* Fair Food Program seeks alternative to slow regulations * Agreements with Walmart ( WMT ), Whole Foods and McDonald's * Active in 10 states, but that set to double By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON, July 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Heat records have repeatedly been toppled in recent weeks, just when farms in some of the hottest parts of...

07:34 AM EDT, 07/08/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Reconnaissance Energy Africa ( RECAF ) , which gained 6.7% to approach 52 week highs, on Monday announced the spudding of the Naingopo exploration well on Petroleum Exploration Licence 73 (PEL 73), onshore northeast Namibia. The Naingopo well is forecast to reach total depth of 3,800 metres, and take 90 days to drill....

07:27 AM EDT, 07/08/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Bitfarms ( BITF ) said Monday its board has appointed Ben Gagnon as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Gagnon joined the company in 2019 and was most recently its chief mining officer, Bitfarms ( BITF ) said. Price: 2.6400, Change: -0.03, Percent Change: -1.12 ...

07:28 AM EDT, 07/08/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Bitfarms ( BITF ) , a global vertically integrated bitcoin data center company, said Monday that its board has appointed Ben Gagnon as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Previously, Gagnon served as chief mining officer at Bitfarms ( BITF ). The company's shares, which slipped 0.8% in premarket U.S. trading on Monday, rose...