It’s been a long year with lots going on in agriculture, the economy and ag policy. The coming year promises to be just as interesting. Some of the most significant agriculturally-related fall out will be determined by changes in tax policy and the farm bill. The Senate passed a farm bill that would have, among […]
Month: December 2012
GMO’s: Labels, or no Labels?
As the world’s population expands, we require more and more food, which necessitates ever more effective technology and robust yields. In this country, one of the ways we have come to deal with this problem is through Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMO’s. But, as with any new “technology” (feels weird to call food “technology”, doesn’t […]
Student Sustainability Committee Funds Permaculture Study
This past spring, ASAP helped setup and partially fund the new Woody Perennial Polyculture research site here on the Urbana-Champaign campus (see article with more information here). This site, with its 3,200 young but quickly growing plants, aims to quantify the agricultural and ecological characteristics of this novel and diverse system. Despite one of the […]
More Schollys!
Apparently it’s scholarship season around here, because these things keep on rolling in. Next up, it’s OCIA Research & Education Scholarship, a $1,000 scholarship given to a graduate student at any post-secondary institution studying organic and sustainable ag. You guys don’t need a preamble, you want the details, so here they are. You can find […]