Weve been told by trusted media and researchers that Kenya is on the brink of accepting biotechnology in agriculture. Ive said it myself. And now, President ...
Agricultural research needs to get out of the lab and into the field.
Thats the takeaway point from my recent attendance at a conference in Ethiopia.
Spo...
I never expected to become a catfish farmer, though Im not all surprised that I wound up in agriculture. Ive always been around farmsso it was natural that I...
Today is winter solsticethe darkest day of the year.
Here in southeast Saskatchewan, where my family farms, well see about eight hours of daylight. The sun...
The majority of Americans know very little about genetically modified food. Theyll even tell you so: In a poll by the Annenberg Public Policy Center last year,...
As a child, I would collect dry cattle dung on the outskirts of town. My family burned it to cook food and keep warm. For protein, we often ate locusts. Theyre...
When I decided to become a farmer in Zimbabwe, people viewed that as an unusual decision.
Men dominated agriculture in Africa, especially older menand here ...
Their eyes tell their sad stories as ghostly white irises give way to vacant stares. We can look at them but they cant look back at us. Theyve gone blind beca...
Im coming to America.
Actually, Ive already arrivedI got here in the middle of Augustand Ive come twice before, leaving my farm in Zimbabwe and flying a...
*EDITOR'S NOTE:please see breaking news from Kenya as reported Sept 1.
"In a decision hailed as the first of its kind for Africa, Kenyas Supreme Court on F...
