its form has changed and perhaps our waistlines have as well as we’ve gobbled up too much of it. The crop, its history and how it changed the world is today’s American Countryside…
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If you began a food fight in school you could be headed to detention. If a farmer or rancher starts a food fight– that’s another thing–and may be part of a new campaign to share their story.
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Willie Foote saw farmers and farmer cooperatives in developing nations often struggling to survive. What resulted was a vision turned non-profit organization that is making great strides in helping small rural businesses thrive…
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American farmers know the financial difficulties that result from conditions that are often out of their control. Now imagine you are a small farmer in a developing nation and those challenges increase exponentially. Today we visit with an organization working to change that…
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