“Yanqui Cotton Patch”: US Development Aid and Pesticide Use in Nicaragua
Arcadia, Autumn 2019, no. 39
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Saubere Ernte—Mavuno Safi [Clean Crop—Cotton as Fate]
The film tells the story of two cotton farming villages in East Africa: one organic, one heavily industrialized.
"Roundup Ready": The First Widely Used Genetically Modified Crop
The multinational, agricultural biotechnology corporation Monsanto developed the first widely used genetically modified crop with the introduction of the “Roundup Ready” soybean.
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Start of the construction of Great Fergana Canal
The main purpose of this canal is to irrigate cotton fields of the Fergana Valley.
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Donald Worster on “Facing Limits: Abundance, Scarcity, and the American Way of Life”
Donald Worster, Carson Fellow from February to July 2011, talks about his research concerning the impact of the discovery of the New World and its resources, both on Western Europe, and the American way of life.