Scene from today’s garden. (B.P.A. staff member “Nutkin” in foreground.) Below, are today’s three chosen agricultural-related news picks. 1) U.S. Trees in Demand for European Power: The day after BBC news came out with an article explaining that to fulfill a green policy, Europeans are importing increasing volumes of wood pellets from America to burn [...]
Flickr CC via ^ Missi ^ Readers, this month of May marks my four year anniversary of writing online! Concern about the combined subjects of the financial crisis and peak oil, and how they intersected with the subject of agriculture — were the sparks that ignited my early online presence. In five years time, however, [...]
Chart: Biotech Crop Countries and Mega-Countries, 2012 (Click on graphic to enlarge) The above graphic shows us that in 2012, biotech crops covered 170.3 million hectares (420 million acres) in 28 countries planted by a record 17.3 million farmers, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA). This was an increase [...]
