farm workers before 1965. but we don't really remember them. because they didn't succeed. so that's really critical. farm worker movements generally failed. for a variety of reasons. prior to to 1965 there was heavy organization from farm workers in the 1930s. but it kind of peters out for a variety of reasons. they don't last as unions. and this is what makes the united farm workers very significant. even today. they have a large presence. not only in organizing farm workers. they do a variety of things beyond organizing farm workers. one of the most impressive things they do is a they have a program that provides housing for the elderly. and this is like you want to live there. i took a tour with cesars grandson and i was just so impressed by the kind of community that they're building for the retired. so rather than having a farm worker population that is not part of labor laws, in the 1960s. they're outside the law in many ways they don't have the same kinds of protection that industrial workers have. the

organizing farm workers. one of the most impressive i think is that they have a program providing housing for the elderly. you want to live there. i took a tour with caesar's grandson andreas. and i was was so depressed. rather than having a farm worker population that is not part of labor laws, right, in the 1960s, right, they're outside the law in many ways. they don't have the same protection that industrial workers have or union workers have. they're outside that scope of protection. they don't get social security, right. when you hit retirement age do you have a safety nest to go to? no, you don't. you're at the mercy of your families. so again the u.f.w. in more recent times that is pioneered the programs that provide retirement for farm workers. again it's a model program in my view. but, again, to kind of round out that before we open it up to discussion i want to finish the point i was making that again what makes the ufw historically significant is they're the first union to successfully organize fa

spend on the farm in india. this is sugar cane farming, wheat, rice, and eventually we can benefit the farmers that grow food for us, make them more profitable. >> this the farm beats display at the microsoft tech fair. >> and jamie burgess, what is cognitive service snooze cognitive services is our collection of microsoft brains that sit in the cloud and can do specific tasks, things like text, face detection, vision. if you look over here at the services web site, there's a list of all these services we released, even in preview. some i'm really proud of. we can see here that there's a group of vision -- you can use motion detection, speech, text, all these kind of things. at the end of it, people have now -- every time now with microsoft when you see texts, the language is irrelevant because we can translate to any language. so, this is a real -- >> host: now, microsoft as your available to anybody? >> guest: yes. so, microsoft is based on -- all encompassing technology for cloud, ands aure is where we can ca

biggest and most successful farms often on family farms the house budget office directed the house agricultural committee to identify at least ten billion in cuts over ten years but instead of ending things like costly subsidies to what many called cadillac crop insurance for big farmers they will make cuts to food stamp programs sugar beet farmers in minnesota are struggling to survive due to cheap sugar from mexico that was illegally brought into u.s. markets despite trade agreements against it peter said of the southern minnesota sugar cooperative told the high plains journal quote more frequent and intense weather patterns rising interest rates and production costs along with lower commodity prices have increased risk and decreased incomes and necessitates a strong farm bill over the last few decades the us government has given over one hundred billion dollars in farm related subsidies and loans to big corporations the literal one percent of agriculture the u.s.d.a. spends have the billion dollars annually to market meat and dairy products to americans and yet while they make so much hay th

for their farm family. kids,ay have two or three and it allows them to have a piece of the corporations technically there. it is farm families primarily. most of american agriculture is based on families. steve: let's talk about you. your real name is george. how did you get sonny? secretary perdue: i am the third. from a small town called bonaire, georgia. my father was george, and my grandfather was irvin. my father said he looks like sonny to me. i tried to change it in the air name,and go by the legal but i never got comfortable with george purdue. steve: why the air force? wasetary perdue: vietnam boiling at that point in time. i was a patriot and believed my other peers going off to vietnam, and i believed i should do my duty in that way as well. i went to the school and wanted to do my patriotic duty, so i signed up for an early commission program. the deal was once i signed on that line, i belonged to the air force. they would do their best to let me finish school. i graduated in 1971 and had an tii

farms are family owned and make a gross cash farm income of less than one million dollars per year they also provide nearly ninety percent of the share of production and according to the u.s.d.a. u.s. farm income is expected to fall for the fourth year in a row so what are the reasons that in our current government policies affecting not only farmers but the price of the goods they produce three major areas of concern are immigration and subsidies and trade so the recent crackdown on undocumented immigration by the republican administration has forced some farmers who were once able to utilize less expensive migrant labor from mexico are now facing labor shortages that n.b.c. news reports will leave thirteen million dollars worth of crops to rot in just two california counties this year immigration reform supporters call this a win since those jobs are now available to us citizens at rates above minimum wage with paid time off and even for a one k. retirement plans but despite decades of cries from the right that immigrants are stealing our jobs u.s. citizens aren't taking them now that

