Posts Tagged ‘ gmo ’

bmtv102 Failure to Yield

June 2, 2009

The Union of Concerned Scientists put out a report recently which runs down the last decade of genetically modified crops. As you know thats a topic that greatly concerns this website; what genetically modified crops have done to and for the world. Although GMO crops have only been in use...

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Omnivores Unite!

Omnivores Unite!

May 17, 2009

Its sunday and I've been throwing myself all over a frisbee field all day, so rather than doing deep research or extensive writing, I bring you a recommendation from my listening over the last few days. Michael Pollan is an author that many of you recommended to me during the...

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bmtv96 25C3 Talk Highlights

January 13, 2009

Just a collection of odd moments from my 25C3 talk. Don't expect to learn too much, this is more the moments that I laughed at myself, which I thought to share with you. Note: Full credit to the 25C3 video team who put out this video and I then chopped...

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bm288 Genetically Modified Sugar

bm288 Genetically Modified Sugar

December 5, 2008

Out in the Northwest of the United States, one very important crop is sugarbeet, source of 50% of the nation's sugar.  Over the last few years, genetically modified sugarbeet has been planted by some beet farmers. This has left many other farmers concerned and upset at the side effects...

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Shifting Focus to Soy

Shifting Focus to Soy

July 22, 2008

Jetlagged and back in Amsterdam, I wanted to announce an issue that will be one of my primary focuses for the rest of the year. After a very good experience speaking about urban farming at the Last Hope Conference, where I received alot of enthusiastic and warm responses, I'm...

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