1. Global Water Demand by 2050. Right now there is a lot in the news about future water shortages because of the World Water Week meeting being held in Stockholm August 26-31, 2012. The OECD graph above shows how and where water needs will increase by 55 percent between 2000 and 2050 for irrigation, energy, [...]
UK 1936 Farm Workers Cottages owned by the Hon G. Vesley, Driffield. Photo from UK Archives. So… the resident raccoons ate our first crop of Mara des Bois strawberries last night. Bummer. I’m throwing up some news tonight before I step away from my desk for a few days. There will be more posts coming [...]
flickr CC/Kevin LabiancoIf Germany, France, Italy, and Slovenia have banned Clothianidin, a pesticide which harms the central nervous system of insects and is known by the EPA to significantly harm the honeybee, why is it not banned here in the United States? One can’t help but be confused by the multitude of headlines over these [...]
