Dutch farmer, Michiel van Andel, reminds researchers of their priorities.
Category: Agriculture
F2F FFS Pt 2: The EU Pesticide Survey – The Risk-Monger’s Contribution
The Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive is unworkable.
F2F FFS Pt 1: The EU Pesticide Survey – Naïve, Chemophobic and Activist-driven
The EU Pesticide Survey is a cynical attempt to legitimise Farm2Fork’s organic-first strategy
Carbon Farming Part 2: Cover Crops and Carbon Sequestration
If cover crops sequester vast amounts of CO2, why do they want to ban glyphosate?
The Dreamer’s Disease: How Agroecology will Starve Millions
Always be careful when a political ideology imposes itself on science.
A “UN Agency” Blames Industry for COVID-19 … Hmm!
IPBES has just published an awful anti-science tirade. Grade: F-
The Post-COVID-19 Blueprint (Part 2.2): The Docilian Deathtrap
After 20 year, docilians have woken up to the need for risk management.
Would you buy a black banana?
Food waste is no longer an issue. Now it is part of nature.
Agronomy’s AIDS Moment
Was Monbiot’s Apocalypse Cow the crisis agriculture needed to save humanity?
The Bambi Effect: IARC in the Post-Journalism Age
You can lead journalists to a scandal, but how do you get them to drink?
Crops Matter: Young Citizens take the Initiative
A group of ag-tech students have launched a Citizens’ Initiative to get the EU to responsibly regulate plant breeding techniques.
The Poison of Precaution (IUPAC Keynote)
Precaution is poisoning our ability to solve problems. My IUPAC keynote text.
