Does The Earth Have Too Many People?
There’s just not enough to go around. Mass depletion, and eventual elimination, of resources seems inevitable for a species that just can’t seem to ever have enough. We consume everything…
Tag: Agriculture
Sustainable Farming – A Video
For most farmers, sustainability is more than just maintaining things as they are – it’s making things better. It’s passing on our land to the next generation in better shape…
My Experience Attending Table For Twenty
On July 5th, I was invited to attend an event called “Table For Twenty”, a celebration of twenty years of biotechnology in crops. Too often, we spend our time defending…
A Year In The Life Of A Farmer
For many years, I wondered how agriculture could get its message out to the public about what exactly it is that we do. Why do we spray pesticides? Why do…
Why I Write
Why does anybody write? Is it some compulsion to make oneself heard? To leave something behind? We all want the world to remember us when we leave it. A page,…
The Farm Life is a Wonderful Life
If you have read my previous post (The Marathon Concludes… For Now), you know that seeding has been completed and we are well into in-crop spraying. This is a fascinating…
Could’ve Been Worse
The rain event we needed came on Monday. The rain event we needed to avoid came on Thursday. Yes, the rain that was forecast reared its ugly head early Thursday…
A Year in the Life of a Farmer 