All the news is about the government shutdown and how so many workers may be laid off or members of the military will go without a paycheck. Congress is responsible for creating a budget and if they can't, then members of Congress should go without a paycheck instead of the workers and milit…
USDA Farm to School Grants benefit children
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Fighting global hunger and poverty
Beef isn’t what’s for dinner anymore
Aug. 22 is World Plant Milk Day — a perfect time to try something new and kind. Most people don’t know how cruel the dairy industry is to cows. Baby calves are taken from their mothers, and cows are forced to make milk until they can’t anymor…
As a girl who loved reading and sports, a preteen illness which almost took my sight taught me to not take my language skills or my health for granted. For too many North Carolinians, both are a challenge. (About) 22% of residents are illiter…


