Category: Agriculture
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Pyrolysis
Continuing on the idea of agricultural wastes, we move to pyrolysis, a term used to describe the conversion of biomass (and non-biological waste products, as well) into constituent elements by…
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Mycoculture
Agricultural technologies that turn waste products into something useful have been absent from farming systems for too long now. Weeds, manure, bagasse, corn cobs, shells and husks…these are a few…
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GMOs Provoke Outrage
I’ve been awful at keeping up on my commitment to blogging. Its difficult as I try to work full time to pay the bills, but I suppose there are many…
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Fair Trade in a Global Economy
It has been almost 20 years since Fair Trade pioneers and social justice advocates started with an idea. And surely, after many long hours worked and many battles won and…
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GMOs Fail to Deliver
In 1996, global seed companies like Monsanto and Syngenta promised that genetically modified (GM) crops would be our salvation. GM crops would solve world hunger, rescue the small farmer from…
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Monsanto v. Percy Schmeiser
I would encourage anybody interested in the implications of gene patenting and genetically modified organisms to listen to the broadcast recording of a talk given by farmer and citizen activist…
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Global Warming in Africa
Some parts of the world are more vulnerable to a worldwide natural disturbance like global warming. Areas subject to drought and desertification are on the top of that list. In…
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The Social Cost of Monoculture
Monoculture is often attacked from an ecological perspective: it causes the buildup of pests and diseases, it depletes the soil, it requires intensive chemical inputs. Granted, these realities have serious…
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The Question of Agrobiodiversity
Over the past century, we have seen massive loss of agricultural biodiversity, in terms of both species and varieties. The statistics on biodiversity loss in varietal strains are staggering. According…
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Center for the Improvement of Cocoa
Established in 2000, the Experimental Station of Matalarga specializes in the improvement of cocoa production in the Dominican Republic. The research team at the station has identified two areas of…
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