It’s easy to think about the ways farmers emit greenhouse gasses, but it’s hard to think about how they contribute to net zero emissions by cleaning the air.
Strong demand for income-producing land is generating high farm values, especially when sold during an auction because of competitive bidding.
The PR war always makes meat the villain, and that’s based on a thorough misinformation campaign. And usually the ‘bad guy’ doesn’t win in the end.
By encouraging agriculture to be included into core curriculum concepts in primary and middle schools, we can help strengthen agriculture literacy.
It’s not easy discussing succession planning with the next generation, but part of running operation is that farm transition responsibility.
Animal-rights activists get worse every year, calling our children who participate in FFA or 4H livestock exhibitions “murders” and “slave owners.” Its a step too far.
Scholars have begun to use the term food apartheid, rather than food desert, to describe the social inequalities in place in the nation’s food system.
Though the push for organic is well-intentioned, Sri Lanka is damaging its economy, health, and food security by not considering a balanced and phased transition.
Economists, government officials, and other experts say the pace of inflation is likely to ease over time. But no one seems anxious to say exactly when that will occur, or by how much the rate of inflation may drop.
Some people argue that an increase in insecticide use (both organic and synthetic) and a much-publicized Colony Collapse Disorder issue have caused honey bees to become endangered. There are numerous organizations dedicated to “saving the bees,” and many of them have targeted farmers as major culprits in the demise of the honey bee population. On […]