Talking Technology with Gabriel Carballal
Gabriel Carballal is a farmer from Uruguay and a member of the Global Farmer Network. In this video he talks about how technology helps farmers protect the envi...
GM Crops
Food Insecurity Increases With Man-Made Disasters
It’s difficult enough that the cost of food keeps rising. Now the cost of cooking is going up as well.
That’s because much of the world is on the brink of a sh...
AgriSociology
Bill Horan is a farmer from Iowa who is a founding member of the Global Farmer Network and a member of its board of directors. He appreciates that technology in...
When Pigs Fly and Lives are Saved
I used to worry that the foes of modern farming would end their fight against GM technology only when pigs would grow wings and take flight.
That hasn’t happen...
Time to rethink genetically modified wheat?
It’s safe. It would help farmers deal with drought, support biodiversity, protect the environment and decrease a farms carbon footprint. It would help consumers...
African farmers should benefit from the cohabitation and free choice between biotech crops and agroecology
In my country of Rwanda, the level of malnutrition and hunger leading to stunting among children under the age of five is still alarming, and it’s a scenario th...
Embracing Safe Science for the Health of People and the Environment
Picture the scene. I'm standing in an English pub, holding a pint of beer, along with fellow farmers after another 'what could have been' and 'if only' harvest ...
To Feed a Nation, Cuba Opens the Door to GM Technology
Cuba has some of the best soil I've ever seen. I'd love to farm in ground that good.
I just wouldn't want to live on that oppressed island.
Cuba may be blesse...
Bettering Farms in Zimbabwe...and Beyond
Nyasha Mudukuti, a member of the Global Farmer Network is the author of Bettering Farms in Zimbabwe...and Beyond, as science communication and network associat...
KUDOS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA: BT COTTON IS NOW A REALITY!
My country at long last will join the Gene Revolution: Farmers in Kenya are about to plant GM crops for the first time.
This is wonderful news for a nation ...