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Nervous about MRSA? Us too — but here’s what we can do
There are scary new links between our overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and disease-resistant pathogens in humans. Deep breath: We can still take steps to fix it.
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Cattle ranchers lose bid to shoot bison with biobullets
Ranchers want wild bison in Yellowstone inoculated against a cattle disease, but their proposal for shooting vaccine into the beasts with air guns was rejected.
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Why GMOs matter — especially for the developing world
Genetically modified food still holds great promise of improving conditions for the world's poor: A second response to our 'Panic-Free GMOs' series.
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Crop flops: GMOs lead ag down the wrong path
GMO products rarely deliver on the hype, but they've pushed our agricultural system to a critical crossroads -- that's why they matter. First in a series of responses to our coverage.
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Plant STD linked to honeybee collapse
Scientists have discovered that bees that transmit a crop-wilting virus between plants can become infected by the disease, which could play a role in colony collapse disorder.
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Congress moves to restore ban on horse slaughter
Slaughterhouses that want to sell horsemeat might fight back by filing a claim under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Just add compost: How to turn your grassland ranch into a carbon sink
Can open fields capture atmospheric carbon and stash it away in the soil? You bet, says the data from a project in Marin.
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Fungi could help boost crops and slow global warming
Scientists are working to fine-tune and commercialize common fungi as they try to improve crop yields -- efforts that could also help with the climate.
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Canadian town is using beet juice to de-ice the roads
This is even weirder than clearing roads with cheese brine, like they do in Wisconsin -- or anyway, it smells better.
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At least EPA is doing a little something to help bees
The agency still won't outlaw bee-killing pesticides, but it is funding research into reducing use of chemicals that harm pollinators.
