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Agriculture Industry Bets on a New Cash Crop: Carbon

Carbon Credits: Environmental Boon or Boondoggle?

As discussed in the article below, the new “green” climate initiatives will probably include carbon credits. If the past predicts the future, proponents of these subsides will claim they are for small operators, but in practice, payments will wind up benefiting a handful of politically connected agro-giants. Subsidies will not

Carbon Emissions Get a Fix on the Farm

Carbon Emissions Get a Fix on the Farm

“Regenerative agriculture offers inexpensive ways to address global warming. NOTE: this article was originally published to WSJ.com on January 13, 2019. It was written by Karen Weintraub. ‘Regenerative growing practices’ sequester in the soil carbon released from burning fossil fuels. AINSWORTH, Iowa—What if there was a way to

"Invasion Biology"

‘Earthworm Dilemma’ Has Climate Scientists Racing to Keep Up

Now we are adding earthworms to the list of invasive species. After climate change, the most discussed environmental issue is the so-called invasive species crisis. Invasive species biology rests on the mistaken belief that the animals, plants and soil life found on our planet about 500 years ago represented a

The Great Nutrient Collapse

The Great Nutrient Collapse

Food nutrition is changing. This article blames atmospheric carbon, ignoring genetic modification of plants combined with the effect of the agricultural poisons our food plants have been engineered to survive. For example, a bushel of corn weighs significantly less than before corn was reengineered to withstand Roundup, which blocks cells’