Broadband Access Vital for Rural America and the Economy
I have to drive 20 miles to see a traffic light. To get to an airport from our farm requires a 2-hour drive to Burlington. In other words, life on our dairy...
Infrastructure
Farming Through Extreme Climate Events Is A Global Challenge
We live on opposite sides of the world and we’ve never met in person—but as farmers who have confronted major natural disasters this month, we have a lot in com...
Improved Infrastructure is a Competitive Advantage
I’ve always known that moving food from farm to fork depends on excellent infrastructure—but until about fifteen years ago, I took a lot of it for granted. I...
Panama Canal: Even More Wonderful (and Important) Modern World Wonder
The American Society of Civil Engineers has called it one of the “Seven Wonders of the Modern World”—and this summer, the Panama Canal became even more wonderfu...
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Video: Dead Harvest
Chronicles the lack of farm water in California's Central Valley....
Farmers in Nigeria Can be Successful with the Right Tools
“What’s the point of increasing my yield if most of it will rot anyway?” For farmers, that’s the voice of despair—and I often hear my fellow African farmers ...
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...
Words Matter: When a port “Strike” became “Slowdown” we all paid
The word “longshoremen” is an example of slang that’s gone mainstream. It comes from the days of clipper ships. When they showed up in port, the call went out f...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Trade
An international trade protocol has been developed to handle situations of disease in livestock and poultry in a major exporting country. Now that highly patho...
The Port Slow-Down was an Unnecessary Economic and Humanitarian Disaster
The ports on the West Coast are open for business again—and not a moment too soon. Technically, they never closed, though for months they’ve suffered from a ...