W.Va. Biscuit Voted ‘South’s Best’
Tudor’s "Mountaineer” biscuit was named “The South’s Best Biscuit” in an online poll contest held by Garden & Gun, a southern lifestyle magazine.
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Remembering Travis Stimeling And The Debate Over Weed Killer Dicamba, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, it was a shock when author, musician and West Virginia University professor Travis Stimeling died abruptly in November. They were 43. Folkways Reporter Zack Harold collected remembrances from colleagues, former students and friends. He shared them recently on Inside Appalachia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUs & Them Encore: Dicamba Woes
In February, a federal judge in Arizona halted the spraying of the herbicide dicamba, but the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says farmers are allowed to use it for this coming growing season. In this installment of Us & Them, we listen back to a story from our archives, exploring the heated conflict unraveling in agricultural communities.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUse Of A Weedkilling Herbicide Has Stoked An ‘Us & Them’ Divide In Arkansas
A weedkiller called dicamba has caused a split in otherwise tight-knit farm communities. In Arkansas, where initially there had been tight restrictions over its use, some farmers successfully pushed to expand its use. Yet others claim that the weedkiller may be damaging the habitat of the “Natural State.”
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America’s trade war with China is fueling a long-running battle over weedkillers in American farm fields. It's a tough time to be an American farmer --…
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EPA Limits Use Of Problematic Herbicide Dicamba
The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to some limits on the use of a controversial herbicide called dicamba, which farmers throughout the region…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTrouble in the Air: Herbicide Dicamba Blamed for Crop Damage
Jacob Goodman drove toward a soybean field in western Kentucky in hopes of seeing something different. Most of the 2,500 acres of soybeans his family…
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