Author: Courtney Horton

Fields of colored lamps are often full of poison: ‘risks are still little researched’

Planting Dutch flower bulbs is a multi-million dollar industry, which also creates beautiful landscapes every spring. But this industry has a dark side. Few sectors use as many chemical pesticides as in bulb cultivation. The chemicals protect the bulbs from disease and fungus, but they’ve also been linked to harming human, environmental, and animal health. […]

Potatoes ‘must’ be picked before October because of nitrogen, and farmers are furious

APPicking potatoes during National Potato Harvest Day, September 2, 2022 NOS News•Today 12:54•an average Today 13:27 Farmers are angry about the Cabinet’s decision on potatoes. Potatoes on sandy and loamy soils must be harvested before October 1 and replaced with the so-called catch crop, which absorbs a lot of nitrogen. If farmers leave potatoes in […]

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