Friday, July 15, 2011

The Use of a Herbicide has Taken Away a Home for Monarch Butterflies.

New York Times. Jul 15'11 
As recently as a decade ago, farms in the Midwest were commonly marred — at least as a farmer would view it — by unruly patches of milkweed. Details here.

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The Fertilizer Falacy - Pushing Yields up and Profit Down

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