we started with 14 farmers, and it has grown out to over 80. >> what is the mission of the organization? >> this area has no grocery store spiller it is all mom-and- pop stores. we have this because it is needed. we knew it was needed. and the plaza needed somebody. it was empty. beautiful with city hall in the background. >> thank you for speaking with us. are you on the web? >> yes, hocfarmersmarket.org. >> check them out. thank you. >> welcome. the dish is ready. >> it looks and smells amazing. >> thank you. it was not easy to meet the $20 budget. i checked everybody out and found some great produce. really lovely seafood. i think that you are going to love it. >> do not be shy. cyou know this can run you $35 to $45 for a bowl, so it is great you did this for $20. >> this will feed four to six people. >> not if you invite me over for dinner. i am ready to dig in. >> i hope you'll love it. >> mmm. >> what do you think? >> i think i am going to need more. perhaps you can have all you want. >> i am produce the that you have crushed this farmer's market challenge by a landslide. the firs

but farmers still have trouble finding successors. this 20,000 square meter plot of land is where our first college graduate works. sun peng, since becoming a farmer, gross mostly strawberries and rice. sun comes from a family of farmer whose decided to return their land to the state ten years ago, when he entered university. sun was the first person in the family to ever attend university. everyone expected big things from him. after graduation, sun joined an it firm that develops architecture software, but only four years into the job, he quit. sun's family was surprised by his decision to become a sun's parents didn't want their college educated only child to take up the demanding farm work they endured for since the family had already given up their land and equipment, sun used his entire savings to prepare for his new enterprise. he had to borrow land from a farmer who had no successors. the previous farmer had used huge amounts of chemical fertilizer on parts of the land to boost harvest volume. soon, he discovered chemical resi

we also know that 70% of world's farmers are women. there is increasing interest to participate and it requires outreach and time. providing an easy way for people to get information. that is the purpose of this. the deputy was a great proponent of this. i think our work has been very successful. you're going to see an increased interest in working with other veterans groups. >> i applaud those efforts. we have seen a number of individuals that have created opportunities for veterans returning with traumatic injuries. in this case, beekeeping. it was a very successful way. incidentally, legislation that i have introduced to create an opportunity for veterans to use to use their bill and become farmers. we look forward to working with the department to publish that. i hope they say no. does anybody have anything to follow up with? >> since you offered, i just wanted to address -- because senator whiten and i have been working with senator murkowski we worked very hard to persuade the administration to back this plan. it is not in this s

the world food program's fish has been visiting subsays at thes farmers-- subsistence farmers. in some parts of central america an estimated 60% of corn and 80% of bean crops may be lost to dry weather caused by el nino. the united nations says hundreds of thousands of families will need too food assistance. >> this is the worst dry season we have had since 35 years ago. it is affecting not only guatemala but from nicaragua up to here. el salvador has been hit as well. >> reporter: inside their tiny mud shack his wife prepares corn tortias for their children. it is what they eat for breakfast, lunch r lunch and dinner. today she had to borrow a few pound of cornmeal for their meal. making sure their five children get enough to eat is becoming more of a struggle. buying food is not an option here ear. jobs pay $5 a day if you find one. >> reporter: in guatemala when food is scarce, the youngest often suffer the most. nearly half of all grautn children are malnourished, the fourth highest rate in the world. inside this hospital, children are treated formal nutrition. - for malnut

the world food program's fish has been visiting subsays at thes farmers-- subsistence farmers. in some parts of central america an estimated 60% of corn and 80% of bean crops may be lost to dry weather caused by el nino. the united nations says hundreds of thousands of families will need too food assistance. >> this is the worst dry season we have had since 35 years ago. it is affecting not only guatemala but from nicaragua up to here. el salvador has been hit as well. >> reporter: inside their tiny mud shack his wife prepares corn tortias for their children. it is what they eat for breakfast, lunch r lunch and dinner. today she had to borrow a few pound of cornmeal for their meal. making sure their five children get enough to eat is becoming more of a struggle. buying food is not an option here ear. jobs pay $5 a day if you find one. >> reporter: in guatemala when food is scarce, the youngest often suffer the most. nearly half of all grautn children are malnourished, the fourth highest rate in the world. inside this hospital, children are treated formal nutrition. for malnutri

