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farming
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The Corporation That Pitted Farmer Against Farmer
An investigation into Monsanto reveals how the agricultural giant used aggressive legal tactics, ghostwritten science, and a culture of fear to build a monopoly around its controversial herbicide, Roundup, culminating in thousands of cancer lawsuits.
How farming could change in a post-growth world
Handan Vicdan, EM Lyon Business School Degrowth, or the idea that we can save the planet by shrinking…
Our robot harvests cotton by reaching out and plucking it, like a lizard’s tongue snatching flies
Cotton in bloom in Oklahoma. John Elk/the image Bank via Getty Images Hussein Gharakhani, Mississippi State University Cotton…
Smartphone Technology and Crop Pest Surveillance: A Review
Summary of: Adopting Digital Solutions for Large Scale Surveillance of Crop Pests and Diseases in Developing Countries—A Review,…