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Father of the Green Revolution dies:

http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/09 ... art_pos=31

N.S. blocks high speed internet because it will mess up the molecules in his organic garlic crop:

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009 ... tower.html

Roundup resistant weeds bringing back old chemicals such as 2,4-D (an ingredient in Agent Orange):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/2 ... 19185.html

Carbon coated implements could save a lot of fuel:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=22272

2-4 D is a safe, effective herbicide. It's cheap to make, kills only broadleaves, and hasn't really lost effectiveness in fifty years. Roundup's only been around for 20, and it's already less effective. Vive les pesticides!

Agriculture and Monsanto vid:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 7501596844

"Controlling Our Food"

Town of Nitro, the place where Monsanto created Agent Orange, is suing the company:

http://www.npr.org/2012/02/01/146144078 ... c=fb&cc=fp

Class action lawsuit against Monsanto put down:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=24118

Explosive, foamy pig manure:

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/201 ... ntists.ars

Mad Cow confirmed in California:

http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2012/04/24/mad ... alifornia/

Some succession links of interest.

Farm Management Canada
http://www.fmc-gac.com/home
http://www.fmc-gac.com/resources/beginning-farmers
http://www.fmc-gac.com/marketing
http://www.fmc-gac.com/content/when-lightbulb-went
http://www.agriwebinar.com/
http://www.agriwebinar.com/Search.aspx? ... &keywords=


CTEAM
http://www.betterfarming.com/online-new ... rams-11077

Advanced Farm Management Program
http://advancedfarmmanagement.ca/
http://advancedfarmmanagement.ca/location-and-cost/

Farm Credit Express
http://farmcreditexpress.com/

The pawpaw is a fruit grown in Ontario I had never heard of:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/o ... -1.4850247

Mango flavour in my backyard? Yes, please.