christian: and the farmers benefit, too. that is essential if villages like this one are to really embrace conservation. there aren't many ways of earning money here and the people are relatively poor. a few kilometers away, we come to another village, home mainly to rice farmers. here, too, the farmers have learned to tend their rice fields in a way that limits damage to their surroundings, ensuring that fewer toxins are leaked into the nature reserve. once again, the farmers have benefited from the process and are saving money. korng: it makes a huge difference. the harvest is just as good, but we've learned to use less fertilizer and fewer pesticides. we also use less seed. before we needed 300 kilos of seed per hectare, now we use half that. and we can also produce seed ourselves and no longer have to buy it. narrator: the trainer promises, "in the end, you'll be millionaires," a suggestion that prompts plenty of laughter. people across the region are receiving training from local ngo's, many of them supported by the ger

the government wants farmers to plant some alternative crops. nhk world looks at the potential impact of the drought at home and abroad. >> reporter: in western thailand, the country's largest. the level has fallen to just 9% usable water. >> translator: we must prioritize water for daily usage. so there's not enough for agriculture. >> reporter: the area downstream is full of rice fields. rice growing is a major industry here in central thailand. the paddies are normally filled with water around this time, but severe drought has prevented this farmer from planting. the farmers here normally harvest twice a year. but there's no water for a second crop this year. agricultural damage from the drought is estimated at around $1.8 billion nationwide. thailand is the world's second largest rice exporter, and a supplier to developing countries in asia and africa. the u.n. food and agriculture organization have supply concerns. >> when we get sudden spikes, that's the big problem, because then people panic, and start to hoard. so for people who have to

if you look at recent census, you're going to see an increase in women farmers and increase in farmers of color and working with other veterans groups to bring veterans into the farming business. >> mr. secretary, i applaud those efforts. we have seen a number of just individuals. gary lagrange who is retired military in my town created opportunities for veterans returning with traumatic injuries to enter farming, in this case, bee keeping in a very successful way. incidentally, legislation that i've introduced has past the small business community to create an opportunity for veterans to use the g.i. bill and i welcome my colleagues to join us in the effort, to use their g.i. bill to get education training, vocationally to become farmers or other businessmen and women to become entrepreneurs which farming is. so we look forward to working with the department to accomplish that. i would be less than polite if i didn't give my colleagues a chance, i hope they say no but does anybody have anything to follow up before i conclude the hearing? senator merckly. >> since you offered, i want t

losing a third of all revenue has hit farmers here hard. but a growing concern is the dispute between political leaders here in lebanon and gulf countries. more than three-quarters are sent to gulf states, which is why recent decisions by saudi arabia and it's gulf allies have farmers here worried. last month the saudi government canceled billions of dollars it gives. the gcc last month declared hezbollah a terrorist organization. the group is the largest political movement. >> translator: if lebanese exports are

the farmers were incapable of doing such skilled jobs. another program is that there are so many of these urban development projects springing up. and it's not clear there are enough farmers to work in them. so there's a risk that some will become white elephants. >> how about foreign policy, the chinese government is trying to promote the so-called one belt one road initiative. what's involved there? >> yes. chinese leaders are aiming to set up a massive economic zone linking asia and europe over land and sea. the proposed area would have an operation of 4.4 billion people. the idea is that it could provide a new market for china's excess goods. it would also create big investment opportunities for chinese firms. but the proposed zone includes the middle east and europe. the former is mired in regional conflict. the latter is experiencing the biggest migrant crisis the world has ever seen. one expert says beijing will have no choice but to get more involved in these and other local problems. >> translator: under the one belt road initiat

my mom and dad were dairy farmers. i connect this next topic with my own personal point of view, which is strongly held. there are significant parts of the country now where packaged bottled water is being offered as a substitute for milk in school cafeterias. historically, usda has recommended the school children consume two point 5-3 servings of milk or other dairy products every day -- 2.5-three servings or other dairy products every day. packaged -- is packaged bottled water a reimbursed program? sec. vilsack: i think it i don't know that. we are encouraging more dairy products. it doesn't necessarily have to be milk. greek yogurt is now a protein substitute. to be responsive to what school districts are asking us to provide them. i will check on the reimbursement. >> i'm not a big advocate for us buying water as one of the alternatives at lunch. there's other ways to get water, i would think. , you thinkbeing used that is through the national school lunch program, then? and you will check and get back to us. sec.

