The Malthus Problem Almost everyone reading this will have had somewhere between a great grandparent or great great great grandparent who was alive when Darwin went...
It brings the past much closer when we consider that many people alive today had grandparents that lived through part of The Industrial Revolution. To put...
Synthetic fertilizer is often characterized by its unavoidable and unintended consequences, yet it without it the 1970’s predictions of mass famines in the 1980's and 90's...
Nick was a hippy filmmaker when his farmboy father suggested that he tell the story of modern agriculture. Except Nick didn’t believe in the approaches of...
There are many pervasive myths about agriculture, but some of the most dangerous to society are those that impact the world’s three most important crops, including...
Anywhere near marestail, soybean cyst nematode and sudden death syndrome outbreaks will be a region where the right crop choice is hard to make. Already farmers...
by Scott McPherson It brings the past much closer when we consider that many people alive today had grandparents that lived through part of The Industrial...
NEW AGRICULTURE MINISTER APPOINTED As Canada’s new Minister of Agriculture, will Marie-Claude Bibeau’s previous experience as Minister of International Development help her to quickly grasp the...