Governor Asa Hutchinson joined Arkansas Surgeon General Greg Bledsoe and members of the state’s medical community at a news conference expressing their opposition to two November ballot initiatives that would legalize “medical marijuana.” This podcast features the comments of Governor ...
Knowing how to effectively engage in meaningful dialogue about GMOs in the public arena was the topic at a recent meeting of the University of Arkansas Collegiate Farm Bureau. Vance Crowe, director of millennial engagement at Monsanto was invited to ...
Arkansas Farm Bureau has joined the Arkansans Against Legalized Marijuana coalition which includes the state Chamber of Commerce and Family Council Action Committee which opposes a proposed initiated act that would legalize “medical marijuana.” Arkansas Surgeon General Dr. Greg Bledsoe ...
The Mosaic Church, in partnership with the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance and city of Little Rock, has developed the Fresh 2 You program to deliver fresh, locally grown produce to residents of “food deserts” in the city on a bus ...
BRINKLEY — Madison Gibson of Jonesboro (Craighead County) was named 2016-17 Miss Arkansas Rice on Saturday at the Brinkley Convention Center. Gibson is a junior at Brookland High School and is the daughter of Scott and Karie Gibson.Libby Thornhill of ...
Between 10 and 15 inches of rain earlier this month caused the Black River in northeast Arkansas to flood for the third time this year. Many farmers were preparing to harvest their crops but now will not be able to. ...
Wildy Family Farms, the 2015 Arkansas Farm Family of the Year, understands the benefits of allowing on farm research projects. “We do a lot of on farm research,” said David Wildy, owner of Wildy Family Farms in Mississippi County. “We do a ...
Farmers and ranchers in Virginia have been dealing with an increasing regulatory burden from federal agencies, particularly in the Chesapeake Bay region. Arkansas Farm Bureau’s environmental issues committee traveled to Virginia recently to see first-hand how farmers and ranchers there ...
Members of Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Environmental Issues Committee traveled to Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay area to visit local farms and ranches, learn about increasing regulatory challenges Virginia farmers are facing and steps they are taking to deal with them. In this ...
U.S. Representative Bruce Westerman took part in a panel discussion with Representative Rick Crawford and U.S. Senator John Boozman at the Arkansas Rice Expo Aug. 10. The Republican congressman from Arkansas’ fourth district joined them in discussing a variety of ...
