A 27-year-old Tennessee diesel mechanic wanted to farm full-time; solar sites gave his sheep 400+ acres to graze, letting him quit his job and build a 300-ewe flock

A 27-year-old Tennessee diesel mechanic has left his job to become a full-time livestock farmer after gaining grazing access to more than 400 acres of utility-scale solar farms. The arrangement, made through vegetation management contracts at solar sites, allowed the young farmer to expand his flock to more than 300 breeding ewes without having to…

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India-EU FTA draft: European cars, wine, farm goods set for lower tariffs; key points

India’s FTA with the EU will offer European automakers concessional tariffs on passenger vehicles, with annual quotas rising to 1.6 lakh, alongside tariff concessions on wines and select agricultural products. European carmakers will get a significantly wider opening to India’s passenger vehicle market under the proposed India-EU free trade agreement, with the draft pact released…

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More than 100 years ago, crayfish were introduced into Oregon’s Crater Lake; today they occupy 95% of the shoreline and its unique newt is disappearing |

The Mazama newt is a salamander found only in Crater Lake (Image: Oregon Zoo) More than a century ago, people introduced signal crayfish into Oregon’s Crater Lake as food for nonnative trout and salmon. The decision was made in 1915, decades before scientists understood how dramatically the crustaceans could reshape the lake’s ecosystem. Today, the…

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In the early 1990s, Novato made a Key to the City for child actor Elijah Wood after he filmed Radio Flyer; it sat at City Hall for 30+ years until a fan finally handed it to him | English Movie News

A 30-year-old honorary key finally finds its way to Elijah Wood. (Photo: City of Novato) More than three decades after a young Elijah Wood came to Novato, California, to film the 1992 movie Radio Flyer, the actor has finally received a long-forgotten Key to the City that officials had prepared for him as a child.The…

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Canadian tenant posts ‘harassment’ videos after clash with Indian landlady over barbecue, claims she was arrested by Surrey Police

Canadian tenant posts videos of alleged harassment by Indian landlady in Surrey. Purported videos of an Indian lady apparently harassing her Canadian tenants in Surrey have gone viral as the tenant started an Instagram account to document the harassment. There is no official confirmation of what happened, and the authenticity of the viral videos has…

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Two homebuyers booked flats and paid Rs 1.16 crore in 2013, they were promised possession by 2014; years later they still had no homes, MahaRERA orders builder to refund money with interest

The two homebuyers received an allotment letter dated February 18, 2013. (Image for representative purpose only) Two homebuyers booked flats on the sixth and seventh floors of a Mumbai housing project in 2013. They were assured that they would get possession for the flats by December 2014. But their dream of getting the flats remains…

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In 1902, Hawaii introduced red mangroves to stabilize shorelines; 124 years later, the invasive trees clog waterways and degrade habitat used by endangered native waterbirds

Representative image of Hawaii from Canva In 1902, red mangroves were brought to Hawaii with an apparently practical purpose. Their tangled roots could hold soil in place, reduce erosion and stabilise shorelines around vulnerable coastal areas. At the time, the trees seemed like a useful solution for an island environment shaped by waves, storms and…

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