Those farmer suicides …
The Guardian piece on farmer suicides in the US raises more questions than it answers.
policy
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Rethinking the folk history of American agriculture Earl Butz is not the central villain of the piece
Many of the things you might believe about the history of agriculture in America just aren't true.
Antibiotics and agriculture Tackling the problem of antibiotic resistance at (one) source
Antibiotic resistance is one consequence of feeding animals large amounts of antibiotics -- about three times the amount given to people in the US. Why is it so hard to regulate the use of antibiotics in agriculture, and how else might we tackle the problem?