The Story Behind Your Glass of Milk
I’m a dairy farmer who loves to tell the story behind a glass of milk! Every story about the food we eat is important, but I think it has become even more impo...
Technology
This Farmer Dietitian Does Not Trust the Wizardry of Dr. Oz
It’s time to pull back the curtain on Dr. Oz and expose him for the fearmonger that he is. The daily television show of the man whose full name is Mehmet Oz ...
US East Coast Hazelnuts A Breeding Triumph
I’m a failed hazelnut farmer. Then again, so is every other farmer who has tried to grow hazelnuts in New Jersey. In fact, almost nobody east of the Rockies ...
European Bureaucrats Deny EU Farmers Access to Innovative Technology
Imagine trying to survive in the modern world with one of those old mobile phones that featured a stubby antenna, push-button dialing, and an LCD display. Yo...
On the Brink of Innovative Ag Technology Acceptance: A Kenyan Farmer’s Perspective
Farmers have good years and bad years. Here in Kenya, however, the good years never have seemed quite as good as they should be and the bad years have felt wors...
Unnecessary War on Glyphosate Puts Sustainable Agriculture at Risk
As an Australian farmer who relies on glyphosate to grow reliable, safe, healthy food, I’m appalled at several recent legal and political decisions. Sadly, they...
View from a Canadian Farmer: Does Glyphosate Cause Cancer?
Glyphosate and cancer. This is something we are hearing so much about, seemingly all of the sudden, with major stories breaking in the last week. Just last Frid...
The Consequences When Ag Technology is Withheld: A Farmer’s Perspective
How much would your life change if suddenly the government were to ban mobile phones? It would alter everything, from how you work to how you communicate with ...
India’s Supreme Court Must Protect Intellectual Property Rights
As people of the land, farmers understand the value of property rights. As a farmer in India, traditional property rights are intact and at the center of our so...
Crop Biotech 3.0: A Farmer’s Perspective
Here in New Zealand, we did not participate in the GE Gene Revolution. Farmers like me see an advantage in making sure that we do not miss the next one. You...