Farming Through Risk
I've lived through tornadoes and hailstorms---but I've never seen anything like the derecho that blasted across Iowa and the Midwest on August 10.
Only in the ...
Sustainability: Water, Soil, Climate
Agricultural strides: Consumer Packaged Goods companies take stake in the land
In this February 10, 2020 Food & Travel CPG Smart Brief article, Audrey Altmann offers a spotlight on ways consumer packaged goods companies are working to...
California Can Keep the Water Flowing
California is in trouble.
We can't keep the lights on, the fires out, or the air clean.
Worst of all, from my perspective as a farmer, is that we've failed to...
Digital Connectivity - Adversity Breeds Innovation
Our farm may be located in rural New Zealand, where some may think it's "hard to reach" or "remote and isolated", but more than 90 percent of the wool and meat ...
Farmer Views On Soil Health
The past several years theres been more attention and focus on soil health in agriculture. Not all soils are the same and different places around the world ma...
The Grapes of Mali
It takes a farmer to grow grapes, but it takes an architect to grow grapes in the desert.
Thats what I discovered here in Mali, a landlocked country that re...
Argentinian Mission to Export Expertise
Farmers everywhere want to grow enough crops to sell to others. Thats how we survive here in Argentina: From our farm in La Carlota, a small city on the plains...
Unnecessary War on Glyphosate Puts Sustainable Agriculture at Risk
As an Australian farmer who relies on glyphosate to grow reliable, safe, healthy food, Im appalled at several recent legal and political decisions. Sadly, they...
Crop Biotech 3.0: A Farmers Perspective
Here in New Zealand, wedid not participate intheGEGene Revolution.Farmers like mesee an advantage inmakingsure that we do notmiss the next one.
You...
Israeli and Indian Farmer Exchange Focused On Water
The Old Testament promises the Israelites that if they keep Gods commandments, theyll earn the blessing of water and the bounty of successful farming.
I w...