EU Pesticide Policy Shake-up 

Farmers want to grow food. It would be hypocritical of us to stop them. November 23, 2023 Something unexpected happened this week.  On Wednesday evening, 299 MEPs in the European Parliament voted against the long-debated Sustainable Use of Pesticides (SUR) policy.  SUR  had been develop...

Data is the Old Soil

Synopsis The EU’s new sustainability regulations are in the works, with data collection and monitoring being a key theme. While farmers have valid concerns about the use of their data, it’s critical to adhere to the regulations to maintain compliance. Analogous to the importanc...

2030: The Litmus Test Year

According to Merriam-Webster, scientists discovered ‘litmus’ in the 14th century. Litmus is a mixture colored organic compounds that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions and, thus, can be used as an acid-base indicator.  Here I refer to the more figurative versio...

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