Agriculture Clean Technica Farming Research

Agrivoltaics Benefit from Comparatively High Acceptance

5 min read

Study by the University of Bonn sees great potential for solar cells on grain fields or pastures Photovoltaic systems are increasingly being installed not only on roofs but also on open land. This does not always meet with citizens’ approval. What is known as agrivoltaics (Agri-PV), however, is viewed more … [continued]

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Agriculture Clean Technica Climate change Farming Food

Why Can’t We Grow Healthy Food For A Sustainable World?

7 min read

In the cute new Jerry Steinfeld Netflix film, Unfrosted, a character is flummoxed by the 1960s cereal marketing wars. He suggests that the Kellogg company consider a new direction. Let’s create a healthy, sugar-free breakfast option for children, he says. The others look at him, stunned, then break out in … [continued]

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Agriculture Farming Great Lakes Now Michigan

Conflict Over A Blockbuster Farm Chemical

13 min read

Conflict Over A Blockbuster Farm Chemical

Not since DDT was introduced to U.S. agriculture to kill insects after World War Two has a farm chemical been as important to American crop production, and come under more scientific, political, and legal scrutiny as the weedkiller Roundup, and its active ingredient, glyphosate.

With the election of President Donald Trump, the conflict over glyphosate’s risks and benefits entered a new realm of confrontation that has the potential to alter its stature as the favored chemical tool in agriculture, the largest user of fresh water in the blue economy of Michigan and the Great Lakes.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.