Economic Sense

Last Friday was earth day, and across the country I can guarantee a lot of attention was given to eating sustainably, with a focus on local,...

From the Guardian and you can find an article entitled " Arguments for Constrained Capitalism in Asia." And we wonder where peopl...

Today is Ag Fact Friday, so here are 10 facts about modern sustainable agricultrue. Dairy & Livestock Production #1 The carbon foot...

Previously I found an article published by the EWG regarding the role of women in agriculture, that I found somewhat misleading. Recently, ...

On another blog last year I noted the how those in the agriculture industry were benefiting from the use of social media. (like the Y...

US Attorny Says Attempts To Use "Liberty Dollar" As Money Is Domestic Terrorism after Bernard Von Nothaus Found Guilty of Counterf...

My comments on the NYT Opinionator post : I'm not an expert on animal welfare, and I'm not sure that the laws in Iowa or Florida ...

"What I keep finding in case after case, if you follow the food back to the farm — if you follow the nutrients, if you follow the ca...

Most people contend that farm subsidies should be eliminated because they benefit mostly larger farms vs. saving the family farm. It's...

Last week I commented about an Environmental Working Group article that seemed to give the impression that women were more likely to be inv...

In a recent Corn Commentary post , Pam Johnson pointed to this article posted by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) addressing the role ...

§ 205.601 Synthetic substances allowed for use in organic crop production. Source: http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr...

We often hear that modern agricultural technologies (like biotechnology) primarily benefit farmers budgets and agribusiness' profit m...

From:  http://mobile.boston.com/art/67/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/02/06/made_in_the_usa/?p=3 " Americans make mor...

"  It's hard to object to  feel-good terms like "infrastructure" or "green" initiatives, but in a world of scar...

From Drovers/Cattle Network "Using Property Rights Is A Trick Against Biotech Crops" "Some politicians wrap themselves in t...

The only way to truly go green is to efficiently allocate our resources. The economic definition of efficiency is getting the most out of ou...

This is an older article but still interesting: From the Huffington Post A lot if interesting statements in the article, and I believe they...

From ' The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves ' "Bad harvests in Russia and Australia, combined with rising oil prices...