By Edward Hammond, Prickly Research Official documents reveal that Daniel Voytas, a professor at the University of Minnesota and the co-inventor of the genome editing tool TALENs, has been found to have violated basic laboratory biosafety rules for a period of more than two years….
Slower growing broiler chickens are healthier and have more fun than conventional breeds of birds, new evidence from an independent commercial scale farm trial has shown. The study carried out by researchers from FAI Farms, the University of Bristol and The Norwegian University of Life…
By Ice Age Farmer Germany institutes “Agriculture Ban” on all crops within 30km of first confirmed African Swine Fever (ASF), which will not only provide FOOD & SHELTER to the wild hogs spreading the virus, but deprive Germany of that food left in the ground….
By Prof. Andrew Paul Gutierrez, Dr. Hans R. Herren and Dr. Peter E. Kenmore Grand claims are often made for GMO Bt cotton in India. Proponents point to increases in national cotton production, while Dr. Ramesh Chand of the Indian Government think tank Niti Aayog…
By Lucyna Gozdzielewska, Glasgow Caledonian University and Lesley Price, Glasgow Caledonian University Rearing animals for food takes time and requires hard work to maintain their health and well-being. Just as in humans, farm animals sometimes get sick and require drugs to treat infections. But organisms…
This ability of couch grass and wheat to phytoextract toxic metals can be used for effective cleaning of soils Irina Shtangeeva is a researcher at the Department of Soil Science and Soil Ecology, St Petersburg University. She has studied the ability of wheat and couch…
By Tyler Durden The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) released a new report Tuesday (Aug. 4) showing farm bankruptcies continue to increase. AFBF found bankruptcies rose 8% over the last 12 months (from June 2019 to June 2020), with 580 filings. The Midwest, Northwest, and Southeast recorded the…
By Kara Stiff The hot weather is definitely here in North Carolina, in spite of an oddly slow start to the summer. All our usual steamy heat appears to have been redirected to Siberia this year. But though I’m definitely sweating, early July is the…
By Michael Maharrey CHEYENNE, Wyo. (July 1, 2020) – Today, two Wyoming laws go into effect that increase food freedom in the state and undermine federal food regulations. Rep. Tyler Lindholm (R-Sundance) introduced House Bill 155 (HB155) in February. The new law allows consumers to…
By Sara Tipton The warm, sunny days are upon us. While we all love to sip on cold herbal tea that’s brewed in the sunshine all day, there are a few vital tasks that homesteaders should get done this summer before the weather turns. Where…
First observed evidence that agroforestry boosts pollinator numbers and crop pollination in temperate climates Planting woody plant species alongside crops could double the number of insect pollinators helping farmers produce food, new research has demonstrated for the first time. The study, led by the University…
The lives of honeybees are shortened – with evidence of physiological stress – when they are exposed to the suggested application rates of two commercially available and widely used pesticides, according to new Oregon State University research. In a study published in the journal PLOS…
By Lawrence W. Reed Over the nearly four decades that Leonard Read served as president of the Foundation for Economic Education (1946-83), he attracted dozens of luminaries to its board of trustees. My association with FEE—as a reader, writer, speaker, board member, chairman and president—began…
By Curtis Stone The Urban Farmer Curtis Stone interviews Christian Westbrook, the Ice Age Farmer, about solar cycles and why the current grand solar minimum could have major effects food production. Previous solar minimums resulted in widespread famines and the collapse of powerful empires. Curtis…
By Anthony McLennan Even before the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a strong push towards organic, local farm produce over the past few decades. The organic movement actually started in the early 1900s. Since the 1970s it has increased in momentum and over the past…
When it comes to future food production, the combined farming of fish and vegetables through aquaponics is currently a hotly debated topic. But how realistic is the idea? Publicly available data and analysis on the economic feasibility of professional aquaponics are at present very limited….
By Sara Tipton Nothing is more freeing than growing your own food. If you’ve already started growing vegetables in a garden, you know how good it is for your health and mental wellness, so why not try a fruit orchard? A home orchard can supply…
By Sara Burrows The American spirit lives on at a 300-year-old, cream-line dairy farm, where a farmer is working around the clock to bottle his own milk after his processor told him to dump it. Locals are lining up to support him. When Ben Brown’s…
By Jennifer Atkinson The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom. In the early days of lockdown, seed suppliers were depleted of inventory and reported “unprecedented” demand. Within the U.S., the trend has been compared to World War II victory gardening, when Americans grew food at home to support the war…
By Vic Bishop By now, most Americans are beginning to realize that the next phase of the ongoing coronavirus crisis is likely to include severe shortages of food, especially protein. American farmers are being crunched by a shutdown economy, and meat processing plants are shutting…
