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pesticides

Why Do Farmers Use Pesticides?

The term “acre” is said to have been derived from the amount of land one man was able to plow with his yoke of oxen in a single day. An…

Are Organic Foods Really Pesticide-Free?

I’m a teaching assistant (aka- student grader) for one of the Agriculture and the Environment classes offered at Illinois State University, and today we went over organic farming, touching on…

Choices

As Americans, we are blessed with many choices and opportunities, as well as the freedom to choose what we want. Food, for instance. We’ve got conventional, organic, local, generic brand,…