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farming
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Bulgaria introduces ban on food imports from Ukraine, with the exception of transit goods
Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister, Gylyb Donev, announced at the beginning of a government meeting that a temporary ban…
Kids starved as Russians devoured the villagers’ chickens, pigs, and dogs: war crimes near Chernhiv
As the Russian soldiers occupied villages of Chernihiv Oblast, they locked up nearly 400 people, including kids and…
Russian mines, destruction, looting: Ukrainian farmers deal with aftermath of occupation
The road to the Iveria-Agro farm is littered with evidence of war. Destroyed homes, the shell of a…
Threatening Kherson farmers, Russian troops steal grain from Ukraine
[editorial]The Russian army strong-arms Kherson farmers to give 70% of their harvest to Russia, and steals and transports…
How two friends united by war turned Ukrainian shrimp from myth to reality
[editorial]A Donbas war veteran and a civil volunteer to Ukraine’s defensive efforts in Donbas have pursued a most…
“Land of opportunities”: How a Swiss woman fulfilled her dream of an organic tea business in Ukraine
Christina says it is cheaper to run a business in Ukraine, calling it the land of opportunities: The…
How a former migrant worker pulled his Ukrainian village from doom to boom
Lately, the cluster farming agricultural model is becoming increasingly popular in Ukraine. Fellow villagers or residents of neighboring…
How a former migrant worker pulled his Ukrainian village from doom to boom
The idea to grow strawberries and Chinese leaf appeared in 2007-2008 when people from Khorokhoryn went to Poland…
Dust storms, dry rivers, and desertification in Ukraine offer harsh lessons against intensive farming
[editorial]This April, Ukraine was devastated not only by coronavirus and war. Capital Kyiv for a few days became…
Inside Zelenskyy’s land sales bill and Ukraine’s land reform controversy
[editorial]Ukraine has edged closer to a long-awaited land market reform. President Zelenskyy has put his popularity on the…
Barge bringing watermelons to Kyiv harbinger of resurrected river travel in Ukraine
The Dnipro was an established water artery from the medieval times of Kyivan Rus, when, as the legend…
First oyster farm in mainland Ukraine plans to ramp up production
Skifian Oyster, the first oyster farm in mainland Ukraine, appeared in 2014. The name refers to Scythia, the…
Oleksandr the Good Shepherd
Fifteen years ago, more than a hundred people lived in Desyatyny, Zhytomyr Oblast. Today, this rural community counts…
A story of Ukrainian exports to Europe: walnuts served to the Dutch royal family
The tumultuous economy of the 1990 s affected Ukrainians in very different ways: some lost virtually all they…