Thinking About The Future
As we drive into the future, I wonder what it will look like for my son, Asher. I believe he will see more change in his life than even my grandparents saw in theirs – and that’s saying a lot.
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The Legacy of Years of Excess Moisture
For the first time in quite a few years, 2015 is shaping up to be a little on the drier side. Despite the drier bias, the effects of excess moisture still linger, with failing roads, full sloughs and a disturbing rise in soil salinity.
Why I’m Not An Organic Farmer
Pesticides, GMOs, Roundup, super-weeds, evil wheat, big Ag and a hundred other buzz-words are touted as the failure of modern agriculture’s quest to feed the world. Organic farming is proclaimed as the solution to these problems, as the future of sustainable agriculture. The reality is, as I will tell you in this post, that the opposite is true; conventional farming, not organic, is better for the environment and can sustainably and safely feed a growing world.
