Archive for category: Agriculture and Environment
These posts will highlight the continued conservation efforts and environmental challenges of agricultural producers.
One Georgia Farmer’s Story of Saving His Soul and His Farm

I’ve spent the last couple of days with one of my favorite organizations, Sand County Foundation, where I participated in...
NAS Releases New Study Confirming Safety of Genetically Engineered Cropsto Humans, But Questions Remain on Environmental Impacts

This past week, the National Academy of Sciences, released a study titled Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects, which...
Agriculture’s Ability to Innovate is the Linchpin for Clean Water

Pa. can keep the Chesapeake Bay clean without hurting farmers – here’s how By Ron Kreider By PennLive Op-Ed...
Sierra Club – This Week’s Environmental Saboteur Award

Before you write that next check to the Sierra Club, consider this sad tale from the State of Maryland....
Is Feeding 9.5 Billion People Environmentally Sustainable?

I recently caught up with Bruce Knight, former Chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in the Bush Administration,...
Mehan Talks “Waters of the U.S.” at the Farm Foundation Forum

Those of you who have been following EPA’s proposed rule redefining the term “Waters of the U.S.” and the...
Agriculture Discovers a New Crop – Shorebird Protection

This is one of those great cooperative conservation stories that is just begging to be told – and replicated elsewhere. For...
Enhancing Water Quality Through Agricultural Conservation

One of the things that U.S. Department of Agriculture has done well, is to recognize that when they cost...
The “Good” Part of the Farm Bill

Most of the Farm Bills over the years, including the one presently under consideration for reauthorization in Congress, are...
Genetically Modified Crops – Trojan Horse or Solution to a Hungry World

China rejects shipment of genetically modified corn from U.S., LA Times, reports. This story broke over the holidays, so I’m...
Fences Make Good Neighbors

Interesting article by Jesse Hirsch over at Modern Farmer titled Thievery, Fraud, Fistfights and Weed: The Other Side of...
As Important as Dirt

Finally got around to picking up Jared Diamond’s book, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2005), an exposition...
Good Intentions Leading to Bad Policy – The Ethanol Quagmire

The American Petroleum Institute this week filed suit against EPA, seeking to overturn the agency’s renewable fuel standards that...
More Chicken Wings, More Environmental Challenges

We have a lot of chickens in Maryland. And, in fact, we humans are outnumbered 1,000 to 1 along...
Feathers Ruffled in Montgomery County

Suburban living hasn’t always offered a very chicken-friendly way of life, but where I live that could be changing. Montgomery County,...
The Farm Bill – Perhaps a Moment for Liberals and Conservatives to Hold Hands

By Brent Fewell Seems no one except special interest is happy with the Senate’s version of the Farm Bill passed today and...
fast food, packaging, pets, urban sprawl, and other things which can be rectified only slowly and only through a concerted effort of education."
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