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History of Organic Farming in America
By Anneliese Abbott
Organic History
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Flawed Logic: Would 4 Billion People Die Without Nitrogen Fertilizer?
This graph implies that it's impossible to feed the world with organic farming. But what data is it really based on? “Without the...
Anneliese Abbott
2 days ago3 min read
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Weapons and Fertilizer: The Haber-Bosch Process of Nitrogen Fixation
The Haber-Bosch process of fixing nitrogen produces a lot of fertilizer--but its first application was for weapons. Cut open one of the...
Anneliese Abbott
Apr 33 min read
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The Nitrogen Paradox: Is Feeding the World the Real Issue?
Biological nitrogen fixation fed the world until the end of the nineteenth century. What changed? Is it possible to feed the world’s...
Anneliese Abbott
Mar 273 min read
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The Desolate Year: Defending Pesticides with Horror Stories
One of the things that intrigues me most about the anti-organic rhetoric used by scientists is how unscientific and emotional it usually ...
Anneliese Abbott
Oct 24, 20243 min read
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