Posts Tagged ‘agriculture’

The Unyielding Purity of Greens

You won’t find any “green” tributes to the father of the “green revolution.” That’s a shame, but not surprising. What’s shocking are many of the comments from so-called progressives at the Huffington post. One disgusted reader scanning the mass display of moronic ignorance nails it: Environmentalists attacking Borlaug’s work are like creationists attacking Darwin’s work,…Continue Reading…

Coping with Climate Change

In Nepal, everything from religious rituals to the types of agricultural crops being grown will soon be altered by erratic rainfall, drought and floods.  It’s already happening. So some farmers, such as the one featured in this story, have recently abandoned traditional crops like rice and maize for bananas. The situation demands this kind of…Continue Reading…