Mike Newberry, a farmer in the US state of Georgia, adapts the crops he grows to the fluctuating agricultural market. He calls himself a ‘diversified grower’.As part of Al Jazeera’s Grain Drain series, he talks about work on small but diverse farm.
Many had hoped this year’s APEC summit might re-ignite the Doha round of trade talks - aimed at liberalising trade around the world. So far though, there’s been little progress. Al Jazeera hears the story of a US farmer who says he cannot survive without government subsidies. Achmad Rifai, an Indonesian farmer also tells Al Jazeera in his own words about his battle to keep working in Indonesia.
Fishermen say salmon farming is having a devasting effect on native species.