Agriculture

Video: Lidback Recognized as Emerging Leader by Vermont Agricultural Hall of Fame

Joanna LidbackSeptember 25, 2019

Joanna Lidback, member of the Global Farmer Network, was recently recognized as the Emerging Leader for the Vermont Agricultural Hall of Fame. In this video, he...

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Advocating for Agriculture On A Changing Planet

Maria Beatriz Giraudo GaviglioOctober 13, 2016

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...

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Video – Daniel Otunge: Africa Needs Biotech Crops

Global Farmer NetworkMay 24, 2016

Published on May 17, 2016 Daniel Otunge, coordinator of the Open Forum on Agricultural Technology, discusses the critical need for biotechnology and innovati...

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Video: Global Farmer Roundtable

Global Farmer NetworkApril 11, 2016

Previous attendees of the Global Farmer Roundtable talk about why the event is important for them and for agriculture. Learn more here - What is the Global F...

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Ag biotech, trade news of interest this week (Mar 28)

Global Farmer NetworkMarch 28, 2016

Note - news items of interest added on Apr 1 are in GREEN. The Missing Monument on the National Mall - A Tribute to Norman Borlaug on His 102nd Birth...

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Mandatory GM Labels Do Not Help Consumers

Mark WagonerMarch 10, 2016

Nobody in the Evergreen State wants to refight an old battle over labeling food that may contain genetically modified ingredients. For us, it’s a settled questi...

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Bees are an Essential Resource

Mark WagonerSeptember 10, 2015

More research needed not more restrictions The most precious acres on my farm don’t produce a single crop. Instead, they raise bees. That’s because I’m an a...

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Best Crop Ever is a Modern Technology Success Story

Bill HoranAugust 28, 2014

After 40 years of farming, I think I’ve finally gotten it right: I’m about to produce my best crop ever. I won’t have the numbers to prove it until we harves...

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A Farm Mom Looks Forward to Innovative Potatoes That Will Cut Waste!

Lisa PattersonJuly 31, 2014

Every mother knows the feeling. You go to the grocery store, buy a sack of potatoes, and come home to get that meal on the table fast – only to discover afte...

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No Herbicides & Pesticides – No problem: 70 Million “New” Jobs Created to Grow Our Food

Tim BurrackMay 1, 2014

I’ve heard so many misguided, crazy comments about farming over the years that I’ve almost become immune to them. Does it make sense to try to correct every opi...

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Trade

Farmer’s Caught Between Unenforced Trade Agreements and Political Gamemanship

A New Day Dawning for the U.S. and “Land of the Rising Sun”

Broadband Access Vital for Rural America and the Economy

Technology

Let the Farmer Have a Voice

Live Video: The Future of Farming – October 14; 11:00 AM CST

Be Neat, Eat Meat without Guilt