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  • Forced out of Zimbabwe by President Robert Mugabe's infamous land-reform program, a group of white farmers is taking advantage of a second chance in Nigeria. The governor of Nwara state hopes to harness their expertise to help Nigeria learn to feed itself.
  • Florida wildlife officials are highlighting sandhill cranes as well as better ways for the public to coexist with the threatened bird species.
  • Nearly two years after his information about U.S. spying caused an international uproar, former NSA contract worker Edward Snowden spoke to an audience in London on Tuesday via live video feed.
  • The Facebook CEO says the idea that fake news influenced the U.S. presidential election is "a pretty crazy idea." And he says it's a "very small volume" of the content on the site.
  • Jon Ronson, the bestselling author of The Psychopath Test and The Men Who Stare at Goats, has spent his life exploring mysterious events and meeting extraordinary people. His newest book, Lost at Sea, is a collection of true mini-adventures he has written along the way.
  • As a mother, Anya Staton says her primary instinct is to feed her children. So when her oldest son developed an eating disorder she knew he needed help ...
  • A new bald eagle nest cam has begun livestreaming from Minnesota. Viewers can watch live as the wild raptor pair builds their nest and raise their young.
  • Thailand has nearly 3,800 domesticated elephants, most kept in camps. There are fears that many will suffer during what is expected to be a time of prolonged severe economic hardship.
  • Summer, for many people, brings sun and fun ... for others though, it brings hunger.Nearly 178,000 people in Southwest Florida faced food insecurity in 2022 and nearly 41,000 of those were children, according to the most recent data available from Feeding America. Those numbers are up from the previous year and are expected to keep rising as the Southwest Florida population grows.In an effort to mitigate those statistics, GL Homes, one of Florida’s largest homebuilders, recently kicked off its 2024 “Summer of Service” with a “Pack the Pantry” event in support of the Harry Chapin Food Bank.
  • When Frances Moore Lappe wrote the best-selling Diet For A Small Planet back in 1971, she helped start a conversation about the social and environmental impacts of the foods we choose.
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