Combo of Farm Toxins Hurting Bees
June 21, 2017 5:19 pmIt’s looking like neonicitinoid systemic insecticides – along with other insecticides – are joined in their bad tidings for bees... View Article
Categories for Background Articles on Farming, Rural & Science
Good Food Leaders Counsel Young Farmers
April 28, 2017 1:45 pmEnjoyable article from ‘Modern Farmer’ taps into the wisdom of farmers Wendell Berry, Eliot Coleman, Mas Masumoto, Richard Wiswall and... View Article
Supporting Smallholder Systems the Key to Mitigating Ag’s Impact on Climate Change
April 27, 2017 8:48 pmYes, removing public subsidy of corporate concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), and re-directing support to family-scale farmers would solve a... View Article
The Farmers Share of Retail Food Prices March 2017
April 7, 2017 1:38 pmONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURE: LOW FARM GATE PRICES = INADEQUATE SHARE OF END-RETAIL-PRICE. Incredibly enough, doubling the price... View Article
Citizens Opposed to Reckless Bald Mountain Mine
March 21, 2017 3:53 pmYesterday, the Maine Legislature’s Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (again) received an earful. Citizens from all across Maine,... View Article
Big Future Impact From Robots
February 21, 2017 6:41 pmHumans losing jobs to robots? Inevitability? Future mass unemployment? Taxing robots? Massive robotic-generated CHANGE WITHIN THE NEXT 20 YEARS? Valuable... View Article
Microplastics in Fish Tissue
February 20, 2017 3:18 pmWhat’s not known is just how harmful it is to eat these microplastics-in-fish-flesh. But it’s not just the microplastics themselves... View Article
300 Organizations Demand Anti-Trust Enforcement
February 14, 2017 7:26 pmIf organizations – representing millions of members – get their way, new Attorney General Jeff Sessions will ENFORCE EXISTING Anti-Trust... View Article
Bridging the Rural Urban Gap
January 23, 2017 2:50 pmGood interview with Oregonian Gabe Rowe in ‘Daily Yonder.’ Gabe has lived in two worlds and as a clear thinker... View Article
New Study Exposes USA Exports Do Not Go to Feed Hungry
January 9, 2017 3:57 pmIndustrial Ag has spent a lot of time and money on research and focus groups. They have learned good and... View Article