has farm leaders there five areas that we agreed on. one is a focus on increased and improved regulatory alignment the secondary is located at improving the flow of goods that border crossing. the third is further alignment of science -based sanitary measures and with that term let's human animal and plant health issues. the elimination of non- science -based technical barriers to trade is another area we need to concentrate on. and then adapting the agreement to technology advances that have been made since 1994. 1994 the internet, digital economy and those things were not even thought of. in closing, like to heckle what was said this morning. we are neighbors, partners, and friends. we have a relationship based on trust and understanding agriculture has been a success and remember, do no harm. thank you. >> finally, bosco de la vega. >> [speaking in native language] >> we have the privilege of our three secretaries we have been very good signals of work as together as a team. first of all of the georgia meeting where the three of them

it would be used to feed farm animals. it is sold to supermarkets in restaurants around the world. link tv and a college is visited thailand to investigate links -- link tv and others visiteded thailand to investigate links. industrial agriculture promote to stop as a sustainable solution for the problems of fishing. many of the so-called fish are pulled from the ocean around southeast asia with devastating effects. these small and young edible fish are left to rot in the halls of vessels for days on weeks on end before being handled. fleets o of trucks and sport tos of rottiting fish on each vessel on the processing plants where they are ground down and wasash and cookeded into powdered fish far for fooood -- fisish flowewr od. alongside e the species on fishg vessels, the searches documented pockets of juvenile shaha species,aiting too be sold. these tropical fish are used as protein for the booming sugar industry, the largest exporter in the world. at what cost to the ocean? >> [speaking forereig language] >> laced with increasasing quantitities of edible fish, lol fishing commu

leaving the farm for the city.the light. yeah, i can see how... it shows farmers a business where money can be made, and also has tips for how older farmers can up their output. here and across africa, improving the state of agriculture is a big priority, especially when climate change is added to the challenge of a doubling population. alastair leithead, bbc news, kenya. now time for a look at the weather forecast. we got there in the end in terms of some sunny we got there in the end in terms of some sunny spells and warmth but not everywhere. just look at northern ireland a few hours ago in county fermanagh, torrential downpours and that rain still keeps coming. some of that will be happy over the next few hours and it pushes into west of scotla nd few hours and it pushes into west of scotland overnight. but elsewhere today we started off misty bob mcleod broke up and then the sunshine got to work and the one that triggered those temperatures, highs of 25 degrees in cornwall. 0vernight tonight the story is going

>> guest: here we are presenting a project called farm beat.oal is to solve the world's food problem. we need to feed the growing population. how to do that? given the that of land is the same, how do you recommend private conscious why? in order to do that we look at the solution. previously people have been looking at this problem. for example, data-driven agriculture, these examples, the edgy about precision agriculture is instead of treating a promise of modules you treat the farm is heterogeneous to what that means is you apply water only where it's needed when it's needed where it's needed. you apply fertilizer only where it's needed, as this is only what is needed. you can plant seeds close together. all the stuff is -- >> host: artificial intelligence and uncle ted to do agriculture, how do you use those to improve farming? >> guest: outcome to that. in precision agriculture we need these. we need to be able to build water maps like how do the nutrients vary from the farm? how to build these kind of maps? existing approaches to build th

i think they're much fresher. >> this is literally farm to table. >> it is farm to table.ul life with work and families and friends. but stl st to drive down the street you kind of have your ah moment. zbln quite like the tv show "green acres" but a little bit along those lines. >> exactly. >> so on a summer morning when it's raining what are most kids doing? they're sleeping late, they're watching tv or they're on their numerous electronic devices. your parents tell me that you'd rather be out here organizing the community farm market than being home in bed or watching tv. are they right? >> yeah. >> they really are? >> yeah. >> okay. well, there you have it. straight from the farmers' mouths. >>> a reality tv star is the focus of an investigation into animal abuse in florida. just weeks after a video surfaced of a shark being dragged behind a speedboat, a new clip shows a hammerhead being shot with a handgun. manuel bojorquez has the story from miami. >> reporter: no charges have been filed in these incidents, but animal activists believe they were carried out by the sam

