COMMENTARY
This one’s for you, Anastasia: Very interesting argument by Pamela Ronald, UC Davis plant pathology professor (and co-author with her organic-farmer husband of "Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food"), that we should be focusing on a hybrid agricultural model of both genetic engineering and organic farming to feed future populations. We’re listening. But until non-industry-funded, multi-disciplinary risk-management studies are performed on GM crops — and human error is taken into account — we’re still thinking organic is better off going it alone. (The Boston Globe)
BLOGS
You had us at "upchuck rebellion": Kat leads a rousing big cheer for Jim Hightower’s new book, "Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow." (Eating Liberally)
Annals of farming: Hog farmer Walter Jeffries takes delivery of a ton of Ben & Jerry’s outdated peanut butter for his pigs. If only he’d gotten a picture of the first few test chomps… (Sugar Mountain Farm)
Just saying no to Big Brother: One farmer intends to burn her copy of the United States 2007 Census of Agriculture. (Granny Miller)
Ew! There could be Splenda in our drinking water! (Julie’s Health Club/Chicago Trib)
Students build bike-powered grain crusher (TreeHugger)
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March 24th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Thank you for sharing that article! I’m very happy to see that I’m not the only person who thinks the best agriculture would be a careful combination of technology and organic methods. Dr. Ronald is now on my list of possible labs to post-doc in :)
April 4th, 2008 at 9:04 am
I not only know Pamela Ronald personally, but I interviewed her on this topic a couple years ago, and knew about the book in the works. Now I’m going to have to pick this up!