To the west of the poor farm is a yard, with wood planks and bits of porcelain scattered around; a shed, which you will drop eight feet down into if you try to enter; and a vast field, which the ...

Life and work at the Huron County Poor Farm In 1875, Huron County purchased land to build a poor farm, which took two years and $4,000 to complete. Today, the land would have cost $17,000 and the ...

Farmers know how drought, floods and late spring freezes devastate crops. Their hard work is increasingly challenged by climate change. Now there’s erratic policy direction from President Trump.

The Johnson County Historic Poor Farm has been designated a heritage area by Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area, ...

Each farm varied depending on needs and resources, as did its treatment of residents. Some poor farms provided a safe haven for those in need while others operated more like prisons. In 1868 ...

A thousand dollars or less per person per year in GDP - the consequence of poverty, genocide, years of war, lack of natural resources, poor farm management, and limited access to clean water and ...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL) has identified poor farm biosecurity, inadequate farming practices, and the feeding of uncooked kitchen waste and food scraps from hotels and ...