GMO

Uncovering the Food-based Version of “Stolen Valor”

Bill HoranSeptember 26, 2019

“We care deeply about where our ingredients come from,” says Chipotle Mexican Grill on its website. Yet the restaurant chain apparently doesn’t care enough t...

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Science is Rescuing the Chestnut Tree

John Rigolizzo, Jr.July 26, 2019

When we talk about an “old chestnut,” we usually mean a familiar story—sometimes one that’s been told so often that it has become stale, but also possibly one t...

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Video: 10 GMO Crops

Global Farmer NetworkJuly 16, 2019

Courtesy of the folks at GMO Answers... Published July 10, 2019 at GMO Answers Did you know that there are 10 GMO crops grown in the U.S.? Here's a quick...

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Tips For President Kenyatta’s “Big 4 Agenda” For Kenya

Gilbert Arap BorFebruary 21, 2019

Just as cooking a good meal takes the right ingredients, Kenya’s “Big Four Agenda” needs the right ingredients of advanced science and technology, led by GMO se...

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Cornell Award Honors Nigerian GFN Member

Onyaole Patience KokuFebruary 6, 2019

Global Farmer Network member Patience Koku from Nigeria recently was the worthy recipient of The Cornell Alliance for Science Farmer of the Year award. Congrat...

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The Power of a Farmer’s Story

Jennie SchmidtDecember 6, 2018

Christmas is a season for stories. We tell tales about the Nativity and the three kings. We also laugh about the time when Uncle Klaus wore the awful sweater to...

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Uruguay Steps Up With Other Countries To Support Innovative Technology

Gabriel CarballalNovember 21, 2018

People eat food every day, but many of them have no idea where their food comes from. Even fewer understand how farmers are challenged to produce it. That’s...

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An Island Farmer’s Perspective: Technology Matters

Adriel Dave “AD” AlvarezNovember 1, 2018

On my island here in the Philippines, farmers still use water buffalo to plow their fields. In the Camotes Islands—three little islands that sit at the hear...

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Video: “Farmers Innovate By Tradition” – TEDxRovigo

Global Farmer NetworkOctober 23, 2018

TEDx Talks - Published on Oct 17, 2017 Translated from Italian: Are we able to innovate our traditions? What is tradition for us today, for our grandparen...

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On the Brink of Innovative Ag Technology Acceptance: A Kenyan Farmer’s Perspective

Gilbert Arap BorSeptember 6, 2018

Farmers have good years and bad years. Here in Kenya, however, the good years never have seemed quite as good as they should be and the bad years have felt wors...

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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

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