The Greens Ear-ie Ad: Groups Use Scare Tactics to Fight Technology

Remember back in 1999 when the anti-biotech greens tried to scare us with the full-page newspaper ad below? They were lying and wrong 22 years ago and nothing has changed since. Below is my Washington Times column on this ad from December 10, 1999.

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Bayer crop unit apologizes to farmers for tweeting meat consumption hurts the environment

God help us. Big businesses are as stupid as Republican politicians. Continue reading Bayer crop unit apologizes to farmers for tweeting meat consumption hurts the environment

Welcome to the Oligarchy, Suckers

Thomas Lifson discusses what some might suspect–the Wall Street oligarchs have an agenda.
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Buffer strips to reduce run off

A news item on the run off problem in Minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes.
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It's about Water, in the West it's Always about Water

Do you trust the Federal Government to do the right thing on property rights and Land use?
Consider the Missouri Floods, caused by the Corps of Engineers, on purpose, or the CA Delta.
Now we have a dispute about a ranch in arid Nevada.
But it’s close to a tributary to Lake Mead impoundment.
Surface water and deep water. Endangered Species Act as a weapon to stop industry, business, oil and agriculture.
Think about it–who do you trust. And do not DO NOT trust the media accounts.
http://americanthinker.com/assets/3rd_party/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/04/bundy_ranch_the_federal_government_and_the_nevada_water_tipping_point.html

GM crop debate

A discussion on the GM crops issues, featuring an advocate who is on the science and policy advisory group for ACSH.
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Claim: Global warming causing crop pests to spread

A “convincing hypothesis”? Continue reading Claim: Global warming causing crop pests to spread

Letter: Livestock density not a risk factor for MRSA to people without livestock contact

From a letter in the September 2013 issue of Emerging and Infectious Diseases: Continue reading Letter: Livestock density not a risk factor for MRSA to people without livestock contact

Farm Bureau: Science NOT convincing that climate change is manmade

AgWeek reports: Continue reading Farm Bureau: Science NOT convincing that climate change is manmade

Texas Farm Bureau: Obama climate change plan scarier than climate change

Gene Hall of the Texas Farm Bureau writes: Continue reading Texas Farm Bureau: Obama climate change plan scarier than climate change

Obama to rehabilitate Malthus: USDA ‘aggressively’ seeking ways to grow less food to save the climate

Obama wants to rehabilitate Thomas Malthus. Continue reading Obama to rehabilitate Malthus: USDA ‘aggressively’ seeking ways to grow less food to save the climate

Obama takes first steps toward regulating farmland to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

“The USDA also will calculate the carbon content of farmland to determine which management practices boost soil quality and limit greenhouse-gas emissions…” Continue reading Obama takes first steps toward regulating farmland to reduce greenhouse gas emissions