Argentine beekeepers no longer in clover

“…any crop that is planted uniformly across large areas with the use of herbicides deprives bees of the flowers they need.” – Alicia Basilio, School of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires Beekeepers had it easy when cattle roamed freely across the flower-filled meadows of Argentina’s Pampas plains. But a boom in soy farming has changed

FAO urges world to rethink biofuel use

Growing demand for biofuels will boost prices of agricultural commodities in the next 10 years. The western world needs to rethink its rush to biofuels, which has done more harm pushing up food prices than it has good by reducing greenhouse gases, a United Nations report said Oct. 7. The UN Food and Agr icul