Question: when is a tomato not a tomato? Answer: When it's an organic tomato. Those who are into organics say it's superior to anything you can get that has been grown using conventional production methods. They will tell you that an organic tomato … [Read more...] about Organic Toilet Paper: For the Intelligent Consumer
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Lift Ban on GM Food Crops: Peter Corish
The federal government's Agriculture and Food Reference Group handed down its report last week titled 'Creating Our Future: Agriculture and food policy for the next generation' (4,700 kbs). It is very long, over 200 pages, and covers a range of … [Read more...] about Lift Ban on GM Food Crops: Peter Corish
Greenland Melting Faster Than, When it was Cooling?
I reckon it is nearly impossible to keep up with the climate change literature particularly the latest climate change scare story. Working out whether a particular piece of information is invented, real, real but exaggerated, etcetera, certainly … [Read more...] about Greenland Melting Faster Than, When it was Cooling?
More on Methane & Forests
A paper published in Nature (Frank Keppler et.al., Vol 439, pgs. 187-191) some weeks ago indicating that tree emit methane, generated lots of media for a couple of days, and then nothing. I wrote my last two columns for The Land on the issue, … [Read more...] about More on Methane & Forests
Politics, Religon and Those Cartoons
Growing up, I aspired at different times, to be a florist, a marine biologist, an archaeologist and a botanist. I worked for many years as an entomologist. I never thought I would become a writer. Now I am a writer I am very aware of the importance … [Read more...] about Politics, Religon and Those Cartoons
Sun Bears (Part 1)
I have previously written that more effort should be put into "saving sun bears", click here for that blog post. The international organisation that regulates trade in endangered species, CITES, lists sun bear as threatened with extinction and … [Read more...] about Sun Bears (Part 1)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
