Does Farming Have a Future?
This may seem like a question with an obvious yes. People will always need to eat. The question, however, is much deeper and more nuanced than that. For the last…
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Climate Change is Not the Apocalypse
Climate change, along with our other environmental issues, is a solvable problem. Not a crisis. It’s not even our biggest problem.
The Miracle of Incremental Progress
What I’m pointing out is the quiet, slow, but often stunning progress that happens over the course of many years.
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…
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.
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.