"Plant Transfers in Historical Perspective: A Review Article"
This paper explores some routes into the history of plant transfers, especially during the period of European imperialism.
This paper explores some routes into the history of plant transfers, especially during the period of European imperialism.
Controversy over the claim that sugar depleted the soil and stunted subsequent rice crops reached a stalemate when both sugar scientists and their critics were accused of selectively choosing evidence according to political bias…
Drawing upon archival documents, government reports and published accounts of agricultural scientists, this paper aims to document how officers of the Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations and the Soil Conservation Branch of the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock (later Primary Industries) tried to develop soil conservation methods suited to land cropped with sugar cane.
This paper examines the interrelations of technology, environment and people by exploring the origin, design and implementation of a dam-building project intended to control water-level fluctuations and enhance the Nett Lake wild rice ecosystem at Bois Forte Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota.
From genetically modified foodstuffs to animals and designer babies, this documentary explores the current and possible future impacts of genetic engineering on both the natural environment and human nature.
Climate change impacts both the goals of corn breeders, and their current everyday research.
Erika Amethyst Szymanski investigates the impact of synthetic yeast, which is gaining ground in a variety of foodscapes, and reflects upon the meaning of Terroir that synthetic yeast brings about.
Excerpt from The American Steppes: The Unexpected Russian Roots of Great Plains Agriculture, 1870s–1930s by former Rachel Carson Center fellow David Moon.
A grippingly perceptive tale of changing social attitudes and scientific practices.