Posts Tagged ‘agronomy’
Chemicals, creepy crawlies and crops: how safe is your food? Episode 52
Agronomist Kevin Hoyer joins the podcast to talk about his experience helping farmers diagnose and treat their plants and soil as well at traveling the world looking at food production in other countries. As a “doctor for crops,” he says “you can be thankful and trust that the product you buy are at the highest level of safety possible. America carries the highest standards found anywhere in the world.”
Read MoreHealthy soil grows healthy plants for better baking
Do you know what stores 10 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide? Soil. Soil is a carbon sink that stores more carbon dioxide than the terrestrial vegetation and the atmosphere combined. When soil is disturbed, carbon dioxide is released into the environment and contributes to global warming. Soil is the foundation of food. It…
Read MoreA love of playing in the soil
Meet Tyson Roberts, a vegetable grower just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah – a man who wears many hats and a man who is committed to the land that has been in his family for 150 years. When I asked why he farms, he quickly responds: “it’s a relationship with the land, with…
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