Topics: Vegetables, Agriculture Global, Young Farmers, Food/Nutrition, Potatoes, Food Security/Shortage,
How the Potato Changed the World
Brought to Europe from the New World by Spanish explorers, the lowly potato gave rise to modern industrial agriculture
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Topics: Agriculture US, Organic, Agriculture Global, Beekeeping, Sustainability, World Population, Pollinators,
Thousands of Wild Bee Species Haven't Been Seen Since 1990
Between 2006 and 2015, researchers worldwide observed 25 percent fewer bee species than they had before 1990
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Topics: Agriculture US, Forestry, Agriculture Global, Economics, Pest Control, Insects,
Entomologists Destroy Asian Giant Hornet Nest Found in Washington
The crew sucked nearly 100 hornets from the tree-hollow hive—the first ever found in the U.S.—using a vacuum and captured escapees with nets
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10/23/2020 SOURCE: www.smithsonianmag.com
Researchers say atmospheric dust in the region has doubled in the last 20 years, suggesting the increasingly dry region is losing more soil skyward
Are the Great Plains Headed for Another Dust Bowl?
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02/18/2020 SOURCE: www.smithsonianmag.com
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11/10/2019 SOURCE: www.smithsonianmag.com
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