Showing posts with label farming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label farming. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Another View Of GMO Crops: A Contrast With NY Times Story Linked Below
What The New York Times Missed With Its Big GMO Story by Nathanael Johnson. Vox. November 2, 2016
Sunday, October 30, 2016
GMO Crops Seem To Facilitate Sales Of Seeds And Chemicals; Are Crop Yields In Fact Better For GMO Crops?
Doubts About The Promised Bounty Of Genetically Modified Crops by Danny Hakim. The New York Times. October 29, 2016
Thursday, February 18, 2016
New Study Shows How Farming Methods Can Alter The Nutritional Content of Food
Is Organic More Nutritious? New Study Adds To The Evidence by Allison Aubrey. NPR. February 18, 2016
Friday, January 30, 2015
A First For Research: Documentation of Airborne Transmission Of Antibiotic Resistance From Open-Air Farm
Antibiotic Resistance Could Be Transmitted Through The Air From Farms by Catharine Paddock. Medical News Today. January 30, 2015.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Demand For Protein, Confinement Agriculture, Use Of Antibiotics Increase Antibiotic Resistance in China And Elsewhere
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Surround Big Swine Farms--In China As Well As U.S. by Maryn Mckenna. Wired. February 12, 2013.
This article highlights a report on Chinese swine production and the role of antibiotics to promote efficiency and animal growth. Significant antibiotic resistance was found around the swine farms. A key sentence from the report follows: The diverse set of resistance genes detected potentially confer resistance to all major classes of antibiotics, including antibiotics critically important for human health.
This article highlights a report on Chinese swine production and the role of antibiotics to promote efficiency and animal growth. Significant antibiotic resistance was found around the swine farms. A key sentence from the report follows: The diverse set of resistance genes detected potentially confer resistance to all major classes of antibiotics, including antibiotics critically important for human health.
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