For 43 years, Mae Whalen spent her Decembers planning, writing, rehearsing and directing Newburgh’s annual Community Christmas Concert, which raised thousands of dollars and purchased thousands of toys for children who needed them. Read More

A Kingston group is hoping their new app will put an end to food waste and hunger. Read More

A soil scientist, he partnered with the United Nations and other organizations to bring productive agricultural practices to uncooperative terrain.

The U.S. Agency for International Development has been a major supporter of global agriculture research. Now many studies are being scuttled or scaled back.

© Taylor Glascock for The New York Times