Don't listen to anyone who tells you that farmers don't care about healthy soil! Yes, even conventional farmers. Why is it so important? Because it makes a big difference for our farms, our crops, and the environment! … [Read more...]
The Silver Lining in This Year’s Dirty Dozen List
The Environmental Working Group recently released it's 2023 Dirty Dozen list. This annual propaganda allegedly ranks the fresh produce with the highest levels of pesticide residues. EWG urges consumers to buy organic versions of those crops. This year strawberries and spinach topped the … [Read more...]
Right-to-Repair Challenges Continue
Despite John Deere signing a memorandum of understanding with the American Farm Bureau Federation, it appears the right-to-repair issue isn't going away any time soon. In fact, the pressure is only increasing. And that's likely something John Deere thought it could avoid by signing the … [Read more...]
Soy & Soil Erosion
Source: U.S. Sustainability Alliance … [Read more...]
LEGO Responds to My Inquiry…Again
Earlier this year I shared my exchange with LEGO company about an organic garden set it will debut this spring. (You can read the details here.) I originally sent a nice email explaining to the company why I was disappointed with the way they named the new set, while affirming that it's important … [Read more...]
John Deere Memorializes Right to Repair
The American Farm Bureau Federation flexed its muscle at its recent annual meeting in Puerto Rico. Zippy Duvall, AFBF's president, announced that it entered into a memorandum of understanding with John Deere about the right-to-repair issue. John Deere has committed to allowing farmers and … [Read more...]
Sustainable Cotton
Soy & Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Source: U.S. Sustainability Alliance … [Read more...]
Chicken Little? Egg Prices Say Not-So-Fast
The story of Chicken Little is a familiar one. She gets hit in the head with an acorn and then believes the sky is falling. She sends all of her neighbors into a panic because she tells them about the incident. And then, of course, the sky doesn't actually fall. The tale is a warning against … [Read more...]
LEGO Previews Organic Play
LEGO's newest set: an organic garden. Et tu, Brute? My brothers and I loved playing with LEGOs growing up. We would make little farms and towns. We had houses and families. The possibilities were endless and we enjoyed it for hours at a time. Of course, the classic building blocks weren't … [Read more...]
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