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WILLARD, N.C. (WECT) -A weeklong camp is underway in Pender County for children across the region. Tate Farm by the Pond ...
Campers take part in hands-on activities that include gardening, cooking, fishing, and kayaking. Meals are made with produce ...
And they're helping in the one place that younger kids can: the farm. The minimum age for most industries in America is 16, but in agriculture, children as young as 12 can be hired to do farm work.
Kids on the Farm: Don’t Take Your Eyes Off Safety Although the industry has come a long way when it comes to farm safety, about every three days, a child dies in an ag-related incident, and each ...
A pediatric occupational therapist brings her love for the outdoors and nature to a camp she started in Harlem for children with special needs.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, an average of 104 children die each year as a result of a farm-related injury, and more than 22,000 kids are injured.
In the U.S., children under the age of 18 are legally barred from purchasing cigarettes or other tobacco products. But they are allowed to harvest tobacco on farms. Despite a worldwide decline in ...
Farm dust acts on cells in the lungs. Respiratory allergies are the most common form of allergy in American children; about 17 percent of kids in the US suffer from these types of allergies. And ...