Kim’s People Power Party accused Lee of “driving a nail into the hearts of small business owners” by portraying coffee shops as profiteering and said he misunderstood the factors behind retail pricing.
At Agritopia, a community nestled around a plot of agricultural land, residential homes are intentionally close to the farm, April 22, 2025, in Gilbert, Ariz. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)At Agritopia, a community nestled around a plot of agricultural land, residential homes are intentionally close to the farm, April 22, 2025, in Gilbert, Ariz. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)
As the sun rises, the farm’s workers snip the roots off scallions and pull up thick bunches of lettuce and green garlic.Before he started working at Agritopia, Ernesto Penalba didn’t know all the steps involved in growing garlic — harvesting, cleaning, plus packing and transporting. “But we only perceive it as one process. So it was really interesting to understand that,” he said, speaking in Spanish.CC Garrett, who goes by “Miss Hickory” when she’s leading educational tours for kids on the farm, said she loves watching young people connect with their food in new ways — eating and maybe even enjoying salad for the first time or learning why you can’t grow tomatoes year-round.
“It’s amazing for me just because this community, it just really speaks to me, being built around an urban farm, which I think is such an important American concept,” she said.A tractor clears farmland in Agritopia, a community nestled around a plot of agricultural land, on Sunday, April 22, 2025, in Gilbert, Ariz. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)
A tractor clears farmland in Agritopia, a community nestled around a plot of agricultural land, on Sunday, April 22, 2025, in Gilbert, Ariz. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)
For some who live here, this place is more than a typical neighborhood. In Agritopia’s “kid pod,” a cluster of families with 23 kids between them, parents let the young ones roam freely, knowing at least one guardian will always be looking out for them. The rest of the parents make dinner or plan a date night. Just across the street, a peach and citrus orchard sways in the breeze, occasionally wafting the smells of fruit into front yards.TOKYO (AP) — China will resume Japanese seafood imports it banned in 2023 over worries about Japan’s
from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, a Japanese minister said Friday.Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the
after officials met in Beijing and the imports will resume once paperwork is complete.China said talks this week made “substantial progress,” but did not confirm an agreement with Japan on the issue that has been a significant political and diplomatic point of tension.