it had a farm, what we call now the east campus, what used to be the farm, that was a farm that was at a dairy farm. you can see the milk bottles and they're labeled st. elizabeth's right on the bottle. they had their own dairy farm here. they also had fruit trees and greenhouses and a lot of other farm buildings, piggeries. we have the horse stables behind me. many of the patients themselves worked on the farm. later on they hired more and more staff and it was more of a professional staff and as the campus grew and grew and grew and they built more and more structures for patients around the turn of the 20th century, there was a pretty major expansion. especially in 1902. they built onto the east campus and they bought further farmland in oxenhill, maryland, and eventually by the 1980's, the farm was starting to shut down and they were just purchasing most of their food elsewhere so this was a story kind of of, of the first century of the hospital and that was part of the therapy at the time. they believed that hard work would be good for the patients, although not all of the patient

the president of the american farm bureau federation, ron bonnett, president of the

i am will roger, director of policy communications at the american farm bureau federation. today negotiators from three member states of nafta will begin renegotiating a treaty that is more than 20 years old. much is at stake particularly for agriculture. we have with us the three heads of the largest farm organizations in canada, mexico and the united states. the president of the american farm bureau federation, ron bonnett, president of the canadian federation of agriculture. and bosco vega of the conseco national, mexico. they will give their views of what should happen with modernization of nafta. no matter what you have heard there is a great deal our 3 nations have in common and can agree upon. they will give their opening remarks. after that we have assigning and a letter as well as secretary ricardo, chief negotiators for the treaty. after that we open the floor to questions. if you have a question please wait for the microphone so people on the phone and hear the question you are asking. mister devol, the floor is yours. >> thank you for attending, this is an impor

as farm leaders, we have outlined common ground for a path forward. there are five areas we have agreed on. one, is a focus on increased and improved regulatory alignment. the second area is looking at improving the flow of goods at border crossings. the third is further alignment of science-based sanitary measures and sanitary measures, and that fancy term, human, plant, and animal health issues. the elimination of non-science-based technical areas of trade is another area we need to concentrate on. and adapting the agreement to technology advances that have been made since 1994. in 1994, the internet, digital economies, those types of things were not even thought of. in closing, i would like to echo what was said this morning. we are neighbors, partners, and friends. we have a relationship based on trust and understanding. agriculture has been a success. and remember, do no harm. thank you. >> and finally, president of the consejo nacional agropecuario. american farm bureau, canadian federation -- members of cna, we have the privilege of our three s

thank you, will, and thank you to the american farm bureau for the hospitality. we had the opportunity to have lunch before this press conference, and i think it gave us an opportunity to exchange .iews on where things are going and i think between these 2, i think we realize that there is a lot of common ground we can build on. this morning we heard the ministers and secretaries make opening remarks on of the renegotiation of nafta. i think it is interesting in the opening comments, we heard the word "agriculture" a number of times. with our leadership in all three countries recognizing that agriculture is important, we the farm leaders of all three countries must insist that the voices of the farmers and ranchers must be heard as these negotiations proceed. i thank the press for coming out. i think this is an issue of great importance to the economies of all three countries. a, american farm bureau, and cna in mexico decided several weeks ago that it would be appropriate for us to try and find a common ground that we had when we move forward. and we have prepar

common wasthe most farm labor, so they tended to work on the farms, doing the general farm tasks. sometimes it meant that they work alongside their enslaved owners. and their children. other times it meant that the majority of the labor was done by themselves. the most prominent examples are those men and women and slaves to the local ministers, those charged with running the day-to-day business of the farm and keeping the family with food, clothing and the general implements of day-to-day life while the minister would focus on religious services, preparing speeches and sermons. and we do not know exactly with either gained his freedom, unfortunately. we know that he served three different tours of duty during the mac and revolution. it is possible that this gave him his independence and freedom, but also possible he was free at the time. but with his military service, what it did do was allow him to earn money. he was paid, we know this because there are receipts from the time he served documenting that he received money for service, both in 1776 and 1779. and it is in 1779 he ap

