Tag: farming
What Foods are Genetically Modified? – Best Food Facts
What Foods are Genetically Modified? | BestFoodFacts.org Last edited on May 15, 2015. Originally posted on November 13, 2014. There is conversation aplenty about GMOs. In fact, there is so much talk o... Read More
Think organic food is better for you, animals, and the planet? Think again
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/12/think-organic-food-is-better-for-you-animals-and-the-planet-thin/ The organics hype is just that – hype Credit: Wayne Farrell/Alamy Bjørn Lomb... Read More
Why it’s important kids learn about modern agriculture – Ag in the Forefront
Why it’s important kids learn about modern agriculture KP_Farmland.jpg As a kid who grew up on our family’s ranch, it was easy to take things for granted. I knew where the beef in our freezer came... Read More
This much is certain: For farmers, crop insurance is essential
Source: http://www.cropinsuranceinamerica.org/icymi-this-much-is-certain-for-farmers-crop-insurance-is-essential/#.WGXafX2zC4M Craig Hill, Iowa 6:04 p.m. CDT October 4, 2016 There are a number of cert... Read More
Big Media Takes on Big Food, Big Ag and Big Meat – Meat Institute
Source: http://blog.meatinstitute.org/2016/10/big-media-takes-on-big-food-big-ag-and-big-meat/ By: Eric Mittenthal “Lazy, unfair and pointlessly vague.” That’s how the Washington Post’s Paul ... Read More
Food does not come from a grocery store – Merced Sun-Star
BY JIM COSTA Whiskey is for drinking. Water is for fighting over. In the Valley, we all know the phrase, coined by Mark Twain more than a century ago. It is tired, overused and just as accurate as eve... Read More
Farm Babe: From tires to toilets, today’s world runs on GMOs – AGDAILY.COM
By Michelle Miller, Farm Babe http://www.farmbabe.org/ Published: November 01, 2016 Around 90 percent of certain crop farmers have been growing GMOs for a couple of decades now, but what are they and ... Read More
The tiresome discussion of initial GMO expectations
By Andrew Kniss (Independent Expert) on Monday, October 31, 2016 – 09:53 Category: Impact on Environment, Impact on Farms, Science and GMO Basics The following is reposted from weed scientist An... Read More