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Interview: Ash Kalra & Stefan Kalb On Saving Food and Forests

Alex Wise agriculture, Ash Kalra, California, farm, farms, food, grocery, legislation, podcast, waste

Ash Kalra discusses how saving tropical forests from afar is one way we can reduce our carbon footprint and improve our diet and quality of life.

pesticide drift. credit: G. Amos and D. Zamora.

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Pesticide Drift Takes Its Toll

Lindsey Blomberg agricultural, agriculture, air, airborne, bee, bees, Beyond Pesticides, drift, farm, field, National Pesticide Information Center, pesticide, Pesticide Action Network, population, quality, spray, spraying, toxic, wildlife

Pesticide drift is taking an increasing toll on populations of bees and other wildlife — as well as humans.

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Climate Friendly Farms: Agriculture Adapts to Global Warming

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer ag, agricultural, agriculture, anaerobic, Center for Sustaining Agriculture & Natural Resources, Climate Resistant Farms, climate-friendly, conservation, cropping, cropping system, CSANR, digestio, farm, farming, FCIP, Federal Crop Insurance Program, green, irrigation, Natural Resources Defense Council, NRDC, precision farming, satellite, satellite farming, smart farming, soil stewardship, tillage, Washington State University, waste-to-energy, water

Farms and farmers across the U.S. are adopting climate-friendly practices to improve soil quality and save water as global warming kicks in…

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Conventional Agriculture: Far From A Green Revolution

Georgina Guiney agriculture, EPA, farm, farming, fields, glysophate, Green Revolution, health, herbicides, Local Harvest, organic, pesticides, Roundup, spraying, standards, WholeFoods, workers

You call this a revolution? Spraying fields with synthetic chemicals to keep pests down is no way to take care of the planet and its inhabitants’ health.

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Wave Power Could Meet 1/4 of U.S. Electricity Needs

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Aguçadoura Wave Park, electricity, energy, farm, Hawaii, Lockheed Martin, Oahu, ocean, Ocean Power Technologies, OPT, Pelamis, power, renewable, renewables, tidal, U.S. Navy, wave

Wave power could account for a quarter or more of U.S. electricity needs if we work to develop its potential around our coastlines, and could also provide other countries with a readily available renewable and free energy source.

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What’s Killing All the Bees?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer agriculture, bee, bees, farm, farmer, farmers, farming, honey, honeybee, insecticides, Jeff Merkley, neonics, organic, pesticides, pollen, pollinate, pollination, pollinator

Activists would like the U.S. government to ban a class of insecticides called neonics that they blame for wiping out the bees that pollinate a majority of our food crops.

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Why is Hawaii “ground zero” in the fight against genetically engineered crops?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Chemical, crops, Dow, farm, farms, GE, genetic engineering, genetically modified, genetically modified organism, GMO, GMOs, Hawaii, Hawaiian, Monsanto, organism, syngenta, testing, trials

Hawaii has become ground zero for testing and trials of genetically engineered crops, and environmentalists worry about the implications for ecosystems throughout the islands and beyond…

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What advantages do vertical farms have over traditional gardens and farms?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer agriculture, farm, farming, garden, organic, roof, roof garden, vertical

Dear EarthTalk: What advantages do so-called “vertical farms” have over traditional gardens and farms? Sylvia Pleasant, Washington, DC When Dickson Despommier’s book The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century was first published, there were no vertical farms. Now, it’s an exciting movement […]