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Tag Archives: farm
Roundup weedkiller and Roundup Ready crops
The world’s most popular weedkiller is called Roundup. It’s used in gardens, on farms and in public places. Many of the world’s most popular genetically modified (GM, genetically engineered) crops are called Roundup Ready. You can spray these crops with … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, horticulture, knowledge transfer
Tagged Africa, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, America, Asia, bacterium, Bayer, biotechnology, crop, Europe, farm, garden, genetic modification, glyphosate, herbicide, herbicide resistance, history, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, Monsanto, patent, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, plant_monocot, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, Syngenta, trade, weed
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European pesticide rules might threaten American exports
CropLife America ‘represents the developers, manufacturers, formulators and distributors of plant science solutions for agriculture and pest management in the United States.’ It’s a good source of information on many topics, including the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) now … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, horticulture, money and trade
Tagged America, BASF, Bayer, crop, Dow, DuPont, Europe, farm, fruit, garden, grain, law, Monsanto, nut, peanut, pest, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, seed, soya, Syngenta, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
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Insects as Haute Cuisine
Originally posted on Living With Insects Blog:
Mealworm Stir-fry The BBC has an article about insect cuisine in upscale French Restaurants. Chef Elie Daviron specializes in insect snacks arranged for appealing combinations of textures tastes and colors. His high end…
Posted in food, knowledge transfer, miniculture
Tagged arthropod, entomoculture, entomophagy, farm, feed, food, insect, livestock, microlivestock
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Climate change ‘driving spread of crop pests’
Rebecca Morelle at the BBC tells us about evidence that climate change is affecting crop pests. Crop pests are moving North in the Northern Hemisphere, South in the Southern Hemisphere. Many crop pests are insects and other arthropods. They’re quite … Continue reading
Posted in food, money and trade, weather and climate
Tagged alien species, arthropod, bacterium, beetle, climate, coleopteran, Colorado beetle, crop, evolution, farm, food, fungus, garden, insect, law, nematode, notifiable pest, oomycete, pest, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, trade, transport, viroid
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Could Food Insecure Africa Have Found a Saviour in Farming God’s Way?
argylesock says… I wasn’t going to read this article, because I don’t believe in God. But lots of people do, and anyway the ideas now labelled ‘Farming God’s Way’ sound very sensible.
Posted in food, knowledge transfer
Tagged arthropod, compost, conservation, corn, crop, crop rotation, development, disease, erosion, farm, farmer, fertiliser, finance, food, food security, history, insect, intensive, irrigation, knowledge, labour, land use, maize, mulch, pest, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, population, religion, research, seed, soil, technology, tillage, trade, transport, waste, water
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Bangladesh Gets Bt Brinjal
Originally posted on Thought + Food:
It has been a recurring theme here at Thought+Food that the debates going on about the food system should not be overwhelmed by special interest groups. Instead, there must be room for the farmer to make…
Posted in agriculture, horticulture
Tagged arthropod, Asia, aubergine, biotechnology, brinjal, Bt crop, Bt toxin, development, eggplant, evolution, farm, farmer, garden, gardener, genetic modification, insect, insecticide, larva, law, lepidopteran, Monsanto, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_dicot, politics, population, root borer, staple food, stem borer, vegetable, vegetable variety
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A New Common Agricultural Policy for Europe
I have written before on the prospect of a new CAP for a new era of farming in Europe. The proposed changes were actually published about 6 weeks ago but it has taken a bit of time to sift through…
Posted in agriculture
Tagged farm, farmer, garden, gardener, land use, planning, politics, sustainable
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Existing cropland could feed four billion more by dropping biofuels and animal feed
Emily Cassidy at the University of Minnesota says that four billion more people could eat if existing croplands were used in better ways. ‘We already produce enough calories to feed a few billion more people. As our planet gets more … Continue reading
Mangled Jet Stream Swings to Hot Over UK: New Weather Emergency Brings Killer Heatwave, Wildfires
Originally posted on robertscribbler:
This winter the UK weather news was snow, storms and cold. This spring the news was cold, rain and flooding. Now, the news is deadly record heatwave. Over the past week, the UK has baked under…
Posted in weather and climate
Tagged climate, farm, farmer, garden, gardener, weather
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From sea to shining sea
The United States is discussing trade with neighbours to its east and to its west. No doubt to its south and north too, but just now I’m thinking about its trading partners across the Atlantic and across the Pacific. What … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, fish, food, money and trade
Tagged farm, fishery, food, garden, human, land, politics, sea, trade, Trans Pacific Partnership, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
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