Articles by Sr. Staff Writer Nathanael Johnson
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How to feed the world, with a little kelp from our friends (the oceans)
Paul Dobbins' farm needs no pesticides, fertilizer, land, or water — we just have to learn to love seaweed.
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Study finds a link between neonic pesticides and honeybee deaths
In the U.K., scientists find one variety of the widely used seed-coating pesticide can harm domestic honeybees -- more cause for a cautious approach.
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Yet another land mine for GMO Golden Rice
The real problems with a controversial, retracted study weren't about the science but about respect for the subjects' values.
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New research shows a flaw in the plan to tax soda out of existence
Merchants aren't passing the cost along to consumers, and that means the tax might not reduce soda consumption as supporters intended.