Agronomy
A Greener Revolution for a Sustainable Future
Modern agriculture subscribes to the paradigm of ‘productivity above all else,’ and the costs of productivity are high: farms account for eighty percent of consumptive water use in the United States1, spray nearly a billion pounds of pesticide each year2 (less than one percent of which actually hit target), have tripled fertilizer use since the 1960s3, [...]
Agroterrorism: An Assault on America’s Breadbasket
By: Megan Cahill, Anika Khan, and Marie Smithgall Agriculture is a soft target for terrorism, and historical evidence indicates terrorists have considered attacks against our nation’s crops and livestock. Current national and international agricultural models heavily utilize monocultures, fields with a single homogeneous crop grown extensively throughout an area. However, if a monoculture’s cornerstone plant [...]
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