Chester County farmers and producers win honors at the Pa. Farm Show
Don and Pam Gable of Conebella Farm (photo credit: PA Farm Show)
Chester County farmers and producers received high marks from Pennsylvania Farm Show judges in Harrisburg last week, resulting in an impressive array of medals and ribbons in the show’s 107th year of operation.
The Pennsylvania Farm Show, the largest indoor agricultural exposition in the nation, hosts nearly half a million visitors,...
Op/Ed: What do American farmers and asylum detainees have in common? Suicide.
By Sandra Malamed R.N., M.S., Special To The Times
Sandra Malamed R.N., M.S.
Deaths of despair do not discriminate. Rising numbers of deaths by suicide have been reported in American farmers. The prevalence of suicide deaths of migrants in detention is equally troubling. Commonalities of suicide risk factors are easily found in the two groups.
According to the CDC, suicide rates in American farmers...
