It’s Time to Reject the Hysteria and Embrace the Science
Contrary to many sensationalist newspaper headlines, the world’s leading weedkiller doesn’t cause cancer in people. That’s the conclusion of the European Che...
Precision Ag, Water, Soil
Agroforestry in Nepal is Sustainable Agriculture
Every morning when I open my eyes and look out the window of my house, I can see the beautiful Himalaya Mountains. Even Mt. Everest is clearly visible from my s...
Choosing the Right US Secretary of Agriculture Is Getting the Attention It Requires
Prediction: Nobody will be talking about the Trump administration’s lack of an agriculture secretary a month or two from now. Instead, we’ll be amazed at how...
Choosing Optimism As We Feed the World
At the dawn of 2017, it’s time to make America great again by making America competitive again—and the Global Farmer Network spent much of the last 12...
Message to the NY Times: Farmers Choose to Plant GM Crops Because They Are Delivering Benefits
I don’t tell reporters at the New York Times how to write their articles. Maybe they should consider not telling me how to run my farm. That was my first tho...
Advocating for Agriculture On A Changing Planet
My father with a group of farmers worried about soils in Argentina stopped centuries of unintentional agricultural degradation by changing the way they farmed t...
International Year of the Pulses – An Important Crop for India and the World
Pulses are a very important crop for India. They are an important source of protein, grow quickly, generate good profits for farmers, and contribute to agricul...
Video: How farmer-philanthropist Howard Buffett is planting hope in Africa
Via PBS News Hour - May 2, 2016: "Howard Buffett, son of billionaire Warren Buffett, has an ambitious life goal: ending world hunger. As a farmer and philant...
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Video: Dead Harvest
Chronicles the lack of farm water in California's Central Valley....
Taking Care of the Soil is a Gift for Our Children
Farmers don’t inherit the soil from their parents as much as they borrow it from their children. As the International Year of Soils comes to a close, we have to...