for now, farmers here say all they can do is continue to care for their crops. al jazeera, at the becca valley in eastern lebanon. >>> prosecutors in brazil called for the arrest of former president desilva, facing charges of money laundering and identity fraud for concealing ownership of a beach front apartment. he denies the allegations, last week, he was detained and questioned about corruption at brazil's state run oil firm. still in brazil, more than 6,000 cases of microcephaly have been reported there so far. the condition in which newborns have unusually small heads has been blamed on the zika virus, but a direct link has only been established in 700 babies. >> there were no insults and generally everyone behaved themselves at the latest republican debate in the u.s. donald trump left the stage largely undamaged but was pressed on his rhetoric on islam, as alan fisher reports. >> this was the tamest debate so far and brought more light to the positions held by the candidates. donald trump was asked to address his comments. >> there were large pores of a g

is to help organic farmers... but also to encourage practices that improve soil and water quality... and help the environment overall. for more information about applying for these programs... just head to the online version of this story... at ktvn.com. covering the story live, arianna paul: "during the past year, tmwa's had to rely more on groundwater, but now they're trying to recharge the aquifers. i'm paul nelson, i'll show you how, coming up at 5:30." still to come...we'll meet a woman who's gathered a lot of stories over the years and is ready to share them with you. but first... the f-b-i and apple both testified before lawmakers on capitol hill today... what each had to say about their battle over encryption, after the break. "you're watching channel 2 news... with kristen remington, landon looking around the nation... the fbi and apple faced off today for the first time since federal prosecutors asked a judge to force the tech company to unlock a phone belonging to one of the san bernardino terrorists. f

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is to help organic farmers... but also to encourage practices that improve soil and water quality... and help the environment overall. for more information about applying for these programs... just head to the online version of this story... at ktvn.com. covering the story live, arianna bennett, channel 2 news. in money watch.. tomorrow the home depot is hiring to fill 300 spring jobs at its reno stores. the hiring event will be from 9 a-m to 3 p-m at the west reno store on summit ridge court. they'll be conducting on- site interviews, and candidates are of time. for a link where to do so head to k-t-v-n dot com and click the blue "news links" button. mike will have a look at your forecast next.... but first we'll introduce you to a woman who's gathered a lot of stories over the past eight decades and is ready to share and which candidates came out ahead in one of the biggest welcome back, a local author feels kids of today need the values of yesteryear and so she's doing what she can to deliver them. jennie ross

it was so cheap that local farmers could not compete. she and her organization have been supporting farmers. in the past, the protests were successful at halting imports. now, they face the same battle at the end. >> once the frozen chicken enters the market, the small farmers will suffer again. reporter: another has organized a stakeholder meeting, where economists and others meet representatives of the government of cameroon and the eu. "we welcome these, where people can voice their concerns, and the government can respond and discuss possible solutions." this time, or eu representatives have addressed those concerns. -- this time, eu representatives have addressed those concerns. >> this time, these are excluded. reporter: so a victory for local chicken farmers, but that does not solve the other issues at hand. >> if this is not going to be advantageous to us, and if the other countries have not joined, maybe we should put a hold on the implementation. reporter: the eu plans to put many euros into this misses. but many small and medi

and- sometimes joining future farmers of america- can help your career!coming up in tonight's ag life report- we spoke to a farmer- who explains how the program helped him.john. mild and breezy monday, but a return to wintry weather is around the cornermonday was a rare day in the gregorian calendar as it was a leap day of leap year, the day we catch mild and breezy monday, but a return to wintry weather is around the cornermonday was a rare day in the gregorian calendar as it was a leap day of leap year, the day we catch up to the solar year .overnight...mostly clear. cooler with lows in the mid 30s. lightand variable winds. .tuesday...sunny in the morning...then becoming partly sunny.highs in the lower 60s. south winds 10 to 15 mph. gusts up to30 mph in the afternoon..tuesday night...rain showers. breezy with lows around 40. south winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph...becoming southwest15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph after midnight. chance ofrain 80 percent..wednesday...mostly sunny. a chance of rain showers with a slightchance of snow showe

