Environment

If you suffer from seasonal allergies, you are probably sick of it. So are allergy sufferers around the world. We can make a phone that could land a man on the Moon and create potatoes that don't brown but allergy solutions eluse us. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2015 - 4:00pm

Innate GMO Potato Deregulated By USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announces a determination of non-regulated status for a genetically engineered (GE) potato variety developed by J.R. Simplot Company (Simplot) called Innate ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2015 - 3:39pm

Radioactive Contaminants Found In Coal Ash

A new study has revealed the presence of radioactive contaminants in coal ash from all three major U.S. coal-producing basins- levels of radioactivity in the ash were up to five times higher than in normal soil, and up to 10 times higher than in the paren ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 9 2015 - 6:30am

Bt Spray In The Organic Movement: Hypocrisy Or Scientific Illiteracy?

We’ve been saying for years that the anti-GMO folks haven’t a scientific leg to st ...

Article - American Council ... - Sep 3 2015 - 10:00am

Study Finds Atrazine Pesticide Doesn't Impact Aquatic Plant Life

A recent study found that the herbicide atrazine, common for weed control in corn and sorghum crops in large-scale farming operations, does not have any measurable impact on aquatic plant life over the long term. Atrazine has been used for decades and some ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 3 2015 - 6:22pm

Blame Natural Plants For Endocrine Disruption In Frogs

Green frogs in the suburbs are undergoing a gender switch- but it isn't pesticides doing it, according to a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the same journal that set off the craze in thinking pesticides were causing frogs ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2015 - 8:27am

Natural Shrubbery Changes Sex Ratio Of Suburban Frogs

Green frogs in the suburbs are seeing a gender revolution. A new Yale study shows that estrogen in suburban yards is changing the ratio of male and female green frogs at nearby ponds. Higher levels of estrogen in areas where there are shrubs, vegetable ga ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 9 2015 - 7:30am

Citizen Science Then And Now. Want To Play The Game?

Our cabin is situated in one of the most remote places in Norway. My family got the place in the early 60ties and at the time there were no roads leading to what then was a fox farm kitchen. It is still one of the most remote areas of Norway. I grew up li ...

Article - Bente Lilja Bye - Sep 15 2015 - 6:42pm

To Make EU Food Sector Renewable Energy Viable, Less Meat And More...Organic Veggies?

Renewable energy is not very sustainable in the European Union (EU) yet but the food industry, which is heavily reliable on subsidies to stay competitive with the rest of the world, needs renewable energy costs to come down to remain viable. Until then, t ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 13 2015 - 7:48pm

The Productivity Of Organic Farming In The US: Mind The Gap