A number of studies have shown that modern farming techniques as expressed through intensive agricultural practices are good for the environment. Most recently scientists from Stanford have calculated that high yield agriculture employed since the latter half of the 20th century has prevented the equivalent of 590 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted. . . . → Read More: Modern Farming is Good for Environment
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Foraging for food is all the rage. Even restaurants are getting into the act setting up foraging trips or backyard garden exchanges. I come from a long line of foragers. I have vivid memories of picking blueberries along the recently cleared approach to the new runway at Worcester airport. Blueberries are some of the first shrubs . . . → Read More: Foraging and Farming In a past life I owned a small gourmet food store featuring produce, cheeses, meat, wine, take out meals and catering. Prior to owning this store I worked as the Production Manager for a farm that produced specialty produce. I also worked as a technical advisor to greenhouse vegetable growers and sold irrigation and fertigation equipment. . . . → Read More: Full Circle Buy local, shrink the distance food travels and reduce the carbon footprint of the food you eat. I support the locavore movement but not for the reasons given above. Transportation is often not the main contributor to the carbon footprint of the food. Sometimes food transported 1000’s of miles requires less fuel than a few cases . . . → Read More: Locavore Many years ago when I was working in the greenhouse business we used to marvel at the level of technology coming out of greenhouse powerhouses such as Holland and Denmark. Sophisticated environmental and production systems and the computing power to control them. We would often joke that California didn’t need such systems because being outside in . . . → Read More: Growing Environment According to Wikipedia agronomy is the science and technology of using plants for food, fuel, feed, and fiber. Agronomy is the application of a combination of sciences like biology, chemistry, ecology, earth science, and genetics. Agronomists are the ultimate generalists in the field of plant and soil science. As with medical doctors the generalists in plant . . . → Read More: Agronomy to the Rescue |
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