Author: Dan Nosowitz

A standard technique for monocrop growers, especially in the Corn Belt, is to wildly overuse... (more)

As far back as at least 6000 BC, domesticated crops were grown in China. Those... (more)

With recreational marijuana now legal in more than a dozen states (and Washington, D.C.), legal... (more)

The number of cases alleging that Roundup, Monsanto’s former flagship product, causes cancer exceeded 10,000.... (more)

“Soil health” is a recurring refrain for the sustainable agriculture movement, and it  is, at... (more)

The pesticide chlorpyrifos has had a turbulent past few years. The pesticide, marketed under brand... (more)

Agricultural trade between the United States and Mexico is hugely important; each is the other’s... (more)

The American West has been suffering from what’s sometimes referred to as a “megadrought,” centered... (more)

Things are dry and dusty in the Upper Midwest, the Northern Plains states and the... (more)