Youth Leadership

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Students from one St. Louis High School are joining students from the Metro East this weekend to learn about leadership skills and community service. The Metro East Leadership Weekend Saturday and Sunday will bring together around 45 young black men in 8th thru 12th grades from 8 Metro East Schools, and this year students from…

Cover Crops

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Cover crops top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change. Yet after years of incentives and encouragement, Midwest farmers planted cover crops on only about 7% of their land in 2021. Many worry the practice will hurt their…