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The California-to-Arkansas farmer pipeline
This story was originally published by Ambrook Research. The thick, squelching mud means there’s no outrunning the mosquitoes, which pierce any bit of skin left un-doused by bug repellant. Still, the discomfort of slogging through flooded Arkansas rice fields in the sticky month of June is offset by visions of abundance. A few glistening inches of water lie across several paddies on Hallie Shoffner’s 2,000-acre seed farm, Delta Harvest, from which thousands of bright green stalks of specialty rice protrude. An assistant stands on a metal levee bridge perched above the wet, taking measurements — part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture partnership pilot to determine how much methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide these fields are generating. When the pilot wraps up at the end of next year, Shoffner will share the results, for free, with any producer who’s interested.
Arkansas Black women join Zoom call that raised over $1M in support of Kamala Harris
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris began her first presidential campaign rally in the battleground state of Wisconsin. The growing support for her campaign has amassed around a hundred million dollars since President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal on Sunday. On that same day, a Zoom call took place where thousands of Black women joined to show their support for Vice President Harris.
Arkansas abortion measure's signatures from volunteers alone would fall short, filing shows
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The signatures collected by volunteers for an Arkansas abortion-rights measure would fall short of the number needed to qualify for the ballot if those are the only ones counted, according to an initial tally from election officials filed Thursday with the state Supreme Court.
Cool Down Under Arkansas’ Tallest Most Stunning Waterfall
Did you know that the tallest waterfall between the Rocky and Appalachian mountains is right here in Arkansas? Southern Living just named the 17 Arkansas Waterfalls to Explore in the Natural State and Hemmed-in Hollow-Falls made the list. Hemmed-In-Hollow-Falls. Now that summer has arrived many will be taking to the...
Arkansas abortion amendment supporters respond to motion to dismiss lawsuit
Arkansans for Limited Government on Monday asked the state Supreme Court to deny the attorney general’s motion to dismiss its lawsuit challenging the secretary of state’s rejection of the group’s proposed ballot measure to expand abortion access. AFLG, the ballot question committee supporting the proposed constitutional amendment, filed a lawsuit on July 16 asking the […] The post Arkansas abortion amendment supporters respond to motion to dismiss lawsuit appeared first on Arkansas Advocate.
Arkansas Supreme Court orders Secretary of State to count petition signatures for proposed abortion amendment
A lawsuit filed against the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office regarding signatures gathered for a ballot initiative looking to enshrine abortion access in the state has reached a new stage.
Mom jumps out of bed when son shares his Arkansas lottery news. ‘Are you lying?’
A son startled his “sound asleep” mother when he called her while he was supposed to be on his way to work. What he told her caused her to jump out of bed “in shock,” according to a July 22 news release from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.
Sweep over San Antonio keeps Travelers in playoff hunt, despite poor showing in Midland
When last we checked in on the Arkansas Travelers, they were fresh off a disappointing 2-4 series — three at home, three on the road — against the Frisco RoughRiders and were headed to west Texas to take on the Midland RockHounds for their last slate of games prior to the Major League All-Star Game break.
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