An annual USDA report which keeps tabs on the total amount of land being used for farming was released earlier this month. This year’s report revealed some large swings in acreage farmed from 2011 to 2012, primarily attributed to discontinued livestock ranching operations in the two states of Texas and Montana. Weather, water, drought, and [...]
Above painting by Alexandre Hogue: Dust Bowl, 1933. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Droughts are a fact of life and can humble us in this age of cutting edge technology and communication where we are tempted to believe that we are in control of everything. Because of the extreme Ag news event that is unfolding, and [...]
1. The Ag Panel at the Aspen Institute Environment Forum Last week I attended the 5th Annual Aspen Institute Environment Forum co-sponsored by National Geographic. (This event precedes the Ideas Festival and the two events overlapped with one day of talks on forests.) Walter Isaacson is the President of the Aspen Institute, so it was [...]
