- Oil industry, green groups join to oppose Trump’s ethanol plan | The Hill Let me count the ways increasing corn ethanol production by 50% would exacerbate an already bad policy... human health - as a resident of the brown cloud crowd on the front range of Colorado where we like to get outdoors each day, I shudder to think of our air quality getting even worse because of a new 15% ethanol-ozone-increasing mandate (Breathing ozone irritates the lungs, resulting in something like a bad sunburn within the lungs); soil loss; habitat destruction; increased greenhouse emissions; Gulf Dead zone larger; honeybee demise; songbird, insect, Monarch, and wildlife demise; agrochemical pollution increases; groundwater and aquifer depletion; big farms get bigger; taxpayer subsidized gift to agribusiness giants; more depopulation of the plains; more plowing of the Dakotas and marginal lands; further bulldozing of the Midwestern shelter belts and small waterways; plus, car engines, motorcycles, and boats are not designed for E15, they will be damaged.--k.m.
- Without big biomass, green manures are a step backwards | Washington State
- When yesterday's agriculture feeds today's water pollution | Phys.org
- Holding On to the Farm No one lives there anymore. What should we do with my family's land? | NYT's
- China’s Small Farms Are Fading. The World May Benefit. Traditional plots of land are slowly becoming parts of bigger operations, eroding a way of life but enriching local residents and helping more Chinese people move into the modern world. | NYT's
- The mushroom dream of a ‘long-haired hippie’ could help save the world’s bees | The Star
- The world’s first fully-autonomous indoor farm | BBC
- Coca-Cola considering new drinks infused with—Cannabis! | Food Politics
- Moringa, the next superfood | Phys.org
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