brings up another difference--who can actually get the produce.yogi and the farmer sell *shares* to individuals or businesses for six hundred dollars.then for twenty six weeks you can go to their farmer's market and pick up twenty dollars worth of locally grown produce. "that may include five to seven different kinds of vegetables."scott wegener, nine on your side, covington.., if approved, crops should be weather summary: wednesday's forecast will be warm and breezy again. temperatures top out at 640f with partly cloudy skies. then our cold front arrives on thursday. this will bring in chances for showers and isolated thunderstorms during the day. right now, it looks like our better rain chance is in the morning hours with a few more spotty showers behind it seemed like it wouildn't happen last night.....but the rumor that has uc's mick cronin going to u-n-l-v just won't die. it started over the weekend that the rebels were interested in hiring cronin. he texted reporters last night that he hasn't met with any other schools. schools.but today the las vegas review journal reported t

voting "no" today puts farmers and all of agricultural risk. voting "no" today negatively impacts the daily lives of everybody in the food chain. from the farmer who will be pressured to plant fence row to fence row of a crop that is less efficient to the grain elevator that will have to adjust storage options to separate types of grain to the manufacturer who will need different labels for different states, to the distributor who will need expanded storage for sorting. and to the retailer who may be unable to afford offering low-cost private label products. and finally, to the consum conso will be forced to pay the additional cost to the tune of $82 billion. so now we come to our final task as an ee -- as elected officials of this body taking a vote, but before we do, we should all know that never before, never before in my experience as chairman of the house ag committee and chairman of the senate agriculture committee and all the years i have had the privilege to serve on both committees, we have never seen a bill in the agriculture committe

we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum naptime waits for no one. good, clean food waits for anyone who orders it. food as it should be. today: lots of sun. nice! highs will be in the low 70s. winds sw 8-12mph. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the low high pressure is in sunshine with highs in scattered showers saturday night into sunday. temps will come local news, weather, i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms . we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female announcer) shady brook farms . no growth-promoting antibiotics, >>> good morning. breaking overnight, a commuter train derailed near san francisco, plunging one car into a creek. passengers attempt to rescue >> we were trying to dig her out while the train was hanging. >> at least nine people injured. >>> image problem. donald trump facing mounting inging criticism for doing this at rallies. >> raise your hand right,

fortunately the rest of the farmers market, the farmers ken lemon, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> ken, thank you. now we put more video of the firefighters battling those flames at wsoctv.com. look for it inside ken's story on the home page. >>> we have more breaking news on a shooting right in uptown charlotte. one person was rushed to the hospital. but we're told they'll be okay. chopper 9 flew over the scene in the past half hour. you can see police and medics helping that victim. police don't have any suspects in custody. >>> tonight police are continuing to get in reports from women who say they were sexually assaulted by a south charlotte doctor. detectives charged dr. mario hernandez with assaulting three patients at his clinic on arrowwood road. since then they've heard from two dozen other women who also say he fondled them. prosecutors haven't filed charges in those cases at this time. practice during the investigation. >>> we're asking police if anyone is facing charges after a shooting in a noda driveway. two people shot at each other outside on north davidson street near

we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum naptime waits for no one. good, clean food waits for anyone who orders it. food as it should be. today: lots of sun. nice! highs will be in the low 70s. winds sw 8-12mph. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the low high pressure is in sunshine with highs in scattered showers saturday night into sunday. temps will come local news, weather, i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms . we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female announcer) shady brook farms . no growth-promoting antibiotics, happening today - a major milestone on the outer banks decades in the making. the big groundbreaking at the bonner bridge. plus, all new on fox43, fallout after a tennis star admits she failed a drug test. who is splitting ties with maria sharapova. and unbelievable video a police department wants everyone to see. we'll explain what is going on here. good