also we want to make sure that acres that should be farmed are available for farming because that's how we earn a living. it's finding the right balance and threading the needle in some fashion in which we appropriately farm land that should be farmed and we don't farm land that is being formed because of some government program. in addition, we need to recognize that trade and exports and huge issue for kansas as the conversation has drifted toward and negotiations are underway in regard to nafta, mexico is the largest purchaser of agricultural products from our state and we are marked -- working to make sure the mexican sure thet to make country knows how important they are as a customer to us in , as thend also administration looks at what to do following withdrawals from the transpacific partnership, we cannot afford to lose markets. throughout my time since the year 2000, i have been pushing for opening cuba as an opportunity for us to export to. it is not a huge deal, but we need every market and when we -- our embargo against cuba is unilateral. wheat from france and canada. that

in the farm bill. and his supply management on the table? >> you and i have had this conversation for as long as we've known each other and tions hing the answer toio questions is yes. supply management is always on the table.ll havfe i'll have a few more comments about that. secondly, we need to change thel safety net from the current farm bill. it comes, the release comes too late. the delays that occurs by a year and the disparity between one county and another, particularly for those who farm in both counties, they see it but it exists and nothing works very ei well when things are not harmedk by forums. i guess county by county isswert better than state but in bothweb instances i would say the answer to that is yes.oi out when we talk about supply management i also would point out we need to make sure, the way i look at is there are acres that should not have been broken out and not be farmed, and we would not want for programs that encourage that poor conservation or environmental practice and al

c.f.a., american farm bureau and c.n.a. in mexico decided several weeks ago that it would be appropriate for us to try and find that common ground that we had when we moved forward. and we have prepared a joint statement and subsequent letter to our negotiators based on the principle of do no harm. for agriculture, nothing has been good. if we look at the changes since 1994, trade between our three countries has grown exponentially. we must build on this success. $56 anada, u.s., we have billion in reciprocal trade. with mexico and canada we have $4.2 billion and mexico has a slight surplus. canada is the top export market for 29 u.s. states. as farm leaders we have outlined common ground for a path forward. there are five areas that we agreed on. one is the focus on increased and improved regulatory alignment. the secondary is improving the flow of goods at border crossing. the third is further alignment of sanitary measures and that's a fancy term that' human, animal and plant issues. the elimination of nonscience-based a

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>> yes, think so. >> it's farm to table. >> it is farm to table., but still when you drive down the street, you have your a-ha moment. >> not quite like the tv show "green acres" but a little like that. >> exactly. >> reporter: on a summer morning when it's raining, what are most kid doings? they're sleeping, watching tv, or numerous electronic devices. your parents tell me you'd rather be here working the community market than be at home in bed or watching tv. are they right? >> yeah. >> you are? >> yeah. >> there you have it. back to you. >> it's so great to see kids enjoying the sunshine, learning hot to farm. you can't beat that. >> it looks like chip had fun too. >> he did have fun. >>> in nevada, a pharmacist helps bring a lizard back to life. ahead, how finger compressions saved the reptile after backyard emergency. and you can hear more of "cbs this morning" on our podcast. find expensive interviews on the >>> come on. >> a little lower between his legs. >> come on, little guy. >> i'm captivated by this video. a nevada mom's medical knowled

>> 7 acres ers every pick your own peaches in the farm.lso sweet corn, and flowers, other garden drops, tomatoes, people coming out to pick all kind of stuff today. >> when think come out how does it work? grab a bucket and go? >> basically, stop at the farm market, check the hey ride out , ride out to the field, stop in different places where ever the crops are. >> sure. >> see where it comes from. >> this is normal? >> that's normal. >> what kind of peaches do you guys have here? >> varieties of yellow flesh peeps. >> okay. >> red havens. we are picking peaches generally from about the ends of june through most of august >> now is a perfect time. obviously withing it national peach month. >> national peach month. >> means everyone has to get out here, do it soon, grab your basket, grab your peaches , that's not all do you , obviously, you've got some beautiful summer vegtables. >> the chef back in the kitchen, creating all kind of peach, peach goodies, peach cobbler, peach crisp, peach pies, peach scones, all kind of local produce for --

