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Global Food and Agriculture Photos July 1, 2018

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Relevant Talks from the Aspen Ideas Festival

A few days ago, I had the great fortune of connecting, in person, here in Boulder, with Andrew Revkin, for the first time since he promoted this humble blogger on his NYT's "Dot Earth" site a few times - which led to some other wonderful opportunities for me, including my NYT's "Room for Debate" appearance, a CNN.com opinion piece by invitation, and an appearance on Aljazeera Live Europe.

Picking Cotton in Arkansas in 1935

Cotton pickers, Pulaski County, Arkansas. 1935. Photo by Ben Shahn. NYPL Digital Collection. FSA Administration photograph. Every Thursday a carefully selected old agricultural photo is featured here on Big Picture Agriculture � lest we forget how things used to be.

New Ag Links

Can Dirt Save the Earth? Agriculture could pull carbon out of the air and into the soil � but it would mean a whole new way of thinking about how to tend the land. (NYTs) Vanishing Rio Grande puts pressure on San Luis Valley farmers during extreme drought. Widening water woes reveal the precariousness of life in the southwestern United States (Denver Post) Pollination service fees now roughly

A Seventy-five percent Decline in Bugs?

This story of noticeably fewer bugs on the car windshield was something I mentioned at least five years ago in one of my reports from personal observation following a visit driving across the state of Nebraska to Eastern Nebraska farm country. When I was a child, there were so many! We are well on our way to sterilizing farm country. But, not just in the U.S. From PLOS ONE: More than 75 percent

Global Food and Agriculture Photos June 24, 2018

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Abandoned Farm House Wisconsin

An old abandoned farm house in Dunn county, Wisconsin. Photo 2007. Every Thursday a carefully selected old agricultural photo is featured here on Big Picture Agriculture � lest we forget how things used to be.

A Few News Links About Agriculture for Today

Spacefood for cows: Industrial microbes could feed cattle, pigs and chicken with less damage to the environment | Potsdam - P I K Quote: "Protein-rich microbes, produced in large-scale industrial facilities, are likely to increasingly replace traditional crop-based feed." Making buildings, cars and planes from materials based on plant fibres | The Economist New type of photosynthesis discovered |

Coconut Oil: What you need to know from JP Sears

Today's episode of healthy information from a youtube video is on the lighter side. I happen to be a big fan of JP Sears, a fellow redhead who has a multitude of satirical videos about subjects relevant to most of us trying to find our way in 2018. He's covered gluten-free, essential oils, yoga, and cell phone etiquette, to name a few. I picked his video about coconut oil to feature here today.

Food and Farming Photos June 17, 2018

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Field Corn, West Virginia, 1935

Williamson, West Virginia. 1935. Photo by Ben Shahn. FSA Photo NYPL Digital Collection Every Thursday a carefully selected old agricultural photo is featured here on Big Picture Agriculture � lest we forget how things used to be.

Is the Hedge Apple a Cancer Remedy? Perhaps.

A local Boulderite alternative health practitioner told me about this subject that I'm featuring today. Apparently Native Americans and the Amish people use the hedge apple, or Osage orange, as a cancer cure, dementia preventative, anti-inflammatory, and pain cure remedy. The narrator in this video used it for back pain! To take the hedge apple, it is recommended that you freeze it and then

Recent Agricultural News Picks

Elderly woman reading the newspaper, 1930-1940. State Library of Queensland. Here are a few Ag Links that I've collected over the last month. I hope you're all enjoying your summer and keeping up with the garden and fields... Monsanto No More: Agri-Chemical Giant's Name Dropped In Bayer Acquisition | NPR Would Rachel Carson Eat Organic? | The Conversation Crisis on the High Plains: The Loss

Global Food and Agriculture Photos June 10, 2018

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Florida Crop Dusting Helicopter 1950

Dusting tobacco shades with helicopter. Quincy, Florida. May 1950. State Library and Archives of Florida. Every Thursday a carefully selected old agricultural photo is featured here on Big Picture Agriculture � lest we forget how things used to be.

What's the Hype About Pea Protein?

I've always loved green peas. To this day, for lunch, I'll grab a frozen bag and cook a cup of them to go with whatever. Back in my 20's single days, my go to meal was frozen peas and fish sticks. Some people might call that pathetic, but it was fast and fairly healthy. And though there are many amazing treats from a home garden, I've always considered freshly shelled peas to be one of the best.

Racing the Rain - Age 19

As most readers here know, I grew up on a farm in Eastern Nebraska. I was the only daughter and had two brothers. Thus, I learned to entertain myself - it was the only choice I had. As I became a teenager, I enjoyed running on my farm and on the gravel roads that made up the section around our farm. In my college creative writing class, I used that subject for a piece. To read it now, it feels as

Global Food and Agriculture Photos June 3, 2018

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