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What have they done to our FOOD?
Department of Plant Sciences Seminar What have they done to our FOOD? Andrew Kniss, Ph.D. Friday, October 17th, 2014 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources AG 1032 1:10 PM WATCH ONLINE! People...
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Stop saying organic food is less safe, unless you can provide evidence
A recent article from Western Producer titled “Canada has a world-class food system” was recently re-posted by the Genetic Literacy Project (GLP). GLP, whose stated mission is to “explore the...
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Dead plants are probably bad for earthworms
An earthworm. Source: Fir0002/Flagstaffotos I’ve gotten a number of questions recently about a new study titled “Glyphosate-based herbicides reduce the activity and reproduction of earthworms and lead...
View ArticleWant to reduce herbicide resistance? Spray more herbicides!
A while ago, I wrote a post summarizing the pros and cons of using a regulatory framework to slow the evolution of herbicide resistant weeds. As a part of that post, I suggested there exists a...
View ArticleThe cost of preventing herbicide resistance
In my last post, I reviewed some recent research that suggests one of the best ways to delay the evolution of herbicide resistant weeds is to use mixtures of effective herbicides. Resistance is...
View ArticleThe role of reflected light quality in crop-weed interactions
Much of my time on social media and on this blog is devoted to pesticide and GMO issues. These topics tend to be relatively controversial, and often misunderstood. So I suppose addressing these issues...
View ArticleHow to Make a Natural Weed Killer
Well over a year ago, I wrote about a homemade herbicide containing salt, vinegar, and dish soap. “Many of you have probably seen it posted to Facebook or Twitter or Pinterest, or on your favorite home...
View ArticleEverything in Agriculture is a Trade-Off
The idea of trade-offs is familiar to everyone. None of us have unlimited money, time, or energy. We make decisions every single day about how to spend our money, our time, and our energy. Do I buy the...
View ArticleAs consumers shift to non-GMO sugar, farmers may be forced to abandon...
Dan Charles at NPR has recently done two interesting pieces about sugar production. In the first, he uses sugar as a proxy to look at the environmental costs and trade-offs of growing food in different...
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How much yield is enough?
Last week, two colleagues and I published a paper in PLOS ONE titled “Commercial crop yields reveal strengths and weaknesses for organic agriculture in the United States.” The article presents an...
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