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Life Cycle Study Shows Soy Continues to Grow More Sustainable By John Cooper, United Soybean Board directorSoybean farmer, Wynne, Ark. Today, probably one of the most overused, misunderstood and most difficult to accurately measure business practices proves to be the concept of sustainability as it relates to the environmental impact of many industries. U.S. soybean…
Yet because the world as a whole produces enough food for the entire world population, and because countries such as India with massive malnutrition also produce enough food to feed their entire populations, recent approaches to combat malnutrition have de-emphasised food production itself in the interventions needed to combat malnutrition. The emphasis instead has been…
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Ed Yong recently published a post called “On the origin of science writers” asking that science writers (anyone who regularly writes about science) tell the story of how they got started. The idea is to establish a resource for future writers. I joined the thread and have reprinted it here. As far back as I…
Regulation must be revolutionizedUnjustified and impractical legal requirements are stopping genetically engineeredcrops from saving millions from starvation and malnutrition, says Ingo Potrykus. Nature Volume 466 , July 29th 2010, page 561 The crop [Golden Rice] was stalled for more than ten years by the working conditions and requirements demanded by regulations (see ‘From bench to…
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Genes from Ebola Virus Family Found in Human Genome: Scientific American Genes from Ebola Virus Family Found in Human Genome A rush of new research has found evidence that some RNA viruses made their way into vertebrate genomes millions of years ago By Katherine Harmon at Scientific American Viruses do not make good fossils. But…
Things may not be as simple as they seem There is a strand of thought in modern, sophisticated societies which yearns for a simpler life. This is understandable; the complexities of living in the 21st century can be stressful. A quiet life in the country sounds idyllic to people balancing the demands of a job, urban…
“Hidden GMOs” : anti-GMO campaigners change target but not strategy – OGM : environnement, sante’ et politique: “‘Hidden GMOs’ : anti-GMO campaigners change target but not strategy” “Hidden GMOs” : anti-GMO campaigners change target but not strategy par Marcel Kuntz Having no GM crops or trials to destroy in France (since there are almost no…
U.S. farmers urge sanctions against EU’s GM crop ban | Reuters In this item Reuters reveal that the largest U.S. farm group has urged the Obama administration to begin steps towards imposing sanctions on the European Union in a longrunning dispute over the EU’s treatment of genetically modified crops. It says that he American Farm…
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George Steinmetz began his aerial adventures on leave from Stanford in 1979. Thirty one years later he has accumulated thousands of photographs from his flying machine. He showed us a sample here at the Aspen Environment Forum, sponsored by the National Geographic and the Aspen Institute. The Waw an Namu volcano in S. Libya, A…
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Brilliant talk by photographer Joel Sartore here at the Aspen Environment Forum, sponsored by the National Geographic and the Aspen Institute. “What can I do to get people to care about the environment? I want people to fall in love with these animals as much as I did so the world pays attention. I need…
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