Earth Friendly Pest Control
Farms need ecological balance. The same interplay of light, water, chemistry and DNA that generates and sustains life in any natural ecosystem is at work in fields of wheat and rows of beans.
Potatoes with zing? Researchers Isabel Vales, Solomon Yilma (left) and their team present consumers and farmers with new options.
Farms need ecological balance. The same interplay of light, water, chemistry and DNA that generates and sustains life in any natural ecosystem is at work in fields of wheat and rows of beans.
Along with the caddis flies, nymphs and minnows they eat, fish native to Western river systems are ingesting a toxic metal: mercury.
Imagine a mature elm tree that would fit nicely on the backyard deck. Or 20–year–old poplar trees, ordinarily more than 100 feet tall, providing golden fall foliage as a nice five–foot hedge in your side yard.