To Be or Not To Be? And other questions.
Two articles that crossed my desk this past week made for an interesting contrast. The first was an account and exploration of farmers in the […]
Agriculture
Women Over 65 Own Nearly a Third of Iowa’s Farmland—Can They Prevent the Next Dust Bowl?
So many older women are inheriting farms that some experts believe training them in land conservation may be society’s best bet in protecting the food supply.
Focus on Pesticides is a Distraction from Major Eco Impacts
Whether pesticide use is still a major environmental concern in farming remains a central debate. Let’s look at the data.
Best of 2014 from FAFDL.org and REALFOOD.org
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Best of 2014: Writings on GMOs
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Big Ag and Small Farms: Why We Need Both
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The Low Fruit Has Been Picked. High Impact Crop Breeding is Hard, Arduous Work.
Here’s a big snippet from what I think is the most interesting part of my column today about a Center for Food Safety article on […]
Chefs, Breeders, and Dogtown and Z-Boys.
Sarah Laskow has an article in the Atlantic about a chef-led plant breeding movement that setting its eyes on the next horizon: flavor. In the […]
Q: What Do Non-pollinating Organic Corn and Arctic Apples Have In Common?
image: slappytheseal | flickr | cc A: It’s easier to change the damn crop than to change people’s thinking. Civil Eats has a story on […]
Turkey to Tofurkey Comparisions and the Case for Right Sizing Beef Consumption
photo: Ron Dollette | flickr | cc Food historian Rachel Laudan points us to an insightful but unsatisfying post by ag economist Jayson Lusk on […]