Blaine Friedlander
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Video: 7 years of agricultural productivity has been lost to climate change. Global warming is already slowing us down
The future potential impacts of climate change on global crop production has been quantified in many scientific reports, but the ...
Dessert on demand: Pressurized carbon dioxide turns flavored liquid into ‘instant ice cream’
One moment, you have a bowl of creamy chocolate liquid. Then, in an instant, it’s ice cream. Forget hocus-pocus: This ...
USDA bioengineered food labels may discourage shoppers from buying GMO-derived foods, study shows
Consumers were more willing to buy unlabeled produce after being shown food tagged as “genetically modified” in a new Cornell ...
Wide range, high levels of pesticides found in apple orchard honeybee colonies
Honeybees - employed to pollinate crops during the blooming season - encounter danger due to lingering and wandering pesticides, according ...
How weeds can help with weed control
Farmers looking to reduce reliance on pesticides, herbicides and other pest management tools may want to heed the advice of ...
