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Commentary: HSUS - wolves in sheep's clothing

2010-06-18T09:10:06-05:00

In 2008, Dan Mathews, vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said, "when you consider any movement for social change, it's really got to be seen as a generational one.

Commentary: Species safe even if world warms

2010-06-18T09:06:53-05:00

Biologists are again predicting massive species losses as the world warms. But where are the corpses?

Commentary: So-called efficiencies creating 'ag disconnect'

2010-05-21T03:09:00-05:00

"If we as eaters insist on food being a smaller and smaller percentage of our spendable income by continuing to separate ourselves from the source of that food, it will become a race to the bottom for agriculture, for rural communities, and for everyone's quality of life."

Commentary: Ag needs to toot its own horn

2010-04-08T14:37:34-05:00

Agriculture is a dynamic industry full of growth and change, and yet unlike many other industries, it remains blessed with an abundance of small family-run businesses.

Commentary: Losing jobs with green technology

2010-04-08T14:35:37-05:00

As Obama’s energy taxes force reductions in coal and oil production, the price of U.S. energy will double and triple — and so will the costs of the things we buy.

Commentary: A chill hits wind power’s production

2010-02-26T11:26:09-06:00

The cost of the “free wind”? Projections are about 17 cents per kilowatt-hour — far higher than other energy sources. One of my neighbors has just invested $100,000 in a wind turbine. I think he’s wasted his money — and some of yours.

Commentary: Greenpeace opts for millions of blind children

2010-02-12T03:10:00-06:00

The earthquake in Haiti was a devastating blow — but we don’t know how to prevent earthquakes. On the other hand, we do know how to prevent 500,000 kids from going blind every year, and even dying, due to severe Vitamin A deficiency. But we’re not preventing the blindness or the deaths.

Commentary: EPA’s atrazine review must be open

2010-01-29T14:05:40-06:00

Public deserves science-driven review of pesticide’s health, environmental impacts.

Commentary: Let’s examine impacts of externalities on ag

2010-01-29T14:05:04-06:00

It is increasingly important to remember that almost any human activity of any size or consequence will have both negative and positive externalities. Perhaps the reason for little acknowledgment of the positive externalities is that they are the raison d’être for the activity in the first place.

Commentary: USDA misleads on farming’s climate future

2010-01-29T14:02:14-06:00

The USDA seems to expect serious climate-related farming problems ahead, but the recent changes in global climate have been tiny — and in the “wrong” direction.