Announcing the Launch of the Agricultural Knowledge Mobilization Lab!
With the amount of information in the world, it can be easy to get lost in mixed messaging, scientific half-truths, and outright false information. Confidence …
Education
Conjuring Monsters to Scare Consumers
In a previous post, From Mad Scientists to Maddening Science Perceptions, Stuart discussed how society’s fear of science has deep cultural roots. This post takes …
It’s all about Chemicals
What some of you might not know about me, is that I am a NERD. Oh sorry, you know that already from my other blogs, …
Biotech, Poverty & Education in the 21st Century
Are GM Crops Contributing to Increased Rates of Female Education? The number one item on the United Nations’ (UN) list of Sustainable Development Goals is …
From the Planet to the Person to the Plant
Why I Take the Time to Communicate about Agriculture By Ari Novy, U.S. Botanic Garden The first color photograph of the entire earth was taken …
Growing the Urban Garden
Educating a new generation of consumers While there has been a seemingly endless amount of rain this summer, it did briefly dry up enough one …
Cultivating Knowledge About Ag
By Michelle Ross, University of Saskatchewan student A growing problem in agriculture is consumer’s lack of knowledge about where food comes from. According to a …