Rick Callahan

Associated Press

In this Feb. 25, 2014, photo, Little Falls, Minn., resident Jamie Houdek, with his wife, Lisa, at his side, talks about his recovery after he lost his right hand to a corn picker in November 2013 on the 60-acre hobby farm where he raises beef cattle. The nation’s growing embrace of small-scale production of local and organic crops is leading to more farm injuries and deaths among amateur growers. Experts say some novices have little appreciation of the occupation’s dangers.

More Hobby Farms Means More Maimed Farmers

The risk of serious injury or death has always been a part of farming.

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Concerns Raised Over Indiana Plan for Coal Ash Waste

New federal regulations and the changing U.S. energy industry are spurring U.S. utilities to close or plan to close their coal ash ponds and landfills.