that's the ultimate goal. >> but the oyster farmers know there is still a long way to go. a new business approach may help in the effort to revive their fishing industry. >>> i'll have more for you next hour in business. here is another check on markets. >>> japanese researchers say they've found new bacteria that can breakdown a widely used plastic resin commonly known as pet. researchers from the university and other microbe. >> translator: the enzyme could be used for recycling pet bottles using less energy, a big first step. >> but the researchers say the enzyme is weak and takes time to breakdown the resin. they plan to find a way to strengthen it so recycling will require less heat energy. >>> people across japan marking five years in the northeastern region. robert speta joins us with weather conditions here and elsewhere. >> yes, and if people are heading out and about this morning, especially into the tokyo area, you're looking at some light rainfall. maybe even some snow. afternoon hours, starting to warm up. also it, does look like the precipitation tapering off

you will see an increase in female farmers. gary lagrange, retired military in my hometown has created opportunities for veterans returning with traumatic injuries to enter farming. legislation that i havei have introduced and has passed the small business community to create an opportunity for veterans to use their g.i. bill. i welcome my colleagues who are sure to join us using there bill to get education, training to become farmers or other business men and women to become entrepreneurs. we look forward to working with the department to accomplish that. i would be less than polite. i hope that they say no. >> thank you. since you offered, i want to address the fire bawling. we have been working with the senator and chief advocates, working hard to persuade the administration to back this plan. it is not in the subcommittee's jurisdiction command i hope you will be talking about it. we made a significant change , that firefighting was funded at 100 percent of the previous parts -- plus a $600 million buffer. given the impact

is to help organic farmers... but also to encourage practices that improve soil and water quality... and help the environment overall. for more information about applying for these programs... just head to the online version of this story... at ktvn.com. the truckee meadows water authority has about 90 wells around reno and sparks -- and they're using about 20 of them to put water back into the ground. something they've been doing since 1993. about 10 million gallons of treated water from the truckee river are injected through the wells to recharge the aquifers. it happens during the fall and winter months, when demand is about 25 percent of what it is in the summer. the water is stored there for later use. miller "we always say we trust groundwater like money in the bank. we only use it when we have to but we like to operate the wells, keep them in service, keep them utilized. we use them keep them in place all the time, so that they'r ready when we do need them." about 4,000 acre feet of water were pumped into t

the farmers market, right, leon? afternoon, near 60 degrees. grab the sunglasses, you will need them all day. the next seven days, easter sunday, lower to middle 60's. the rain moves in monday, and it could be breezy at times, maybe even some rumbles of thunder. i hear that some of the cherry blossoms will lose some of their puffs. upper 50's wednesday. leon: do you know people who work at the farmers market or what? steve: i don't, but i go every saturday. it's good, you should try it. nice vegetables. leon: how about chicago style pizza? steve: look at robert, happy camper cavaliers. a big victory tonight? robert: a little deep dish. uva gets to the elite eight for the first time in several years. ♪ ♪ discover every way to easter at target. get a $10 target gift card when you spend $50 on groceries. see store for coupon. he's begun forgetting words. forgetting where he lives. but when the day comes when he forgets who i am, i'll still know who he is. the first time we said i love you

farmers saying they're worried about the impact of their livelihood. in. >> harvesting green onion is not easy. first they have to loosen the earth around the delicate crop so that when it is picked it is not damaged. the ground is rocky and the work is time-consuming. the owner said that growing crops like green onion which are destined for gulf countries are worth the care because they're usually profitable, but not any more. >> our industry has been badly affected. we can no longer track our produce through syria and the gulf. the crossings are now closed. more than 30% of our income is gone because of this. >> the only way now to send produce to the gulf is by sea. but the costs are high and cut deep into profits. losing a third of all revenue because of the war in anybodying syria have hit farmers hard. but a growing concern is the escalating diplomatic dispute between political leaders in lebanon and gulf countries. more than three-quarters of produce are sent to gulf states, which has farmers worried. last month the saudi government canceled bil

in about 3 billion pounds a year goes to british farmers, you would maintain that? >> yes. but don't forget there's massive saving in the form of -- i think from -- the fiago budget or the guidance fund is something to which we are huge net contributors. we pay in much more than we get back. we would save i think the net contribution on fiago is about -- something like 4 billion. i would have to check the figures. very considerable net payment we make into the european agricultural system. there would be more funds available for support of other vital services in this country and, indeed, for -- >> we well understand. >> and by -- my point i think everybody does understand there's huge -- >> i appreciate your comment as a journalist. right. the 400 which you have used and comes from a taxpayers alliance and it comes from data which is seven or eight years old so it's quite whiskering and it does not include netting back the money that comes to british farmers about 3 billion a year so even -- even as its own grounds, that 400 is misleading because it does not -- it is misle

