Rural northeastern Wisconsin residents are facing an ongoing drinking water crisis. Pollution from large-scale dairy farms known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) and the … Factory farms cause thousands in rural Wisconsin to go without clean waterRead more
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To Help Curb Climate Change, Stop Wasting Food
Reducing food waste around the world would help curb emissions of planet-warming gases, lessening some of the impacts of climate change such as more extreme … To Help Curb Climate Change, Stop Wasting FoodRead more
Posted inFertilizer / ToMl
Disturbing Facts About the Fertilizer Industry
What do you know about the worldwide chemical fertilizer industry? If you’re like most people, not much. There’s plenty of press coverage and consumer awareness … Disturbing Facts About the Fertilizer IndustryRead more
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Farmland Could Play Key Role in Tackling Climate Change
The earth’s soil stores a lot of carbon from the atmosphere, and managing it with the climate in mind may be an important part of … Farmland Could Play Key Role in Tackling Climate ChangeRead more
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Confronting the Dark Side of Urban Agriculture
How do you like roller coaster rides? I love them—provided that I am sitting in the operator’s cabin and not in one of the small, … Confronting the Dark Side of Urban AgricultureRead more
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‘Big Agri’ Doesn’t Serve Us
During the last half-century, agriculture and food systems lost their way, in the darkness and fog created by corporations that made chemicals for warfare, through … ‘Big Agri’ Doesn’t Serve UsRead more
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UNESCO recognizes Tucson as a City of Gastronomy
In December 2015, Tucson, Arizona, was named a City of Gastronomy in the Creative Cities Network by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization … UNESCO recognizes Tucson as a City of GastronomyRead more
Posted inGMO / Pesticide / ToMl
Herbicide-Resistant Insects Are Destroying GMO Crops
Crops genetically engineered to produce insecticidal toxins derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) kill pest insects and reduce the use of conventional insecticides. However, … Herbicide-Resistant Insects Are Destroying GMO CropsRead more