Thursday, May 30, 2013

Should the World Keep Feeding Europe?

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Western Europe is a major net importer of food averaging 59 million metric tonnes during the years 2001 to 2010. That amount is similar t...
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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Applied Mythology at 100,000 All Time Pageviews

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I started posting on this blog 3 years ago this month.  I had been frustrated with all the disinformation out there about agriculture, farme...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Gorillas And The Future of Crop Biotechnology

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There are some really cool improvements coming along in several crops that have been developed using the tools of biotechnology - GMOs if ...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

How Wrong Is The Latest Dirty Dozen List?

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The Environmental Working Group (EWG) says that it "helps protect your family from pesticides." The purpose of this Applied My...
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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Is It OK To Eat Cloned Fruit?

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Cloned fruit is widely sold in grocery stores.  Some of it is cloned mutant fruit. None of these fruits are labeled as such. They aren...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Six Reasons Organic is NOT The Most Environmentally Friendly Way To Farm

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Contrary to widespread consumer belief, organic farming is not the best way to farm from an environmental point if view. The ...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The Livelihood of Small Coffee Growers Is Threatened By A Plant Disease

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Some of the world's best coffee comes from the tropical highlands of Central and South America.  Recently these regions have experien...
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