Fourteen of My Favorite Flowers
il faut cultiver notre jardin.
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Read more...Robert Pollin critiques the Biden climate plan for over-relying on unproven carbon capture, investing too little in solar and wind, and treating China as a rival.
Read more...In the COVID era, growing food locally has become more essential than ever.
Read more...The European Commission’s ambitous Green Deal plans are already stumbling over bureaucratic infighting and ag industry opposition.
Read more...Covid-19 still stalks the land and winter is coming.
Read more...A new report shows Africa’s Green Revolution is “failing on its own terms.”
Read more...Bayer agrees to $10.9 billion glyphosate settlement, resolving much pending US litigation. The company still faces European woes.
Read more...Memorial Day musings on plants and vegetables (and fruits).
Read more...A permaculture gardening book for those isolated and seeking a project, or just a good read.
Read more...The work of building biodiversity into our food systems has two distinct challenges. One is preserving the genetic material contained in the seeds and the centuries of agricultural knowledge that have developed alongside them. And two is nurturing a relationship with the seeds as living beings.
Read more...Our understanding of soil is changing fast with new science. But can soil science help prevent global warming? Or, if the problems are political, not scientific, what is the political barrier?
Read more...“The awesomeness is in the evolution of a neglected, left-for-dead side yard of a rental building into a living, breathing space with butterflies, bees, fat earthworms, and toads, not to mention flowering plants.”
Read more...Gene editing does not always work as advertised. And that’s before getting to the fact that genetically modified crops have been found to be less robust than native strains.
Read more...Why degrowth is necessary and potentially attractive.
Read more...A UN report on agroecology finds that many farming methods pooh-poohed as traditional offer significant advantages over industrial farming.
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