by Anthony Pahnke Denouncing corporations is easy. Using actual policy tools to hold them accountable and check their power is more difficult. Yet this is precisely what the […]
Tag: agriculture
Where’s the meat? Bacon off the menu
by LZ Granderson OK, people. We need to talk. When the pandemic began and a lot of y’all started panic-buying, I was irritated. However, the family figured […]
Youth Livestock Auction to be held Saturday
KINGWOOD — Buckwheat Festival or no, The Preston County Livestock Association was going to have its Youth Livestock Auction. That’s because the kids had already bought their […]
Guest essay: For West Virginia, the ‘sensible’ vote is ‘no’ on the STEP Act
by Kent Leonhardt The Mountain State is home to more than 23,000 farms that generate over $750 million worth of crops and livestock annually. At just over […]
WVU to celebrate organic farming with field day
MORGANTOWN—West Virginia University is celebrating organic farming with hands-on activities, workshops, farm tours and more through this year’s Organic Farm Field Day. The field day will be […]
What we learned from the livestock auction
This year, in spite of — or perhaps because of — COVID-19, the Monongalia County Youth Livestock Show and Auction took center stage, and we’re glad the […]
Youth livestock show and auction benefits kids, community
MORGANTOWN — Despite COVID-19 canceling the Monongalia County Fair for the second year in a row, the Monongalia County Youth Livestock Show and Auction happened anyway this […]
Sisters learn about life cycle, responsibility
By Dana HantelNewsroom@DominionPost.com The Youth Livestock Show and Auction is tonight and tomorrow, and we’ve explored the importance of youth agriculture programs and local farming in general […]
Choosing the Farm Life
By Dana HantelNewsroom@DominionPost.com Hannah and Marina Maxwell, sisters and WVU students, have chosen career paths that involve agriculture. Hannah is studying animal and nutritional sciences, and while […]
Food supply more vulnerable than ever
by Amanda Little After a cyberattack crippled the world’s largest meat producer last week, JBS SA meat plants have begun to reopen across the globe. But the […]
