Alex Robinson, Author at Modern Farmer
Heatwave Cooks Crustaceans in Their Shells in Canada

The heatwave that devastated farmers and farmworkers in the Pacific Northwest last week also wreaked... (more)

Alex Robinson
July 8, 2021
Turning Toilet Water into Beer

Brewing beer uses a lot of water: from the irrigation needed to grow barley and... (more)

Alex Robinson
August 24, 2020
Judge Bars California from Requiring Cancer Label on Bayer’s Roundup

A federal judge has ruled that Bayer won’t have to put a cancer warning on... (more)

Alex Robinson
June 23, 2020
EPA Says Farmers Can Still Use Dicamba Bought Before Court Order

The EPA says farmers can still use dicamba on their crops if they bought the... (more)

Alex Robinson
June 9, 2020
Canadian Farmers Form New Coalition to Fight Climate Change

In Canada, farmers have been hit hard by extreme weather in recent years. Droughts and... (more)

Alex Robinson
February 11, 2020
Corteva Agriscience to Stop Making Chlorpyrifos

Just six months after the Trump administration decided not to ban chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to... (more)

Alex Robinson
February 7, 2020
Fecal Dust from Cattle Feedlots is Smothering a Texas Town

Clouds of fecal dust from large cattle feedlots in the western part of the Texas... (more)

Alex Robinson
February 6, 2020
Bayer Considers Pulling Roundup from Retail Store Shelves

Bayer AG is reportedly considering whether to stop selling its weed killer Roundup in retail... (more)

Alex Robinson
January 31, 2020
Plant Life is Spreading Around Everest

The Himalayas are becoming greener as glaciers continue to melt. The Asian mountain range, which... (more)

Alex Robinson
January 13, 2020
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