It’s known as “Fresh 2 You,” a partnership between the city of Little Rock, Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance, Mosaic Church and an organization of produce farmers called Raising Arkansas. The groups have come together to make it more convenient for ...
Craighead County farmer Shannon Davis lost this 80-acre bean field near Bono and another 1,100 acres of rice and soybeans, about 20 percent of his overall acreage, when the nearby Cache River backed up over his farm following more than ...
Excessive rainfall in August once again caused the Cache and other rivers in northeast Arkansas to flood cropland. For many farmers the flood came just before harvest and a portion of their crops were destroyed, primarily rice and soybeans. Shannon ...
Governor Asa Hutchinson joined Arkansas Surgeon General Greg Bledsoe and members of the state’s medical community at a news conference expressing their opposition to two November ballot initiatives that would legalize “medical marijuana.” This podcast features the comments of Governor ...
Knowing how to effectively engage in meaningful dialogue about GMOs in the public arena was the topic at a recent meeting of the University of Arkansas Collegiate Farm Bureau. Vance Crowe, director of millennial engagement at Monsanto was invited to ...
Arkansas Farm Bureau has joined the Arkansans Against Legalized Marijuana coalition which includes the state Chamber of Commerce and Family Council Action Committee which opposes a proposed initiated act that would legalize “medical marijuana.” Arkansas Surgeon General Dr. Greg Bledsoe ...
The Mosaic Church, in partnership with the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance and city of Little Rock, has developed the Fresh 2 You program to deliver fresh, locally grown produce to residents of “food deserts” in the city on a bus ...
BRINKLEY — Madison Gibson of Jonesboro (Craighead County) was named 2016-17 Miss Arkansas Rice on Saturday at the Brinkley Convention Center. Gibson is a junior at Brookland High School and is the daughter of Scott and Karie Gibson.Libby Thornhill of ...
Between 10 and 15 inches of rain earlier this month caused the Black River in northeast Arkansas to flood for the third time this year. Many farmers were preparing to harvest their crops but now will not be able to. ...
Wildy Family Farms, the 2015 Arkansas Farm Family of the Year, understands the benefits of allowing on farm research projects. “We do a lot of on farm research,” said David Wildy, owner of Wildy Family Farms in Mississippi County. “We do a ...
