The lives of honeybees are shortened – with evidence of physiological stress – when they are exposed to the suggested application rates of two commercially available and widely used pesticides, according to new Oregon State University research. In a study published in the journal PLOS…
By Lawrence W. Reed Over the nearly four decades that Leonard Read served as president of the Foundation for Economic Education (1946-83), he attracted dozens of luminaries to its board of trustees. My association with FEE—as a reader, writer, speaker, board member, chairman and president—began…
By Curtis Stone The Urban Farmer Curtis Stone interviews Christian Westbrook, the Ice Age Farmer, about solar cycles and why the current grand solar minimum could have major effects food production. Previous solar minimums resulted in widespread famines and the collapse of powerful empires. Curtis…
By Anthony McLennan Even before the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a strong push towards organic, local farm produce over the past few decades. The organic movement actually started in the early 1900s. Since the 1970s it has increased in momentum and over the past…
When it comes to future food production, the combined farming of fish and vegetables through aquaponics is currently a hotly debated topic. But how realistic is the idea? Publicly available data and analysis on the economic feasibility of professional aquaponics are at present very limited….
By Sara Tipton Nothing is more freeing than growing your own food. If you’ve already started growing vegetables in a garden, you know how good it is for your health and mental wellness, so why not try a fruit orchard? A home orchard can supply…
By Sara Burrows The American spirit lives on at a 300-year-old, cream-line dairy farm, where a farmer is working around the clock to bottle his own milk after his processor told him to dump it. Locals are lining up to support him. When Ben Brown’s…
By Jennifer Atkinson The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom. In the early days of lockdown, seed suppliers were depleted of inventory and reported “unprecedented” demand. Within the U.S., the trend has been compared to World War II victory gardening, when Americans grew food at home to support the war…
By Vic Bishop By now, most Americans are beginning to realize that the next phase of the ongoing coronavirus crisis is likely to include severe shortages of food, especially protein. American farmers are being crunched by a shutdown economy, and meat processing plants are shutting…
By Anthony McLennan Farmers with excess supplies brought on by the coronavirus lockdown are cutting out the middle man and selling directly to consumers in order to minimise food waste. Lockdown regulations have resulted in the closure of many businesses and organizations which would usually…
By Elias Marat As the coronavirus pandemic continues to do damage to the United States economy, an increasing amount of working-poor and middle-class families are being pushed to the brink of poverty and food insecurity. However, the problem has also extended to farmers, who have…
By Tyler Durden Lebanon, the tiny Mediterranean country with hugely outsized debt, has become the first country in the Middle East to legalize the growing of cannabis in an unlikely precedent. The Lebanese Parliament approved a law on Tuesday which allows its growth for medicinal…
By Sara Tipton With a worldwide health crisis circulating the globe, it’s important to remember and put thought into what today is. Today is the day we focus on better ways to take care of Earth. Because let’s be honest, we haven’t done enough to…
By Sara Tipton Urban and first-time gardeners are gravitating toward easy-to-grow garden staples! If you can, why not start planting these garden favorites that only need 60 days or less to mature? Trust me, you could start this now. It’s important to get creative to save…
By Dan Sanchez and Tyler Brandt Frustrated shoppers have reason to cry over spilled milk. Dairy farmers are dumping millions of gallons of the stuff. Meanwhile, some dairy products are sold out at many grocery stores across the country, due to intense demand for basic…
By Mac Slavo According to internal documents, Monsanto and Germany’s BASF knew their products would destroy farms in the United States. The firms disregarded the risks even while they planned on how to profit off farmers who would buy Monsanto’s new seeds just to avoid…
By Sara Tipton It is difficult to visualize what our world’s future might look like given the twists and turns of a pandemic. While many are sitting in their homes fearful of what the future may hold, it isn’t difficult to see into my future. I’m…
Pesticide-coated seeds — such as neonicotinoids, many of which are highly toxic to both pest and beneficial insects — are increasingly used in the major field crops, but are underreported, in part, because farmers often do not know what pesticides are on their seeds, according…
By Neenah Payne “The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.” — Thomas Jefferson. Beans and rice are a daily staple in all Caribbean as well as Central and South American countries – for breakfast,…
One of the world’s most widely used glyphosate-based herbicides, Roundup, can trigger loss of biodiversity, making ecosystems more vulnerable to pollution and climate change, say researchers from McGill University. The widespread use of Roundup on farms has sparked concerns over potential health and environmental effects…
