Yuma News
30 Traditional Crops to Celebrate Indigenous Farming
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- Written by Michael Peñuelas, Eva Perroni, and Katherine Walla Michael Peñuelas, Eva Perroni, and Katherine Walla
- Published: 09 August 2018 09 August 2018
Washington, DC - This International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, August 9, is an opportunity to celebrate the ecological and cultural value of indigenous foodways. In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly declared the day to encourage the world to protect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples. Celebrating their cultures means preserving their time-tested farming practices, agricultural knowledge, and traditional crops that can help address global climate change and food insecurity.
Broken Gas Line 500 block of West 18th Street
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 08 August 2018 08 August 2018
Yuma, Arizona - On Tuesday August 7, just after 10:00 am, a broken gas line was reported in the area of the 500 block of West 18th Street. Arriving Yuma Fire Department personnel found that a half inch diameter gas line had been broken by a backhoe in the alley between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue just south of 18th Street. A construction crew had been doing work in the alley when the line was hit.
Arizona Western College Students Finally Have an Alternative to Buying Expensive Textbooks and Course Materials
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- Written by Chloe Ryan Chloe Ryan
- Published: 08 August 2018 08 August 2018
Yuma, Arizona - As thousands of Arizona Western College students head back to campus, they’ll experience the dreaded ritual of buying textbooks and course materials. It’s the second-leading cause of stress for students after paying the tuition bill, according to a new Morning Consult survey.
It’s called ‘elderly pluck’
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- Written by AMAC AMAC
- Published: 07 August 2018 07 August 2018
British Columbia, Canada - You don’t want to mess with this nonagenarian. She’s 95-years-old and tough as nails, as she proved when she single-handedly bested a black bear that invaded her kitchen in British Columbia recently, not once but twice in the same day, reports the Association of Mature American Citizens.
She doesn’t scare easily
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- Written by John Grimaldi John Grimaldi
- Published: 07 August 2018 07 August 2018
Yuma, Arizona - Texas A&M graduate Makenzie Noland showed off her unusual graduation pictures on her Facebook page recently. The Association of Mature American Citizens says the photos show that she is ready, willing and able to use her newly acquired Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences degree to land her dream job at a zoo.
Record decline in the ag barometer as trade war concerns and low commodity prices weaken producer outlook
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- Written by Kami Goodwin Kami Goodwin
- Published: 07 August 2018 07 August 2018
Chicago, Illinois - The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer declined 26 points, down to 117, in July making it the largest one-month decline in producer sentiment since data collection began in October 2015. The drop in sentiment was fueled by increasing trade war concerns and decreasing commodity prices.
Hardly Anyone Wants to Admit America is Beating Poverty
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- Written by Bruce Meyer and James Sullivan The Wall Street Journal via White House Bruce Meyer and James Sullivan The Wall Street Journal via White House
- Published: 07 August 2018 07 August 2018
Washington, DC - In fact, poverty has declined significantly over the past 50 years, but neither side has recognized the major progress that has been made. So it is heartening to see that the White House, through the CEA, has taken the step of recognizing that progress—and recommending that the existing safety net be adapted and improved in light of it.