also we want to make sure that acres that should be farmed are available for farming because that's how we earn a living. it's finding the right balance and threading the needle in some fashion in which we appropriately farmland should be farmed and we don't farmland that is being farmed because of some government program in addition, we need to recognize that trade and exports is a huge huge issue kansas, and as the conversation has driven toward negotiations that are underway in regard to nafta, mexico is the largest purchaser of agricultural products from our state and to make sure, the mexican government, i met with the mexican ambassador of the united states to make sure he and country house how important they are is a customer to us in kansas, and also has the administration looks at cuts following withdrawals from tpp, the trans- pacific, we can't afford to lose market we need everyone. you also, throughout my time since the year 2000, i've been pushing for opening cuba for an opportunity to export to. it's not a huge deal, but we need every market when our embargo against cuba's

then, our series on stopping superbugs continues-- tonight: as farms become breeding grounds for disease, the overuse of antibiotics could spell danger for our food. >> on every grocery store shelf in this country i guarantee you you're going to find drug resistant bacteria on the meats of those shelves. and then, they get in our guts. >> woodruff: plus, pushing the bounds of freedom. we hear from a woman who dared to drive in saudi arabia. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the lemelson foundation. committed to improving lives through invention. in the u.s. and developing countries. on the web at lemelson.org. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> th

in this way, the farm states could be appeased. but coolidge was not to be moved. when he was asked outright, he exploded. "that man has offered me unsolicited advice for six years, all of it bad." the time before the convention was a time of high drama as for and anti-hoover forces worked. despite pressures from conservative republicans, coolidge refused to give the signal that even then could have stopped hoover. yet if coolidge did not interfere and did not want the nomination, he was not necessarily gratified by the convention's outcome. as it happened, the president was on his way by train to wisconsin for a summer vacation when the republican party chose his successor. when coolidge received the news of hoover's victory, the secret service agent who was with him never forgot his reaction. his face betraying anger, the president bluntly ordered the agent to get him a bottle of whiskey. at this point, one might ask, if coolidge was so unenthusiastic about hoover, why did he not try in some way to thwart hoover's prize? one was that coolidge believed a sitting p

dinesha silva farms cinnamon as people have done here for generations. after removing an outer layer of bark, they pry off strips of inner bark -- the quills will later be packaged as cinnamon sticks. >> "we also pack the little bits in and then let the entire thing dry in the sun. cinnamon is an important >>cinnamon is an important sideline that the family relies on to get by. dinesha's husband also works as a cabinetmaker. her brother has an administrative job. until now, the wood left over from the cinnamon harvest was a waste byproduct. now the family can sell it to jetwing and earn extra cash. hiran cooray is visiting another supplier. he has sold the waste wood in the past. small bakeries for instance sometimes use it as fuel. but since jetwing has started ordering from him, things have grown much simpler. >> these days i can sell in bulk to bulk buyers. in the past it was all small-scale stuff. jetwing is sri lanka's biggest buyer of the fuel, snapping up around a half of what's available. the rise in demand has also led to a rise in price. and so

. >> welcome to the farm. we're a hundred times more productive than farmland and we save water. >> a completely indoor farm, it uses led lights and water to produce over 100 types of vegetables. some you might not know existed. >> this is a purple pock choi. >> what? >> pock choi. you eat it right off the plant. >> it actually tastes fresh. >> it's about as fresh as can you get. >> a fresh approach to feeding the world's growing population. on track to reach 10 billion people according to the united nations. >> we need 50 to 60% more food and those people are living around cities. so how do you provide food to cities? >> between 2009 and 2014, number of indoor growing facilities in the u.s. has doubled. produce grown indoors is a wave of the future. >> we need to come up with approaches to ensure that humanity will have food and the hydroponic systems will be part of it. >> what about people that say this isn't be natural? >> our plants are growing the same way that a plant grows outside and a lot of our plan

the american farm bureau says that helps boost farm incomes, which have been cut in half since 2013 because of low prices. >> we're looking at different opportunities to increase demand, but we certainly don't want to lose one of our most important markets and our important customers in canada and mexico. >> reporter: still, there are some items on farmers' wish lists for nafta talks. some poultry and dairy farmers want more access to canadian markets, somewhat less red tape to registers genetically modified crops and reduction in wait times at the border. >> it's the unknown that worries us. >> reporter: but he would be happy if things stay the same. >> that would be the best-care scenario. >> reporter: if other protectionist measures, some trade groups warn in the long run consumers may have to shoulder the burden for paying higher prices for produce like this. i'm aditi roy, gilroy, california. >>> the top government tax writer says congress is forging ahead. chairman kevin brady says members of congress are making pros on one of the republican party's top priorities. >> 2017 is our year