this devastated american farmers because american farmers then as now exported a great deal of their produce. what happens is if you put big tariffs like that on in order to imported goods, people get less dollars because they can't -- we can't buy their goods. we don't give them our money and we buy american sugar and wheat. but since the europeans have fewer dollars, they have less of an ability to buy our goods, the things we sent to them, which was overwhelming. going up. is and they have far fewer dollars to buy american goods. and they put high terrace on american goods coming into other countries. when the great depression broke up, the first big banking crisis was in the farming areas. the farmers were devastated by .he smoot-hawley hoover tariff that was really something that instigated the entire great depression, one of the misguided policies. that was a hoover policy. the idea he was a laissez-faire advocate is just not right. some of you may have heard this man, to dwell. he was franklin d roosevelt's chief domestic policy advisor from 1932 to 19 45. he was the tough men

india's farmers have been hit hard. the government will put aside 130 billion to provide them with loans. >> the finance minister pledged to double the incomes of 120 million farmers over five years mps. >> we need to thing beyond food security and give a sense of income security to the farmers. government will reorient interventions in the form and none farm sectors to double the income. it's 35,984 >>> u.s. presidential hopefuls are preparing for super-tuesday, the day when several states vote for candidates of choice. it's often a make or break moment. donald trump leads the republican race with 81 of 12 delegates needed. the main rivals, seen here campaigning in the state of tennessee, and ted crust in texas, are -- ted cruz, in texas, are working hard to defeat the texan. >> around 880 delegates will be awarded on super-tuesday in a democratic race, a third of those needed for the nomination. hillary clinton has been campaign, and is leading the race with 543 delegates and is anticipated to win in most states. her

♪ ♪ i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms®. we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female announcer) shady brook farms®. no growth-promoting antibiotics, just honest, simple turkey. >> john kerry said there were a number of americans killed this week. >> over half of the public schools found elevated levels of lead in the drinking water. i had the opportunity to talk with newark mayor rob braca on thursday and asked him if governor christie reached out to him personally and offered help. here's what he had to say. >> no. >> short and sweet. i'm going to continue chasing this monday. the mayor is going to hold a special meeting on the water issue. i'll be there, you can tweet me,@chasing tamara. >> today is a sad day. the queen of all things is being treated badly and on good friday. the one and only madonna has been an all-around human being for decades. fellow new yorkers are standing up saying they'

casee >>> fruit farmers in our area preparing for a cold snap just in time for the start of spring this. could snap a $6 million business in north carolina. we are talking about the peach industry. i'm gerald owens. >> i'm deborah morgan. poach tries are starting to bloom because it has been so warm outside. temperatures near freezing are possible in the coming days. where whr the crop could be in jeopardy. swrrs-- whether the crop could be in jeopardy. >> reporter: to see the buds, can you almost feel the juice on your children but to see so much brilliance some two weeks before april fool's day. >> they bloomed really fast this year. >> reporter: can make a peach apartmenter budgety. >> we get a little anxious about it. -- a little fidgety. >> as long as it is 32 and above, we are god to go. >> reporter: peaches are not a major crop in north carolina, not like they are in south carolina and georgiament but they are a beloved summertime harvest and a late season freeze could really bite. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: garrett johnson is still growing peaches 82 years after his father began

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. ♪ i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms®. we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female announcer) shady brook farms®. no growth-promoting antibiotics, just honest, simple turkey. >>> good sunday morning, a cold one for the first day of spring. we're now officially in spring so say good-bye to. it's going to feel like winter today, look like it tonight. here is a live look out in new jersey. we have nice conditions out there. overcast skies at great adventure and keep seeing it today. snow moving in tonight. 33 philadelphia, allentown, upper 30s for south jersey and delaware, 43 wildwood. here is what will happen as we go through the day. by 2:00 p.m. we should start to see rain in new jersey and delaware toing move through tonight. look what happened by 8:00 p.m. some of this rain will change to snow new jersey and delaware, even around philadelphia area. then look as we go into midnight tonight. t

