Agricultural technology

A landowner’s guide to pollinator-friendly practices

Last month, President Obama issued a memorandum to create a national strategy to promote pollinator health. The strategy includes creating a pollinator health task force and taking steps to increase and improve pollinator habitat.

A Farmer and Landowner Guide to Pollinators and Neonicotinoids

Pollinators are essential to the environment and our food supply. Nearly one out of every three mouthfuls of food we eat relies on a pollinator, and they have been shown to boost crop yield and quality, providing clear economic beneﬁts to farmers. Most people know that bees are pollinators, but there are many others, including butterﬂies, moths, beetles, ﬂies, bats and hummingbirds.

Nanotechnology Risk to Soil Health

Overview: Nanotechnology and its application to agriculture and food

Environmental and public health still secondary to product development in new national nanotech strategy

The 2014 National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategic Plan was released on February 28, a Friday afternoon. Perhaps it was a coincidence, but when the U.S. government doesn’t want to draw attention to a report, often that report will be released on a Friday afternoon.

Racing Ahead: U.S. Agri-Nanotechnology in the Absence of Regulation

This IATP report examines food and agricultural applications of nanotechnology, such as coatings used on fruits and vegetables to preserve shelf life, and details possible hazards to human health and the environment if they are marketed without pre-market safety assessment and post-market surveillance.