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Food Evolution about agricultural GMO
From Oscar-nominated director Scott Hamilton Kennedy (The Garden) and narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Food Evolution investigates the brutally polarized debate surrounding GMOs and our food. Traveling from Hawaiian papaya groves to banana farms in Uganda to the cornfields of Iowa, Food Evolution wrestles with the emotions and the science driving one of the most heated arguments of our time.
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Good old days (?????): From the Forest, by Nikolai Kornilovich Pimonenko (1900)
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Life is too long??? Well just keep smilling
46 buenas noticias para empezar 2020 con optimismo
Cada semana, Kiko Llaneras escribe sobre política con datos. Aquí tiene su 'newsletter' de este jueves.
Ver elpais.com
10 key takeaways about public opinion in Europe 30 years after the fall of communism
Across the board, Europeans are much more satisfied with their own lives than they were in 1991. The improvement has been especially dramatic in Central and Eastern European countries. For example, in 1991, only 12% in Poland rated their life satisfaction at 7 or higher on a 10-point scale. In the new survey, 56% rate their lives at 7 or higher. There has also been a dramatic increase in life satisfaction in Germany since 1991 – but much more so among people living in former East Germany than among those living in the former West.
Invest in the extraordinary Asian Ag & Food Technology opportunity
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Analyzing 2019’s wild weather year: could technology have helped?
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Best of 2019: AFN’s top 5 guest articles
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Good old days (?????): Path through the Woods, by Camille Pissarro (1876)
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Future Farming's best read articles in 2019
As the year 2019 comes to an end and we are looking ahead to 2020, it's also a good moment to look back on the past year. What were the best read articles on futurefarming.com in 2019? We've listed them for you. We hope you've enjoyed these and all other articles we've written for you, and we are looking forward to providing you with relevant news, background stories and blogs in 2020. See you next year!
>>> The future belongs to small self-driving tractors
The world was amazed at how the small Dutch company Precision Makers not only converted tractors into robotic tractors but also produced one without a cab. How did they manage faster than the major manufacturers? And where will they go from here? Marien van Breugel, Business Unit Manager at Precision Makers, shares his vision with us.
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>>> 4 ways big data analytics are transforming agriculture
As the precision agriculture market matures, more and more farmers will embrace data-driven solutions like artificial intelligence and machine learning for their ability to aggregate trends, track supplies, assess risk and reward, generate predictive models, and increase yields. Here’s a look at 4 ways data analytics are already transforming agriculture.
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>>> John Deere: Future tractor drivelines are hybrid
According to John Deere, hybrid drivelines are the most realistic option for future tractors.
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>>> 10 AgTech products/services we aren’t ready for yet
There is always some new cool thing or company being created these days, especially in Ag. As of late our blogger Nathan Faleide feels many have got swept up in the hype and illusions of what some of these things promise.
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>>> Why is adoption of precision ag so slow?
Precision agriculture is a win-win. But if that is true, why is the adoption of precision agriculture so low?
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Good old days: Chemin de l'écluse, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, 1882, par Camille Pissarro (French, 1830-1903),
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Industry and farmers expect ‘science-based’ solutions to deliver New Green Deal, by Sarantis Michalopoulos and Natasha Foote
The agri-food industry and EU farmers are calling for clarity and science-based solutions to meet their objectives as part of the EU’s recently announced European Green Deal.
The new plans, combined with the ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy and a reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), aims to transform Europe’s agricultural sector, ensuring food security while preserving environmental and human health and working to make the EU carbon neutral.
In a recent op-ed for EURACTIV, Luc Triangle, general-secretary of industriAll Europe, said that this transition to climate neutrality will bring “significant opportunities, such as the potential for economic growth, new business models, new forms of working and technological development” and that advanced research, innovation and development policies will have to play a key role.
See euractiv.com
How Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence pave the way to climate neutrality
Calls for action on the climate emergency have reached a crescendo with the COP25 in Madrid. It is good to see the new Commission re-claiming EU’s leadership in climate technology with the Green Deal presented this Wednesday. But for a faster energy transition, it is not enough just to have more renewables, writes Hanno Schoklitsch.
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The woman who unleashed the gene genie, by Harry de Quetteville (Vancouver Sun, Dec 16, 2019)
Revolutionary gene-editing technique gave Jennifer Doudna nightmares about hitler.
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A--hole
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Good
old days (??????): Le Récolte des Foins a Eragny by
Camille Pissarro
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Get back in line! (old good story)
This happened at a New York Airport. This is hilarious - I love the
guts of this girl!
An award should go to the United Airlines gate agent in New York for
being smart and funny, while making her point, when confronted with
a passenger who probably deserved to fly as cargo. For all of you
out there who have had to deal with an irate customer, this one is
for you.
A crowded United Airlines flight was cancelled.
A single agent was re-booking a long line of inconvenienced travellers.
Suddenly, an angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped
his ticket on the counter and said, "I HAVE to be on this flight,
and it has to be FIRST CLASS."
The agent replied, "I'm sorry, sir. I'll be happy to try to help
you, but I've got to help these folks first; and then I'm sure we'll
be able to work something out."
The passenger was unimpressed.
He asked loudly, so that the passengers behind him could hear, "DO
YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM?"
Without hesitating, the agent smiled and grabbed her public address
microphone. "May I have your attention, please?", she began,
her voice heard clearly throughout the terminal.
"We have a passenger here at Gate 14 WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE
IS.
If anyone can help him with his identity, please come to Gate 14."
With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically, the man glared
at the United Airlines agent, gritted his teeth, and said, "F***
You!" Without flinching, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry
sir, you'll have to get in line for that, too."
Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the
rain.
Meilleurs Vœux / Best wishes / Mejores deseos / Beste Wünsche (from
Roger Payne and Alain Fraval)
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