Technology Delivers Meat and Protein Choices
The “meatless revolution” is underway, according to the Wall Street Journal—but in this supposed upheaval, people aren’t quitting meat in the conventional sense...
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A Campaign Focused on Science Over Fiction
Joe Biden said it well: “We choose science over fiction.” The former vice president and current presidential candidate was wrapping up his remarks on July 31...
Science is Rescuing the Chestnut Tree
When we talk about an “old chestnut,” we usually mean a familiar story—sometimes one that’s been told so often that it has become stale, but also possibly one t...
Let Africans Decide What is Best for Africa
The statement just came to me: “Let Africans decide what is best for Africa!” A European “expert” had offered a different opinion. In his view, African farme...
Modern Agriculture Gives Food Producers and Consumers a Win-Win
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. That’s why I like to take pictures of my crops: My pictures tell a simple story about good food and crop prot...
India’s Farmers Want Access to Innovative Agriculture Technologies
It is very difficult to stop a good idea from spreading. This is the ultimate lesson gained from the discovery this spring that genetically modified brinjal ...
Meeting The Brexit Challenge By Opening Our Farm Gates And Telling Our Story
Close to 300,000 visitors will descend on British farms on June 9. I dreamed up Open Farm Sunday (OFS) some 14 years ago. Its purpose is to build trust and bust...
For Africa, the Way Forward is to Embrace Technology, Not Fear It!
When I first heard about the activists who want to take away crop-protection products from African farmers like me, I couldn’t believe it. Do they really want t...
Kenyan Maize Offers a Lesson in Food Supply Chain Challenges and Opportunities
If we didn’t have maize, everything would be different, from how we farm to what we eat. Less than one season ago, it seemed we were growing more maize than ...
Supplying The World’s Pork
There may not be enough pigs in the world to make up for the losses that China and the rest of Asia is about to suffer from a new outbreak of African swine feve...