Harshawn Ratanpal

1 month ago | columbiamissourian.com | Harshawn Ratanpal |Jana Rose Schleis

By Harshawn Ratanpal,Jana Rose Schleis The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cancelling the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Project. The $3 billion initiative funded agriculture research and programs across the nation. Over $1.2 billion went toward 36 programs that involve Missouri. Many of these programs offered incentive payments to farmers who adopt an environmentally sustainable or "climate-smart" practice.

1 month ago | bransontrilakesnews.com | Harshawn Ratanpal |Jana Rose Schleis

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cancelling the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Project. The $3 billion initiative funded agriculture research and programs across the nation. Over $1.2 billion went toward 36 programs that involve Missouri. Many of these programs offered incentive payments to farmers who adopt an environmentally sustainable or “climate-smart” practice.

1 month ago | kbia.org | Anna Spidel |Harshawn Ratanpal |Rebecca Smith

For years, Columbia’s Room at the Inn homeless shelter was much like the people it serves: moving from place to place and spending the winter in whatever warm church would temporarily allow them to stay. But in October 2023, the shelter became year-round and found a permanent home at 1509 Ashley Street, on the city’s Interstate 70 Business Loop. On December 19th, 2024, a team of KBIA reporters spent a full day and night chronicling the lives of shelter workers and Columbia’s unhoused community.

2 months ago | missouriindependent.com | Harshawn Ratanpal |Ezra Bitterman

NEW MADRID — At the New Madrid Historical Museum there’s an earthquake simulator where visitors get to play engineer. At their disposal are cylindrical wooden sticks and rectangular boards that can be constructed into simple buildings. A numbered dial is then turned, which causes the platform to shake, simulating earthquakes of varying intensity. Most basic buildings are fine in the 1.0-3.0 range.

2 months ago | columbiamissourian.com | Hannah Schuh |Harshawn Ratanpal |Mark Horvit |Ezra Bitterman

NEW MADRID - At the New Madrid Historical Museum there's an earthquake simulator where visitors get to play engineer. At their disposal are cylindrical wooden sticks and rectangular boards that can be constructed into simple buildings. A numbered dial is then turned, which causes the platform to shake, simulating earthquakes of varying intensity. Most basic buildings are fine in the 1.0-3.0 range.