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Glyphosate Impairs Glucose Regulation A recent study published in Scientific Reports has revealed a concerning link between environmental exposure to...

On April 20, 1945 — eighty years ago — my grandfather, Private First Class Bill Tower, was freed from a...

Q. Starter fertilizer can shut down the rhizophagy cycle; if you side-dress later in the season, though, would that do...

Growing Healthy Soils & Healthy Profits in Orchards. Denair, California. April 1–3. Practical and profitable implementation of regenerative and holistic...

Longtime farmer and researcher Helen Atthowe discusses the possibilities and challenges of taking the established principles of eco-agriculture and making...

“Modern pesticides rapidly biodegrade” is a myth — an excerpt from The Myths of Safe Pesticides by André Leu One...

Farming to optimize plant-microbe interaction is the best way to ensure the food we eat contains the phytochemicals that will...

Wheat (Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez, Montana State University) — A wheat stem sample from a research plot near Amsterdam, Montana. Scientists there...

Bt isn’t harmful to humans — Bt proteins can only exert toxicity if they are eaten and subsequently bind to...

Appreciating the Importance of Biology Thank you for the book review of The Devil’s Element by Dan Egan. I was...