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El Niño Threatens Global Sugar Supply

16 octobre 2026 à 10:41
A sugarcane crop withered by El Niño in India, the world’s second-largest producer, is hurting consumers and farmers — plus undermining the country’s energy security goals.

A worker tending to a sugarcane crop in Maharashtra, India, in September.

Rhode Island Farmer Grows Record-Breaking Pumpkin

15 octobre 2026 à 10:45
A farmer in Rhode Island raised a 3,156-pound pumpkin this year, setting a new measure for the greatest of all gourds.

© Frerichs Farm

Ron Wallace celebrates with his possible record breaking pumpkin.

Why Chinese College Grads Are Becoming Farmers

12 octobre 2026 à 23:50
Facing a competitive job market, college graduates in China are trading corporate jobs for farming, equipped with smartphones and tech skills.

At a Potato Festival, Our Berlin Reporter Deepened His Ties to a New Land

8 octobre 2026 à 05:01
The annual Kartoffelfest was a chance to update family traditions, with an American baby born abroad.

© Lena Mucha for The New York Times

Nora and Hugo Tankersley with their mother, Lily, at a family outing to a potato festival last month in Berlin.
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