Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Monsanto Losing Millions – Farmers in India Switching to Indigenous Cotton
Monsanto is losing millions of dollars now that farmers in India are switching to indigenous cotton seeds rather than Bt cotton.
Archive for the Farming Category
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Why Get Geese?
Lawns have gotten a bad reputation because of the huge amounts of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides they use, not to mention the noise and pollution put out by the lawnmower.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Agriculture’s Ponzi Scheme
After World War II, starvation was a real danger, and calories were in short supply. The United States Dept of Agriculture put in place subsidies to grow calories, which have evolved to this day to a system exactly contrary to what is needed.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Low Hanging Fruit for the Progressive Movement
We have here the potential for a coalition of health reform as demanded by our public health organizations, immigration reform (this is also the cause of Mexican farmers being driven off their land), water preservation in the rivers and the sea.