So I don’t have time for a post today – I’m fighting off the flu still, but was able to get back to work at last. Still leaves me absolutely wrung out, though. So you get this excellent article refuting some of the commonly used arguments against GMO and glyphosate. The science, time and again,… Read More 10 GMO Myths and Realities
In aid of promoting greater science literacy and understanding, I give you: GMO the good stuff. We see a lot of media about genetically modified organisms, and most of it is bad news. I don’t understand the fear of it, which is largely fuelled by poor understanding, media sensationalism, and a positively appalling lack of… Read More Fear is a Strange Soil
I write science fiction, I once managed a small farm using permaculture ideas and organic principles, I’ve gardened all my life, and I’m a scientist. Yesterday’s post about Persistent Food Myths was written out of exasperation at the hysteria surrounding the use of ‘chemicals’ on our crops, which is far to broad a term to… Read More Future of Farming
I don’t have the brainpower for a real blog, so instead you get to see what I’ve got stuck up as reminders for various classes and reading. Transgenic Plants The alteration of crops to improve their production was performed through the basis of selection before the creation of transgenics. This selection has been going on… Read More Sticky Notes
Oh, boy… Wednesdays are the new Mondays for me. Or at any rate, they are going to be the busiest day of the week when it comes to school scheduling. I have Genetics, Drawing, and Organic Chemistry (lecture). So blogging on Wednesday is likely to slip in quality a bit. Not that that’s a high… Read More Whirled Peas and Tomatoes