Agency believes dust is a pollutant and wants to impose stringent limitations on the amount of dust farmers are allowed to kick up while plying their trade.
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Don’t look for any new science in this new President’s Report. There isn’t any. It’s just the same old fears and alarms that have circulated since Rachel Carson.
Insights |
Are environmental policies starving children in poor countries? Bill Gates certainly thinks so. And he may be right. He believes we should get additional food from higher yields on the 37 percent of the earth’s land area we already farm, not by clearing more land for low-yield crops.
News |
Saluting Norman Borlaug's scientific, agricultural, and humanitarian legacy
Insights |
Trees have so many benefits that the farmers continue to plant and protect them. The message from the satellites is that they’re doing far more of this than we’ve realized.
Insights |
To date, the Obama administration has shown little interest in reversing a policy that favors fish over farmers.
News |
How do you turn something as plentiful as grass into food? Feed it to cows and have a B.B.Q.! U.S. meat production per acre has doubled since 1970, largely due to pesticides, veterinary chemistry, and better plant breeding
News |
International efforts to ban chicken coops harms birds, farmers
Insights |
McDonald's capitulates to call for pesticide-free French fries
Research |
Newly developed genes offer promise for beating rust fungus threat
Research |
New study asserts dubious scientific claims
Blogs |
New book challenges the alleged health, environment benefits of “growing natural”
Blogs |
Comparatively speaking, dangers from today's fast foods are easy to digest
Blogs |
Three California counties reject measures to ban the use of GM crops
Blogs |
Facts challenge organic's benefits over modern agriculture
Blogs |
Many worldwide go hungry due to food spoilage - but don't have to
Blogs |
Economic, environmental benefits keep biotech on the upswing
Blogs |
Is frying carbohydrate-rich foods a health hazard?
Blogs |
Controversy is latest in biotech battle
Blogs |
Food doesn't magically appear on the shelves - modern agriculture makes it happen
Blogs |
Big things are happening on the farm
Blogs |
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