BBC caught spreading lies about climate change, Vietnam crop production

There is no crop crisis in Vietnam, due to global warming or any other reason. Keep this in mind the next time you hear alarmist claims about a climate crisis and are tempted to accept them at face value.

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|2019-10-01T20:52:11-04:00September 30th, 2019|Comments Off on BBC caught spreading lies about climate change, Vietnam crop production

Urban agriculture: Big things “downtown” on the farm

Vertical farms are giant urban buildings where crops are stacked in trays on top of each other, in order to better get fresh produce into major metropolitan cities.

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|2019-09-15T17:34:41-04:00September 18th, 2019|Comments Off on Urban agriculture: Big things “downtown” on the farm

Food from thin air?

A new kind of food made from electricity, water, and air has been invented that could completely revolutionize how we understand food.

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|2019-07-16T17:40:19-04:00July 17th, 2019|Comments Off on Food from thin air?

Can farmers still trust the USDA?

America’s farmers and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) used to trust each other. The farmers are still there, but USDA has been politicized.

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|2019-06-26T10:59:55-04:00June 30th, 2019|Comments Off on Can farmers still trust the USDA?

Can plant viruses help boost pesticide safety?

Researchers have discovered a particular plant virus that can deliver pesticide molecules deeper below the ground, targeting places normally beyond their reach. This has the benefit of limiting a pesticide’s impact on the natural world.

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|2019-06-07T09:47:45-04:00June 9th, 2019|Comments Off on Can plant viruses help boost pesticide safety?

Debunked: CO2 will not cause a food shortage

Collin’s most distorted contortion of credulity suggests that increased atmospheric CO2 levels present a plant growth liability. These shelves emptied by Venezuelan Socialism, not your appliances.

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|2019-06-05T14:38:00-04:00June 5th, 2019|Comments Off on Debunked: CO2 will not cause a food shortage

Alarmists issue rare prediction that can be tested – 30 years from now

Climate alarmists frequently claim global warming will cause crop failures. The predictions, however, rarely come with a definitive date and an objective measuring stick.

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|2019-05-31T09:35:17-04:00May 31st, 2019|Comments Off on Alarmists issue rare prediction that can be tested – 30 years from now

Unfounded fears about synthetic pesticides

By Steve Goreham. Our modern society suffers from “chemophobia." Will insects eat our crops or people? Scientific evidence shows that everyday exposure to synthetic pesticides is negligible and that widespread pesticide fears are unfounded.

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|2018-11-15T10:34:08-05:00November 15th, 2018|Comments Off on Unfounded fears about synthetic pesticides

Media sounds alarm on crop insects despite record yields

Environmental activists have published a study claiming global warming will cause a decline in crop yields because warmer temperatures benefit crop-feeding insects.

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|2018-09-03T23:33:30-04:00September 10th, 2018|Comments Off on Media sounds alarm on crop insects despite record yields

“Agro-Ecology” campaign enshrines primitive agriculture and malnutrition as human rights

It essentially asserts that indigenous, traditional farmers must be shielded from market forces and modern technologies, so that they can continue using ancient, primitive, “culturally appropriate” methods.

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|2018-07-22T12:14:59-04:00July 22nd, 2018|Comments Off on “Agro-Ecology” campaign enshrines primitive agriculture and malnutrition as human rights

Global Warming Exhibit B: April Was the 400th Straight Better than Average Crop

Global crop production sets new records virtually every year.

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|2018-05-21T22:55:59-04:00May 23rd, 2018|Comments Off on Global Warming Exhibit B: April Was the 400th Straight Better than Average Crop

“Evil” GE foods and “eco-friendly” organics

The Green attack on genetically improved crops is deeply unscientific and hurts the environment, the poor and everyone.

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|2018-06-27T10:21:18-04:00May 18th, 2018|Comments Off on “Evil” GE foods and “eco-friendly” organics

Farmer’s decades-old wetlands nightmare continues in PA

When Robert Brace set out to convert pastureland to cropland on his farm in Erie County, little did he know that this simple, age-old farming practice would lead to decades of litigation that has cost him over a million dollars in fines and legal fees.

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|2018-03-20T08:39:13-04:00March 20th, 2018|Comments Off on Farmer’s decades-old wetlands nightmare continues in PA

Seeing the CO2 greening of Planet Earth

Two years ago the big scientific news was that increasing CO2 levels were increasing plant productivity around the world. CO2 is the global food supply so this is good news indeed.

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|2018-03-08T21:25:40-05:00March 8th, 2018|Comments Off on Seeing the CO2 greening of Planet Earth

Confiscating private land for frogs

CFACT Senior Policy Analyst Paul Driessen warns that a pending Supreme Court case could leave property owners at the mercy of federal bureaucrats who would have absolute authority to order them to renovate their property to welcome endangered species -- at their own expense, even if the species was not native to the property.

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|2018-01-04T12:09:52-05:00January 4th, 2018|Comments Off on Confiscating private land for frogs
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