I began blogging about agriculture and related issues in July of 2009. Since that time I have posted nearly 200 times: on Sustainablog, Red Green and Blue, Eat Drink Better, on News Blaze, on Biofortified and on Applied Mythology only. I've also posted 15 larger documents on SCRIBD. I've classified these posts by topic below and provided links. I appreciate comments even on the older posts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attempting to counter the anti-science and anti-technology narratives that are so widespread today | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Major Scientific Conference Convened To Evaluate The Safety of GMO Crops (24 years ago!) Its What You Know For Sure That Keeps You From Learning A Myth is Born The Frustrating Lot of The American Sweet Corn Grower GMO Labeling and the China Scenario How I Helped Create A Superweed (AM, a real story about a weed that became resistant to our biocontrol organism and a commentary on the over-used term, "superweed") The Bizarre, Modern Coalition of Anti-Science Forces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Countering the widespread disinformation about biotechnology, GMOs etc Consumers should get to try the first biotech applies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Misuse of A Vietnam Era Tragedy (a response to the "Agent Orange Corn" distortion) What Should We Know About Foreign Genes In Our Food? 24 Long-Term Feeding Studies Reviewed by European Scientists Support GMO Safety | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts about the "Carbon Footprint of Agriculture" and its often non-intuitive status | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts about Climate Change - how it will effect agriculture and how agriculture can mitigate the changes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Some observations about demographic trends with important ramifications for humanity in the future | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thinking about the unfortunate nature of the debates over food and technology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Countering the extremely misleading interpretation of USDA pesticide residue data which appears in the Environmental Working Groups, "Dirty Dozen List" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discussions of aspects of the food supply that are frequently misunderstood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discussions of the challenge ahead to continue to feed a growing global population and analysis of the on-going phenomenon of unusually large swings in global food prices | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Limited Encouragement in the Latest Release of the FAO, Food Price Index (7/5/12) Mixed Messages in the Latest Data in the FAO Food Price Index (6/7/12) Where Are Global Food Prices Headed? (about the most recent FAO food index update, 3/8/12) Global Food Situation: This Does Not Look Good The Local Food That Matters The Most | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Talking about the little-known fact that much of our farmland is leased, and an analysis of what that means for the implementation of optimal sustainability practices | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Why an extensively "local" food supply is not practical or fully desirable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Confronting the widespread myths about what Organic is and what ultimate contribution it could ever make to the food supply | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General discussions about how things work in the food supply | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||
0 comments:
Post a Comment