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Restaurant waiters and servers receive a lower minimum wage; in many states, it’s $2.13 per hour. Some argue the practice is discriminatory.

A worker shortage across production, meatpacking, shipping, and in stores themselves is leading to more and more missing items at the grocery store

Experts say farms are still producing enough food, but the Great Resignation and the omicron surge are leaving grocery store shelves around the country bare.

Lancaster Farmings Philip Gruber discusses the evolution of farming over time and how it relates to New Englands Horizon Dairies.

The pandemic-fueled land rush has brought wealthier buyers to rural areas, making land even harder to access—a crisis that has become especially acute in the Northeast of the US.

The pandemic-fueled land rush has brought wealthier buyers to rural areas, making land even harder to access—a crisis that has become especially acute in the Northeast of the US.

The pandemic-fueled land rush has brought wealthier buyers to rural areas, making land even harder to access—a crisis that has become especially acute in the Northeast of the US.

The pandemic-fueled land rush has brought wealthier buyers to rural areas, making land even harder to access—a crisis that has become especially acute in the Northeast of the US.

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