so being the creative farmer that he is, he tried to trick that. he thought how can it be better. >> so you have been confined to a wheelchair for how long? >> well, i'm going to be 48 at the end of the month, so 24 years. another life, 24 years in a wheelchair. >> you've been in a wheelchair half your life. and how did you come to be confined to a wheelchair? >> well, at that time i was a pilot in the air force, in the israeli air force. i flew -- [cheers and applause] i flew f-16s, and i was an instructive in the cadet school. i had to go fly air flight another base. so they came and took me and some other pilots and, unfortunately, we slept in the car, and the driver also fell asleep, and the car rolled over. i was thrown out on my back, broke it, and you see the result actually. >> so i assume as a former israeli air force fighter pilot, you're a pretty active guy even in a wheelchair. what are the limitations? what is a conventional wheelchair like when you're active in it? >> i encounter many difficulties sometimes x along the way i'm trying

we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum >>> and next to that major break in a cold case that had police stumped for nearly 40 years. the arrest sparking many questions tonight, especially from the victim's family. they're asking, what took so long? here's abc's ron claiborne. >> reporter: tonight, 36 years after teenager joyce mclain was found dead near her home in maine, police say they have her killer. >> we are confident that scott fournier is the one who murdered joyce mclain. >> reporter: the 55-year-old evidence allegely ties him to the crime. joyce disappeared after leaving her family home to go jogging. the 16-year-old's body was found on this path. her skull fractured from a blow to the back of her head. her mother, pamela, tells abc news tonight, she is relieved. through the time it took. i pushed and pushed for different things. i was a mother that wasn't going to give up and yesterday i was glad i was that kind of mother. >> reporter: amazingly, police had questioned fournier 22 times

we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum >>> and next to that major break in a cold case that had police stumped for nearly 40 years. the arrest sparking many questions tonight, especially from the victim's family. they're asking, what took so long? here's abc's ron claiborne. >> reporter: tonight, 36 years after teenager joyce mclain was found dead near her home in maine, police say they have her killer. >> we are confident that scott fournier is the one who murdered joyce mclain. >> reporter: the 55-year-old suspect was arrested friday. but police would not say evidence allegely ties him to the crime. joyce disappeared after leaving her family home to go jogging. the 16-year-old's body was found on this path. her skull fractured from a blow her mother, pamela, tells abc news tonight, she is relieved. >> i was angry off and on all through the time it took. i pushed and pushed for different things. i was a mother that wasn't going to give up and yesterday i was glad i was that kind of mother. >> r

the future farmers of america helps some decide their perfect career path. wfxr's sophia borrelli spoke to one farmer- who says the group helped him build a foundation for a successful farming career. the cows is something brian much his whole life. as part of the 4-h and f-f-a clubs he learned the foundation of his career, and says future farmers of america built his leadership skills to run the knoll crest farm: "through those programs and projects, and then in crops judging teams, you learn crops and seed and diseases and what not. and certainly they play a big part in our everyday management of our forage wfxr news.sophia borrelli needed for any life skills needed for any career. in campbell county, wfxr news. if you want to learn more about the future farmers of america and how you can get involved- head to our website virginia first dot com- and click on the ag life tab. in this morning's local good news report-a roanoke salon is helping save the next girl by donating their time and resources. last night the les cheveux salon and day spa, offered manic

losing the third of all revenue because of the war in neighboring syria has hit farmers here hard but a growing concern is the escalating diplomatic dispute between political leaders here in lebanon and gulf countries. more than three quarters of all agricultural exports from lebanon are sent to gulf states which is why a series of resent decisions by saudi arabia and gulf allies over the past month have farmers worried and last month the saudi government call cancelled billions it gives to security and the south counsel said they were a terrorist organization and is the most powerful arm and political and social movements but farmers say they fear now their industry could be targeted next. >> translator: lebanese exports are band it would be a disaster to our agricultural sector and no one can estimate how destructive it would be on farmers and economy and lebanon generally. >> reporter: the obama administration is pressuring saudi arabia and its gulf allies not to take further steps to punish lebanon economically and farmers say all they can do is to continue to care for their craps