(Natural News) Rice (Oryza sativa) is a crop that’s prized the world over. It’s a staple for over half the world’s population, making it one of the most important cereal grains in the world. For something that’s present on a lot of dinner tables, however, it’s also known for being notoriously full of carbohydrates. A 100 g serving of […]

(Natural News) One would think that with so many lingering and unanswered questions about the safety of “biosludge” that regulatory authorities would, at the very least, require farmers who use the stuff to provide full, public disclosure in the interest of public safety. But unfortunately this isn’t the case. According to biosludge truth activist Craig […]

(Natural News) Researchers from Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency noted that treating rice (Oryza sativa L. subsp. indica) with magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) regulate its anthocyanin content. The team published their results in the Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. Studies have reported that pericarp-pigmented rice grains are good sources of antioxidants. The team looked at […]

(Natural News) A popular weed-killing chemical that many conventional farmers regularly spray on their corn, sugarcane, sorghum, macadamia nut, and other crops has been shown in a new study to be so biologically destructive that it can actually change the sex of living organisms that are exposed to it. The substance is known as atrazine, […]

(Natural News) Monsanto remains unfazed with Tennessee’s recently imposed restrictions against its dicamba pesticides. The state officially became the fourth in the nation to ban or limit the use of dicamba after evidence was presented suggesting that drifting from the herbicide compromised surrounding crops not genetically modified to withstand it. Tennessee followed Illinois, Kansas, and […]

(Natural News) Even as the American farming sector hobbles through its worst debt crisis since the 1980s, socialist airhead Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is calling for all farming equipment that runs on combustion engines to be outlawed as part of her utopian Green New Deal (GND) proposal. According to the latest figures, the collective debt among […]

(Natural News) Consumers have become more mindful of how food is produced, a recent study showed. The study revealed that consumers look for specific on-farm practices in making purchasing decisions such as no growth hormones and no genetically modified organisms. To carry out the study, a team of researchers at the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, […]

(Natural News) Sometimes the smallest nations can prove to be the bravest and most progressive in their thinking. Western countries like to believe that they are the most advanced in the world, and they certainly are in some respects, but when it comes to genetically modified crops and avoiding chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, other […]

(Natural News) The thing about soil is that you cannot tell how healthy it is just by looking at it, and it can take years to determine the long-term effects of what you put in to it. For this reason, agrochemical companies have been able to push the use of harmful pesticides and other chemicals […]

(Natural News) In a recent experiment, scientists analyzed whether adding wood ash or crushed rock to a low-fertility soil, as compared with an unamended control, will result in a fertilizer effect. The results showed that the wood ash created the highest accumulated clover biomass over two cuts, followed by the crushed rock. The circular economy […]