agriculture, Tag

TAPP Coalition raised the topic at COP29 this week, suggesting that countries should tax meat and subsidize vegetables while describing the U.S. and some Western nations as a “laggard” relative to other U.N. countries...

You can’t have high yields without CO2 and modern, fossil fuel intensive, agricultural infrastructure. That’s the overall lesson readers should take away from Ritchie’s Our World In Data series of articles.

But the BBC could never admit that Sri Lanka’s disastrous harvest was due to climate change policies. That would not do, would it?

To even contemplate such an outcome would be thoroughly reckless. And this is why Piers Forster, climate academic, is totally unfit to be in charge of climate decision making. And as is ever the case, while we are trying...

... In the context of development progress, animals like cows, goats, camels, and pigs should be seen as “solutions with legs” ...

A new paper just published in the PNAS identifies different culprits.

Canadian farmers are thankful for the longer growing season and the greater abundance of atmospheric carbon dioxide that better feeds plants. So should the rest of us. After all, Earth is nearing the end of its current interglacial...

Many green extremists seem to take the view that anything humans do, including growing their own veg, is causing existential harm to the planet. What they really hate, some may conclude, are humans themselves. Treble bongs...

One long period of severe drought stands out, the 1960s to 80s, which was directly linked to global cooling. This episode was part of the wider drought belt, which extended from the Sahel in Africa, across the Middle East...

Even if, contrary to the AP’s suggestion, corn production is not being harmed by worsening climate conditions, Bayer’s short corn variety may prove beneficial for farmers...

The relationship between rising atmospheric CO2 and crop yields is clearly a positive one. So, ignore fearmongering media headlines about toxic human CO2 emissions. You, your family and the industries that support our society...

The data suggests NPR’s Lauren Sommer may have been drinking too much wine when she wrote that story or, more likely, she failed to look into the actual temperature and grape production data before commencing to write...

More Bill Gates funded propaganda:

Compared with a decade ago, the world will harvest in 2024-25 about 10% more wheat, about 15% more corn, nearly 30% more soybeans, and about 10% more rice...

“Offer low-emission menu choices, including plant-based and locally sourced options. If meat is offered, prioritize lower-emission meats such as chicken,” the guidance states.